Taylor Tomlinson
Tomlinson in 2023
Birth nameTaylor Elyse Tomlinson
Born (1993-11-04) November 4, 1993
Orange County, California, U.S.
Medium
  • Stand-up
  • television
Alma materCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo (dropped out)
San Diego Community College District, California State University San Marcos (dropped out)
Years active2010–present
Genres
Subject(s)
Websitettomcomedy.com

Taylor Elyse Tomlinson (born November 4, 1993[1]) is an American stand-up comedian, writer, and television host. She has released two Netflix stand-up specials titled Quarter-Life Crisis (2020) and Look At You (2022). She will be the host of the upcoming CBS late-night show After Midnight, which is scheduled to premiere in early 2024.

Early life

Tomlinson was born on November 4, 1993, in Orange County, California. She was raised in Temecula, California, where she graduated from Temecula Valley High School.[2][3] She briefly attended California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo before transferring to a community college in the San Diego metropolitan area to be closer to comedy clubs for her career. Tomlinson then attended California State University San Marcos before dropping out to pursue her budding comedy career full time.[3][4] She and her three younger siblings were raised in a devout Christian family, which features prominently in her comedy routines.[5] Her mother died of cancer when Tomlinson was eight,[6] and her father remarried a year later.

Career

Tomlinson began performing comedy at age sixteen, after her father signed them both up for a stand-up class.[5][7] She performed in church basements, school venues, and coffee shops.[6][8][9] She was 19 when she decided that comedy would be her career.[7]

Tomlinson became a top-ten finalist on the ninth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2015, and was named one of the "Top 10 Comics to Watch" by Variety at the 2019 Just for Laughs Festival. She has appeared on The Tonight Show, Conan, and various Comedy Central productions.[10] She developed a sitcom for ABC in 2017, but it was not picked up for a pilot.[11] She performed a fifteen-minute set on an episode of the Netflix stand-up series The Comedy Lineup in 2018.[12]

Tomlinson's first Netflix stand-up special, Quarter-Life Crisis, was released in March 2020.[5][13] Later that year, she toured with fellow comedian Whitney Cummings on the Codependent Tour.[14] She was also part of the podcast Self-Helpless with fellow comedians Kelsey Cook and Delanie Fischer that year.[15] In 2021, she began her own podcast titled Sad in the City.[15] She was placed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in December 2021.[16] Her second Netflix stand-up special, Look At You, was released in March 2022.[17] Her third Netflix special Have it All was filmed in Washington, D.C. at the end of November 2023 and will be released on February 13, 2024.[18]

On November 1, 2023, it was announced that Tomlinson would host After Midnight, a CBS revival of former Comedy Central panel show @midnight, which is scheduled to premiere in 2024.[19][20]

Social media

Tomlinson has been very successful using TikTok, making her the seventh-most-followed female comedian on the platform in 2022.[21] Her popularity helped her acquire a sponsorship from Hotels.com, which she promotes on TikTok.[22] In 2021, Tomlinson began hosting a video podcast, distributed on YouTube, titled Sad in the City.[22]

Influences

Tomlinson has said her two biggest comedy influences are Brian Regan and Maria Bamford. She said about them, "I loved Brian Regan and Maria Bamford when I was younger—and still do. Regan is just one of the greats, and also the nicest person. And you could listen to him with your whole family and know everyone would enjoy it. I love everything Maria Bamford does. She's so different from anyone else out there, and she talks about mental health in such a hilarious, vulnerable, amazing way."[23] She's also gone on to say Richard Pryor, Dave Chappelle, Conan O'Brien, Bert Kreischer, and John Mulaney are people she idolizes.[24][25]

Personal life

Tomlinson said in her stand-up special Look at You that she was once engaged, but called it off, before taping her first special.[26] Her stand-up material refers to her experiences of mental health issues, including depression, panic attacks and night terrors, and in Look at You she discusses being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.[17]

