Aparna Nancherla

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Aparna Nancherla: Biography at a Glance

  • Aparna Nancherla is a series regular in Comedy Central’s Corporate and has reprised her role in season 2 of HBO’s "CRASHING". Aparna is also featured in the second season of Netflix’s "The Standups".  
  • Other television credits include Netflix’s "Master of None" and "LOVE", HBO’s "High Maintenance" Comedy Central’s "Inside Amy Schumer", appearing as a US correspondent for Dave’s (UK) "Unspun with Matt Forde", and Hulu’s "I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman".
  • In 2018 she made her feature debut in the Paul Feig movie "A Simple Favor".  Her TV stand up appearances include Seeso’s stand up series "Night Train with Wyatt Cenac", season 2 of Comedy Central’s "Meltdown" as well as Adam Devine’s "House Party".
  • In 2013, she made her late night stand up debut on TBS’s "Conan" and was one of the breakout New Faces at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Her TV writing credits include "Late Night with Seth Meyers" as well as being a regular correspondent/writer on FX’s T"otally Biased with W. Kamau Bell". 
  • She is also an alumna of the NBC Stand Up for Diversity program and currently headlines throughout the world and has been seen at a number of festivals including Comedy Central’s Clusterfest, Portland’s Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Moontower, SF Sketchfest, DC’s Bentzen Ball, Outside Lands, Bonnaroo and Dublin’s Vodaphone Comedy Festival. Aparna’s been featured on and in NPR, Reader’s Digest, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post Magazine, XM Radio, and Slate V.

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Aparna Nancherla started out doing comedy in her hometown of Washington D.C. and now resides in New York City. 2016’s Elle’s Women in Comedy Issue, featured her as one of the most exciting new voices to hit the comedy scene. She is a series regular in Comedy Central’s Corporate and has reprised her role in season 2 of HBO’s "CRASHING". Aparna is also featured in the second season of Netflix’s "The Standups".  

Other television credits include Netflix’s "Master of None" and "LOVE", HBO’s "High Maintenance" Comedy Central’s "Inside Amy Schumer", appearing as a US correspondent for Dave’s (UK) "Unspun with Matt Forde", and Hulu’s "I Love You, America with Sarah Silverman". In 2018 she makes her feature debut in the Paul Feig movie "A Simple Favor".  Her TV stand up appearances include Seeso’s stand up series "Night Train with Wyatt Cenac", season 2 of Comedy Central’s "Meltdown" as well as Adam Devine’s "House Party".

In 2013, she made her late night stand up debut on TBS’s "Conan" and was one of the breakout New Faces at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival in Montreal. Her TV writing credits include "Late Night with Seth Meyers" as well as being a regular correspondent/writer on FX’s T"otally Biased with W. Kamau Bell".  She is also an alumna of the NBC Stand Up for Diversity program and currently headlines throughout the world and has been seen at a number of festivals including Comedy Central’s Clusterfest, Portland’s Bridgetown Comedy Festival, Moontower, SF Sketchfest, DC’s Bentzen Ball, Outside Lands, Bonnaroo and Dublin’s Vodaphone Comedy Festival. Aparna’s been featured on and in NPR, Reader’s Digest, The Huffington Post, The Washington Post Magazine, XM Radio, and Slate V.

She can regularly be seen performing at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade’s in LA and NYC. Her debut album Just Putting It Out There was released in July 2016 by Tig Notaro’s label Bentzen Ball Records and hit the #4 on Billboard Comedy Charts.

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