Natasha Leggero

Natasha Leggero (born March 26, 1974) is an American actress, comedian and former frequent roundtable panelist on Chelsea Handler's late-night talk show Chelsea Lately. Her stand-up television appearances include performances on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson, Last Call with Carson Daly, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and she has appeared on multiple Comedy Central stand-up programs as well as their animated show Ugly Americans, wherein she voiced Callie Maggotbone. She currently stars alongside Riki Lindhome in the Comedy Central series Another Period. She has performed at such festivals as SXSW, Bonnaroo, the Sasquatch Music Festival, and the Montreal Comedy Festival. 2Early life Leggero was born in Rockford, Illinois and is of Italian and Swedish descent. She has stated that a DNA test revealed 6% Sub-Saharan African ancestry. Leggero was raised Roman Catholic but converted to Judaism as an adult. She began performing at age 10, in plays in Chicago. Leggero attended Rockford East High School, and worked at a grocery store as a teenager. After graduating from high school, Leggero attended Illinois State University, where she studied for two years and spent a semester studying abroad in Englan