Tomlinson was in a relationship with fellow comedian Sam Morril from March 2020 to February 2022.[27][28]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Boyette, Chris; Wolfe, Elizabeth (November 2, 2023). "Stand-up comedian Taylor Tomlinson will host new CBS late-night show after 'Colbert'". CNN.
  2. ↑ Schulte, Stephanie (September 8, 2016). "How Temecula comedian, 22, went from church functions to hosting Fox's 'Laughs'". The Press-Enterprise. Temecula, California. Archived from the original on April 2, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Richter, Andy (October 11, 2021). "Episode #115: Taylor Tomlinson". The Three Questions with Andy Richter. Earwolf. Retrieved April 10, 2022.
  4. ↑ "An Evening of Guaranteed Laughs". Cal Poly Events. Retrieved April 1, 2022. Wednesday, January 13, 2021 7:00pm - 8:00pm Online Free calpoly.zoom.us/j/81805247032
  5. 1 2 3 Hooper, Ben (March 3, 2020). "Taylor Tomlinson: Stand-up is 'the ultimate goal for everything'". United Press International. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Greiving, Tim (March 4, 2022). "Taylor Tomlinson left the church comedy circuit with a hell of a lot of jokes for Netflix". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  7. 1 2 Fancher, Patrick (February 28, 2019). "Tomlinson aims for all-age laughs". Albany Democrat-Herald. Albany, Oregon. p. C4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Johns, Gibson (April 22, 2020). "Taylor Tomlinson on why she quit the church comedy circuit early in her career". In The Know. Retrieved April 1, 2022 – via YouTube.
  9. ↑ Johns, Gibson (April 22, 2020). "Taylor Tomlinson 'Got Fired' From a Church Comedy Gig for One Tweet". In The Know. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  10. ↑ Escandon, Rosa (August 5, 2019). "25-Year-Old Taylor Tomlinson Travels For Her Comedy". Forbes. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  11. ↑ Crowley, James (March 3, 2020). "Comedian Taylor Tomlinson is wise beyond her years in new Netflix special, 'Quarter-Life Crisis'". Newsweek. Retrieved March 7, 2020.
  12. ↑ Zinoman, Jason (July 2, 2018). "A Netflix Experiment Gives Deserving Comics Their 15 Minutes". The New York Times. Retrieved March 8, 2020.
  13. ↑ "Taylor Tomlinson: Quarter-Life Crisis". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
  14. ↑ "Whitney Cummings on Instagram: "Pre-Sale code: CODA. WhitneyCummings.com. Friday 10/2 Escondido, CA Westfield Mall Saturday 10/3 Denver, CO Lincoln Park Thursday…"". Instagram. Retrieved September 3, 2020.
  15. 1 2 Crowley, James (November 2, 2023). "Taylor Tomlinson: 5 Things to Know About the New Late Night Host". MSN.com.
  16. ↑ "30 Under 30 - Hollywood & Entertainment (2021): Taylor Tomlinson". Forbes. Retrieved November 3, 2021.
  17. 1 2 Knisley, Brooke (March 17, 2022). "Look at You, Taylor Tomlinson—You're Doing It!". Paste. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  18. ↑ White, Peter (January 5, 2024). "Taylor Tomlinson Lines Up Latest Netflix Special".
  19. ↑ White, Peter (November 1, 2023). "Taylor Tomlinson To Host CBS' 'After Midnight'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
  20. ↑ Madarang, Charisma (November 1, 2023). "Taylor Tomlinson to Host CBS' 'After Midnight,' Produced by Stephen Colbert". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 2, 2023.
  21. ↑ Symons, Alex (2023). Women Comedians in the Digital Age (1st ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-003-26868-0. OCLC 1349461077.
  22. 1 2 Symons, Alex (2023). Women Comedians in the Digital Age (1st ed.). Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-003-26868-0. OCLC 1349461077.
  23. ↑ Rosales, Ramona (February 24, 2022). "Taylor Tomlinson talks us through her comedy inspiration and what it meant to shoot her Netflix special, Quarter-Life Crisis". Netflix. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  24. ↑ "Taylor Tomlinson Yuks". Yuks. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  25. ↑ "Taylor Tomlinson". Team Coco. July 4, 2022. Retrieved September 9, 2023.
  26. ↑ Zinoman, Jason (March 8, 2022). "Taylor Tomlinson: A Comic With the Confidence of a Star". The New York Times. Retrieved April 1, 2022.
  27. ↑ Wilstein, Matt (March 18, 2020). "This Comedy Couple Is Quarantined Together and It's Hilarious". The Daily Beast.
  28. ↑ "Your Mom's House Episode 673 - Sam Morril". Spotify. September 14, 2022.
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