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Nikki Glaser

She dissects her own humiliations without blinking once.

8 specials · 2013–2026

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Nikki Glaser tells you exactly what she did in bed last night while smiling like she is pitching a timeshare. She stands under the lights, posture perfectly straight, and lists her worst decisions without breaking eye contact. The rhythm is a dead sprint. She speaks fast, barely pausing for breath, cramming three jokes into a space where most comics would settle for one. When a punchline gets a groan for crossing a line of taste, she does not retreat. She waits for the room to quiet down and pushes the premise one step further.

Specials

  • Good Girl

    A famous roaster rejects polite society in a dirty hometown hour.

    Hulu

  • Someday You'll Die

    A raunchy hour of stand-up about aging and childlessness.

    HBO Max · 60 min

  • Good News

    HBO

  • Good Clean Filth

    An ultra-precise stand-up hour about very dirty things.

    HBO Max

  • Bangin'

    Nikki Glaser brings high-energy, explicit honesty to modern dating.

    Netflix · 63 min

  • Nikki Glaser

    A compact half-hour focused on dating apps and sexual embarrassment.

    Netflix · 30 min

  • Perfect

    A cynical, highly graphic look at entering your thirties.

    Comedy Central · 62 min

  • Comedy Central Stand-Up Presents

    An early half-hour television set focused on dating and physical flaws.

    Paramount+ · 25 min

On stage

That refusal to back down translates seamlessly to the roast format. Her set at the Tom Brady roast fundamentally shifted her career, moving her from large theaters into the center of the Hollywood machine. She went from reliable headliner to the person networks hire to host the Golden Globes, dropping high-budget specials and walking onstage to her own custom pop anthems.

Her solo hours, including Someday You’ll Die and Good Girl, run entirely on her willingness to be embarrassing. She builds long chunks of material around her desperate need for male validation, picking her own behavior apart until it looks ridiculous. The commitment to the joke is absolute. If she has a weakness, it is that an hour of constant anatomical jokes can wear an audience out, but she usually pivots to her dread about aging or dying right before the fatigue takes over.

She also hosts reality dating shows like FBoy Island, treating the messy relationships on screen with the same amused scrutiny she aims at herself.

Turning points

  1. Breakout Performance on Tom Brady Roast

    Glaser delivered an acclaimed stand-up set on Netflix's live roast of Tom Brady, securing widespread viral attention and re-establishing her reputation as an elite roaster.

  2. First Solo Female Golden Globes Host

    She made entertainment history on January 5, 2025, by hosting the Golden Globe Awards as the broadcast's first solo female emcee.

At a glance

Born
, Cincinnati, Ohio
On stage
since 2002
Style
observational, satire, blue comedy
Breakout
The Greatest Roast of All Time: Tom Brady
Influences
Sarah Silverman
Topics
Elsewhere
Website, Wikipedia

Fans also like

  • Amy Schumer

    Both comedians emerged together at New Faces in 2007 and share an unfiltered, confessional approach to female sexuality, dating, and body politics.

    Photo: Greg2600 / CC-BY-SA-2.0

  • Sarah Silverman

    Glaser explicitly cites Silverman as the foundational inspiration that taught her how to approach sex and taboo topics through stand-up.

    Source

  • Sara Schaefer

    Schaefer served as Glaser's long-term creative partner across their early podcast You Had to Be There and their MTV series Nikki & Sara Live.

    Source

Podcasts

  • The Nikki Glaser Podcast · host

    Weekly podcast providing a fast-paced, brutally honest look into current pop-culture and Glaser's personal life.

    Apple Podcasts

  • You Up? With Nikki Glaser · host

    A daily morning radio show and podcast discussing comedy, dating, and personal life.

    Apple Podcasts

  • You Had to Be There · co-host

    Co-hosted conversational podcast featuring long-form comedic discussions.

    Spotify · Apple Podcasts

  • We Know Nothing · co-host

    Humorous relationship-based podcast taking calls from listeners to offer love advice.

    Apple Podcasts

Also on screen

Trainwreck Supporting role in the Judd Apatow-directed feature comedy
Not Safe with Nikki Glaser Host and creator of the sex-themed Comedy Central comedy talk show
I Feel Pretty Supporting role in the comedy film
2021–2023
FBoy Island Host and executive producer of the reality dating competition series
Welcome Home Nikki Glaser? Star and executive producer of the E! reality sitcom

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