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Natasha Leggero

Natasha Leggero

A faux-socialite dripping with genuine disdain.

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Photo: Pineconewar206 / CC-BY-SA-4.0

4 specials · 2011–2018

Start with Live at Bimbo's, the breakout (2015 · 41 min · Comedy Central)

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Natasha Leggero performs standup as though someone forced her to spend an hour mingling with the help. She takes the stage in evening wear, often complete with opera gloves, and looks out at the audience with profound exhaustion. Her pacing is deliberate, built around heavy sighs and long pauses where she simply judges the room. When she delivers a punchline, she rarely smiles. Instead, she tilts her head and lets the crowd realize how disgusting she finds them.

Specials

On stage

While most comics try to generate rapport through self-deprecation, she leans into unapologetic elitism. She was a reliable assassin on the Comedy Central roast circuit, using her delicate presentation to deliver vicious jokes. Her crowd work follows the same rule. She will ask a front-row patron what they do for a living, wait for a perfectly respectable answer, and then recoil as if they handed her a bag of garbage. When she talks about marriage and motherhood, she treats domestic life as an unfair imposition.

The engine running the persona is her actual background. She grew up lower-middle-class in Rockford, Illinois, working a string of manual and retail jobs. The aristocratic attitude is a direct reaction to that upbringing, an elaborate escape from the Midwestern reality she spent her early life trying to leave behind.

Turning points

  1. Performance at Comedy Central Roast of James Franco

    Leggero performed as one of the featured roasters on Comedy Central, solidifying her reputation for razor-sharp roast insult comedy.

  2. 2015–2018

    Creation and Premiere of Another Period

    Leggero co-created and starred with Riki Lindhome in the Comedy Central period satire Another Period, running for three seasons.

At a glance

Born
, Rockford, Illinois
On stage
since 2000
Style
observational, satire, blue comedy
Breakout
Live at Bimbo's
Topics
Elsewhere
Website, Wikipedia

Fans also like

  • Moshe Kasher

    Kasher is Leggero's husband and creative partner who co-hosts The Endless Honeymoon Podcast and co-headlined The Honeymoon Tour with her.

    Photo: Miss Wright / CC-BY-2.0

  • Riki Lindhome

    Lindhome co-created, wrote, and co-starred with Leggero in the satirical Comedy Central period sitcom Another Period.

    Photo: Gage Skidmore / CC-BY-SA-3.0

Podcasts

  • The Endless Honeymoon Podcast · co-host

    Married comedians Natasha Leggero and Moshe Kasher give humorous relationship and love advice to callers while examining their own marital dynamic.

    Apple Podcasts

  • The Lavender Hour · co-host

    Early comedy podcast co-hosted by Natasha Leggero and Duncan Trussell.

    Apple Podcasts

Also on screen

The 70s House Host
2008–2014
Chelsea Lately Regular roundtable panelist
2010–2012
Ugly Americans Callie Maggotbone (voice)
Free Agents Emma Parker
2013–2015
Brickleberry Ethel (voice)

A clip to start with

A clip of Natasha Leggero