Wendy Liebman

Wendy Liebman was born in 1961 in Manhasset, New York and grew up in Roslyn, New York. Liebman graduated from Wellesley College in 1983 with a degree in psychology and began performing psychology research at Harvard Medical School. However, psychology was ultimately not Liebman’s calling, and in 1984, Liebman started performing stand-up comedy in the Boston. Liebman built a career in comedy, eventually appearing on shows including The Tonight Show, The Late Show with David Letterman, The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Kimmel Live! In 1997, she won the American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year. Liebman filmed a Showtime comedy special, Wendy Liebman: Taller on TV, in 2012.