Career

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Tyler signing at a Barnes & Noble bookstore in New York

Tyler's career in television took off in 2001 with jobs as the host of Talk Soup and the reality-dating series The Fifth Wheel, although Talk Soup was canceled the following year and Tyler left The Fifth Wheel in 2002 to pursue other interests. Tyler has devoted a significant amount of her time to independent projects, including a role in the play Moose Mating, for which she received an NAACP Image Award. She also wrote, directed, and starred in the independent short film The Whipper. Moving into acting, Tyler featured in Friends as Dr. Charlie Wheeler, Joey's and then Ross' girlfriend, in the ninth and tenth seasons. She followed this up with guest spots on CSI: Miami and Nip/Tuck, as well as balancing season-long recurring roles on both CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and 24 during the 2004-2005 television season. She also filmed her own sitcom pilot for CBS, which was not picked up. She has guest-starred on MADtv.

Following her regular role on the CBS series Ghost Whisperer during its first season, Tyler appeared in several films, including The Santa Clause 2, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, .45, and the comedy Balls of Fury. In 2007, she filmed the thriller Death Sentence and the crime drama Black Water Transit. She also continues to appear on television, with appearances on Boston Legal, Reno 911!, The Boondocks, and as a guest film critic on several episodes of At the Movies with Ebert & Roeper, filling in for the absent Roger Ebert while he recuperated from surgery.

The Talk co-hosts Julie Chen, Aisha Tyler, Sharon Osbourne, Sara Gilbert, and Sheryl Underwood in 2012

Tyler has moved into print media as a regular contributor to Glamour, Jane, and Entertainment Weekly magazines. Her first book, Swerve: A Guide to the Sweet Life for Postmodern Girls, was released in January 2004.[8] Tyler plays on the World Poker Tour in the Hollywood Home games for the Futures Without Violence charity. She also made a guest appearance on Kanye West's single "Slow Jamz", which featured Twista and Jamie Foxx. Philanthropy and charity work are very important to Tyler, and she regularly does volunteer work for the American Red Cross, The Trust for Public Land, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and the International Rescue Committee.

Tyler appeared in a nude pictorial, along with other celebrities, in the May 2006 issue of Allure.[9] The annual Nude Issue raises money to combat skin cancer.

In May 2009, it was announced that ABC had given Tyler her own talk show pilot, The Aisha Tyler Show.[10] In early May 2010, she presented the "Welcome to the Beta" video for Halo: Reach. She also voiced a minor character in the game.[11]

In 2009, she began her starring role voicing Lana Kane in the FX series Archer, which premiered on January 14, 2010[12] and has run for a total of 9 seasons as of 2018.[13] In August 2010, Tyler began appearing in a recurring guest spot on The Stephanie Miller Show. The segment is named "Tuesdays With Tyler".[14] Tyler appears either in-studio or via phone when she is not otherwise committed to one of her acting roles. While Hal Sparks was out of the country, Tyler filled in as the third member of the Stephanie Miller Sexy Liberal Comedy Tour on three shows in August 2011.[15]

Also in 2009, Tyler performed her stand-up comedy routine, live at the Fillmore Theatre.[16]

Starting on July 26, 2011, Tyler started her own weekly podcast, Girl on Guy, where she interviews her favorite celebrity friends and discusses topics guys love. Girl on Guy is available on her website for download using iTunes, mp3, and RSS. The show launched as the No. 4 comedy podcast on iTunes and currently is the No. 2 comedy podcast, and the No. 7 overall podcast on iTunes. The first weekly installment of Girl on Guy featured guest H. Jon Benjamin, the second featured the host of Current TV's former show InfoMania Brett Erlich on August 1, 2011, and the third featured Archer creator Adam Reed on August 9, 2011.

