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My Take
What fascinates me about Aisha Tyler is her refusal to stay in one lane. Most performers pick a niche; she built five. The Dartmouth-educated comedian who voices Lana Kane in Archer is the same person who held her own on Whose Line Is It Anyway?, anchored The Talk well enough to win back-to-back Daytime Emmys, and then stepped behind the camera to direct. I think her real gift is tonal range — she can be acidly funny one minute and genuinely warm the next without either feeling fake. In an industry that loves to typecast, her career reads like a quiet act of defiance, and I respect that enormously.
Overview
Aisha Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress and talk show host. She is known for playing Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer, Dr. Tara Lewis in Criminal Minds since 2015, Mother Nature in the final two The Santa Clause films, and voicing Lana Kane in Archer. She also had recurring roles on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup, and Friends.
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Aisha Tyler
- Name (Japanese)
- アイシャ・タイラー
- Reading
- あいしゃ・たいらー
- Born
- September 18, 1970 (age 55)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Dog
- Origin
- San Francisco, California, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / film producer / comedian / screenwriter
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Dartmouth College
Awards & achievements
- 2015 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
- 2016 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | The Talk | — | |
| Notable work | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | — |
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Film director — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.