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Aisha Tyler was born on the 18th of September 1970 in San Francisco, California. She is the daughter of school teacher Robin Gregory and photographer Jim Tyler. At the age of ten, her parents got divorced and she went to live with her father. Even as a child her main interest was comedy. She skipped classes so that she can attend the local improvisational classes. She also went to the School of the Arts High School in San Francisco. After high school she attended Dartmouth College where she successfully earned a degree in government with environmental policy as her minor. She co-founded The Dartmouth Rockapellas, an all female cappella group.

After Dartmouth she briefly worked in an advertising company. Then she went across the country performing live comedy acts before finally moving to California.

Her first appearance in television was in 2001 as the host of Talk Soup and the reality series The Fifth Wheel. She left The Fifth Wheel the following year and Talk Soup got cancelled. She then went on to do independent projects and this included her role in Moose Mating. She was given the NAACP Image Award for her performance in Moose Mating. She also tried her hand in directing and writing in the independent film The Whipper.

At the same time she had a recurring character in the hit sitcom Friends. She also appeared in CSI: Miami and then later on appeared in Nip/Tuck. Following her appearance in CSI: Miami, she appeared frequently as the same character in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. She also has recurring role in 24.

Aisha then landed a regular role in Ghost Whisperer’s first season. This was followed by movie roles including The Santa Clause 2 and its sequel The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause. She also appeared in the less notable movies: .45, Balls of Fury, Death Sentence and Black Water Transit.

In television she appeared in Boston Legal and filled in for Robert Ebert on the Ebert and Roeper. She is also a regular contributor of Jane Magazine and Glamour Magazine and released her own book in 2004 entitled Swerve: A Guide to the Sweet Life for Postmodern Girls. In 2006 she posed nude for Allure.

Aisha married lawyer Jeff Tietjens in 1992. The couples are beer lovers and are home brewers. Currently she and her husband live in Los Angeles where they both enjoy having parties and talking about their shared passion in their home brewed beers. Aisha even took the opportunity to talk about it in her appearance in The Sharon Osbourne Show.