In October 2011, it was announced that Tyler would join the cast of The Talk as a permanent co-host, replacing Holly Robinson Peete. Her first full week as a co-host was October 24 through October 28, 2011.[2] Tyler is known for being expressive and outspoken on The Talk, especially about African American culture and stereotypes, LGBT rights, and women's rights. Tyler presented Ubisoft's press conference at E3 2012 in June, which received some backlash from fans who didn't believe Tyler was a gamer.[17] This caused Tyler to respond with a poem about how she has been playing video games "since you were a twinge in the left side of your daddy's underoos".[18] She returned to host the publisher's press conference the following year. Tyler's second book, Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation, debuted in July 2013, later becoming a New York Times bestseller; it was inspired by questions asked of guests on Girl on Guy.

In March 2013, Tyler was confirmed to be the new host of the American version of Whose Line Is It Anyway?.[19] She also appears briefly as herself in the video game Watch Dogs and is featured in the music video for the "Weird Al" Yankovic song "Tacky". Tyler was also the original voice for the character Daisy Fitzroy in the 2013 video game BioShock Infinite, but her recordings were not used[20] and the role went to Kimberly Brooks. She was nominated for Personality of 2014 in Golden Joystick Award 2014.

In June 2015, it was announced that Tyler landed a recurring role on the eleventh season of Criminal Minds as Dr. Tara Lewis. Although she served as a temporary replacement for Jennifer Love Hewitt, who was on maternity leave,[21] her status was elevated to main cast member in season 12.

In 2016, Tyler started a Kickstarter campaign to fund her directorial feature film debut, Axis.[22] The film was shot over seven days in May 2016.[23][24] Axis was released via video-on-demand on April 10, 2018.[25]

On the June 15, 2017, episode of The Talk, Tyler announced that she would be leaving the show at the end of the seventh season due to her busy schedule with three other television shows and directing films. She said she would return as a guest host and to promote her various projects.[26][27]

Personal life

Tyler married attorney Jeff Tietjens in 1992[28][29] or 1994[30][31] (sources differ). The pair separated in January 2015 and Tietjens filed for divorce in April 2016.[30] It was finalized in May 2017.[29] Tyler stated on WTF with Marc Maron that she was married for 25 years.[32]

