Megan Stalter

Megan Stalter
Megan Stalter
Born	Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Medium	Television; internet;
Years active	2018- present
Genres	Character comedy;

Megan Stalter (born September 15, 1990)[1] is an American comedian and actress. In her videos, Stalter specializes in desperate, deluded characters who are prone to theatricality, frequent mispronunciations, and botched suicide attempts.[1][2] "I feel like all my characters are people whose lives didn't turn out a certain way, but they're still trying to pretend like it did," Stalter has said.[2] In 2019, she joined the cast and writing staff of the reboot of The National Lampoon Radio Hour.[3] She is also the host of the webseries The Megan Stalter Show and the Forever Dog podcast Confronting Demons with Megan Stalter.

Early life

Stalter was born in Cleveland, where she lived until the age of 12. She then moved around with her family, and lived in Dayton, Huber Heights and Centerville, Ohio. She was raised in the Pentecostal Church.[4] Stalter attended Wayne High School, where she was part of the drama club, and tried out for every play, but never got the lead. After graduating from high school, Stalter attended Sinclair Community College and later Wright State University, but left to try acting again. She began doing sketch and improvisational comedy in Dayton and moved to Chicago soon after to do comedy full time.[5] Stalter often collaborates with her brother Nick and his wife Destiny.[6][7]

Career

In 2019, Stalter moved to New York and got a manager.[5] New York magazine named Stalter one of the "comedians you should and will know in 2019," and in 2020 The New York Times critic Jason Zinoman declared her "sketch comedy's newest star," writing, "In the constantly shifting ecosystem of young performers on Twitter and Instagram, the most vital voice to emerge during this anxious, isolating moment is that of Meg Stalter."[1][8]

She is the voice of Bonnie Davis in the Paramount+ original series Tooning Out the News and plays Kayla in the HBO Max comedy Hacks.

Personal life

Stalter lives in Los Angeles. She is bisexual.[9]

As of October 2022, Stalter is dating a woman named Maddie.[10]

Credits

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	Star-Crossed: The Film	Heist Gear Driver
2023	Sometimes I Think About Dying	Isobel
2023	Cora Bora	Cora
2023	Problemista	Lili
TBA	First Time Female Director		Post-production

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2020–present	Tooning Out the News	Bonnie Davis (voice)	31 episodes
2021–present	Hacks	Kayla	11 episodes
2021	Yearly Departed	Self	Comedy special
2022–present	Snack vs. Chef	Self	Host
2022	Queer as Folk	Meg	Guest
2023	RuPaul's Drag Race	Guest judge	Episode: "Old Friends Gold"

References

Zinoman, Jason. "Now Playing Nightly on Instagram: Sketch Comedy’s Newest Star," The New York Times 29 Mar. 2020.
Gillespie, Katherine. She started doing improv in her early 20s in Ohio. “I was really, really bad. There was a man at the theater in Ohio who asked me to stop being in the show,” says Stalter, “Ohio was pretty right.” After a year, she moved to Chicago where she started to find her way in comedy.https://www.forbes.com/sites/rosaescandon/2019/12/04/29-year-old-megan-stalter-isnt-afraid-to-beg/#35b7c2843c7a"Megan Stalter: Faking It 'Til She Makes It," Paper 6 May 2020.
Wright, Megh. "The National Lampoon Radio Hour to Feature All Your Favorite Comedy Babies," Vulture.com 19 Sept. 2019.
Tartasky, Alexandra (April 19, 2021). "Megan Stalter On Panera Bread and Pivoting". Cultured Mag. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
Varias, Chris (November 5, 2020). "Megan Stalter, Dayton Comedian, returns home for pandemic videos". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved May 17, 2021.
Garron, Taylor. "Meg Stalter Thinks the Villain From The Mask Is Hot," Vulture.com 20 Sept. 2019.
Escandon, Rosa. "29-Year-Old Megan Stalter Isn’t Afraid To Beg," Forbes 4 Dec. 2019.
Kroeger, Jake, and Anne Victoria Clark. "The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2019," Vulture.com 29 Oct. 2019.
"20 LGBTQ+ Entertainers Who Made the Out100". www.out.com. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-02.
"Fans React After 'Hacks' Actress Meg Stalter Does a 'Hard Launch' of Her Relationship on Social Media". www.parade.com. 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2022-11-04.

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[nytimes-1] Zinoman, Jason. "Now Playing Nightly on Instagram: Sketch Comedy’s Newest Star," The New York Times 29 Mar. 2020.

[paper-2] Gillespie, Katherine. She started doing improv in her early 20s in Ohio. “I was really, really bad. There was a man at the theater in Ohio who asked me to stop being in the show,” says Stalter, “Ohio was pretty right.” After a year, she moved to Chicago where she started to find her way in comedy.https://www.forbes.com/sites/rosaescandon/2019/12/04/29-year-old-megan-stalter-isnt-afraid-to-beg/#35b7c2843c7a"Megan Stalter: Faking It 'Til She Makes It," Paper 6 May 2020.

[3] Wright, Megh. "The National Lampoon Radio Hour to Feature All Your Favorite Comedy Babies," Vulture.com 19 Sept. 2019.

[4] Tartasky, Alexandra (April 19, 2021). "Megan Stalter On Panera Bread and Pivoting". Cultured Mag. Retrieved May 17, 2021.

[Varias-5] Varias, Chris (November 5, 2020). "Megan Stalter, Dayton Comedian, returns home for pandemic videos". Cincinnati Enquirer. Retrieved May 17, 2021.

[vulture-6] Garron, Taylor. "Meg Stalter Thinks the Villain From The Mask Is Hot," Vulture.com 20 Sept. 2019.

[forbes-7] Escandon, Rosa. "29-Year-Old Megan Stalter Isn’t Afraid To Beg," Forbes 4 Dec. 2019.

[8] Kroeger, Jake, and Anne Victoria Clark. "The Comedians You Should and Will Know in 2019," Vulture.com 29 Oct. 2019.

[9] "20 LGBTQ+ Entertainers Who Made the Out100". www.out.com. 2021-11-02. Retrieved 2021-11-02.

[10] "Fans React After 'Hacks' Actress Meg Stalter Does a 'Hard Launch' of Her Relationship on Social Media". www.parade.com. 2022-10-16. Retrieved 2022-11-04.