Tyler is a vocal advocate for the rights of the LGBTQ community.[33]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2000	Dancing in September	Woman with Weave
2001	Moose Mating	Josie
2002	The Santa Clause 2	Mother Nature
2003	One Flight Stand	Alexis
2004	Never Die Alone	Nancy
2006	The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause	Mother Nature
	.45	Liz
2007	Death Sentence	Detective Wallis
	Balls of Fury	Mahogany
	The Trap!	Angela
2008	Meet Market	Jane
	Bedtime Stories	Donna Hynde
2009	Black Water Transit	Casey Spandau
2010	The Babymakers	Karen
2017	Axis	Louise (voice role)	Newport Beach Film Festival for Feature Film Newport Beach Film Festival for Outstanding Achievement in Filmmaking - Feature Nominated - Nashville Film Festival for New Directors Competition Nominated - Portland Film Festival for Best Feature Film Nominated - Sarasota Film Festival for Best Film
2019	Friendsgiving	Lauren	Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1996	Grand Avenue	Girl No. 1	Television film
	Nash Bridges	Reporter
1999	The Pretender	Angela Somerset
2001	Curb Your Enthusiasm	Shaq's Girlfriend
	The Weakest Link	Herself
	Talk Soup	Host
	Off Limits
	The Fifth Wheel	Host
2002	The Sausage Factory	Jamie
2003	Friends	Dr. Charlie Wheeler	9 episodes Nominated - Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Breakout Star, Female
	CSI: Miami	Janet Medrano
2004	Untitled Aisha Tyler Project	Melanie Haywood	Unsold pilot
	Nip/Tuck	Manya Mabika
2004-2005	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Mia Dickerson	13 episodes
2005	24	Marianne Taylor	7 episodes Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series (2006)
2005-2006	Ghost Whisperer	Andrea Marino	23 episodes
2006	For One Night	Desiree Howard	Television film Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Television Movie, Miniseries or Dramatic Special
2007	Boston Legal	Taryn Campbell
	The Boondocks	Luna
2008	Million Dollar Password	Herself	Contestant
	Reno 911!	Befany Dangle
2009	Aisha Tyler is Lit: Live at the Fillmore	Herself	Stand-up special
	Celebrity Jeopardy!	Herself	Contestant
2009-present	Archer	Agent Lana Kane (voice role)	Nominated - Behind the Voice Actors Awards for Outstanding Vocal Ensemble in a Television Series, Comedy/Musical Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series (2014) Nominated - NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Character Voice-Over Performance (Television or Theatrical) (2016) Nominated - Online Film & Television Association Award for Best Voice-Over Performance in an Animated Program (2017)
2010	Chelsea Lately	Herself
	The Forgotten	Lydia Townsend
	Committed		Short film Writer, director, editor, producer
2011	XIII: The Series	Major Jones
	RuPaul's Drag Race 3	Herself	Judge
2011-2017	The Talk	Herself (Co-Host)	Nominated - Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Talk Show Host (2014) Nominated - Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
2012	Glee	Jake Puckerman's Mother	1 episode
2013-present	Whose Line Is It Anyway?	Herself	Host (season 9-present)
2013	Hawaii Five-0	Savannah Walker
	The Getaway	Herself	Host
2014	Modern Family	Wendy
	Talking Dead	Herself	Panelist
	@midnight	Herself	1 episode
	The Mind of a Chef	Herself	Bourbon connoisseur
	Two and a Half Men	Adoption Lawyer
	Hell's Kitchen	Herself	Dining room guest for Season 13's final service
2014-2015	Bojack Horseman	Mother of Sarah Lynn, Sextina Aquafina and Giggleship Security Guard	Voice
2015-present	Criminal Minds	Dr. Tara Lewis	Recurring (season 11) Main (season 12-present) 57 episodes
2016	Supergirl	Herself	1 episode, with The Talk co-hosts
2018-present	Unapologetic with Aisha Tyler	Herself	Host

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2010	Halo: Reach	Female Trooper 2	Voice Only
2011	Gears of War 3	Commander Walker	Voice Only
2014	Watch Dogs	Herself	Voice and Likeness

Web

Year	Title	Role
2011	Girl on Guy - Podcast	Host
2012	E3 - Electronics Entertainment Expo	Ubisoft Press Conference Host
2013	E3 - Electronics Entertainment Expo	Ubisoft Press Conference Host
2014	E3 - Electronics Entertainment Expo	Ubisoft Press Conference Host
	The GameOverGreggy Show	Guest
2015	Table Top: Cards Against Humanity	Guest
	E3 - Electronics Entertainment Expo	Ubisoft Press Conference Host
2016	E3 - Electronics Entertainment Expo	Ubisoft Press Conference Host

Music video

Year	Title	Artist	Notes
2003	"Slow Jamz"	Twista featuring Kanye West and Jamie Foxx
2009	"Nowassitall"	Herself	From her DVD Aisha Tyler is Lit
2013	"Simmer"	Silversun Pickups	Director, editor[34][35]
	"Crucial Velocity"	Clutch	Director[36]
2014	"Tacky"	"Weird Al" Yankovic
2016	"Gone Cold"	Clutch

Director

Year	Title	Notes
2017	Axis	Feature Film Producer
2017-present	Criminal Minds	2 episodes: "The Bunker" & "Broken Wing"

Published works

• Tyler, Aisha (2005). Swerve. Plume. ISBN 978-0452286320.
• Tyler, Aisha (2013). Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation. It Books. ISBN 978-0062223777.

Charities

Aisha Tyler supports the following charitable causes: Children, Rape/Sexual Abuse, Red Cross.

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