Nikki Glaser has been the host of Comedy Central’s, Not Safe with Nikki Glaser since 2016, and has appeared in shows like Inside Amy Schumer and Girls. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Nikki Glaser's net worth is around $500k. Her rise to success in comedy started as early as high school, when she was an editor of her high school’s satirical newspaper and became featured in the Washington Post after writing an editorial piece criticizing abstinence-only education.
Early life
Nikki Glaser was born on December 30, 1981 in the small town of Haledon, New Jersey. Her mother is a former middle school teacher and her father was an electrician. She attended Montclair State University for college and graduated with a degree in Communications. Glaser then went to work as a publicist for Comedy Central before moving to Los Angeles to pursue comedy full-time.
Upon moving to Los Angeles, she began performing improv at Upright Citizens Brigade and was soon offered her own Comedy Central Presents special. In 2010, she was given her own weekly one-hour show on Comedy Central. Titled Nikki & Sara Live, it ran for 40 episodes over two seasons until ending in 2012. Over those years, Glaser continued to perform stand up comedy regularly in Los Angeles and New York City.
She released her debut stand up album, Perfect, in 2012 on Comedy Central Records. The album ranked as one of iTunes’ Best Comedy Albums of 2012 and was also nominated for a Billboard Music Award for Top Comedy Album. In 2013, Glaser was given her first big acting break when she landed a role in NBC’s hit comedy series Parks and Recreation as Audra Levine.
Personal life
Nikki is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and writer. She is known for her work as a correspondent on the Comedy Central television series The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Roasts on Comedy Central.
Nikki was born on June 19, 1985 in Cincinnati, Ohio. Her father was an advertising executive, and her mother was a real estate agent. She spent a significant portion of her early years living with her paternal grandparents and first met future fellow comedian T.J. Miller when he was a delivery boy for their Chinese restaurant.
Nikki’s parents divorced when she was eight years old, and she subsequently lived with her mother and sister in New York City. She attended New York University, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in communication studies at age 20 and studied improv comedy at The Peoples Improv Theater. After graduation, she pursued a career as an actress/model while doing stand-up on the side to make extra money.
Awards and nominations
In 2011, she was one of the finalists on NBC's Last Comic Standing and was a semi-finalist in 2010. She has made appearances on the show Chelsea Lately and co-hosted TBS' Dinner & A Movie. In 2013, she hosted the MTV series Nikki & Sara LIVE and in 2014, she hosted her own late night talk show for MTV entitled The Nikki Glaser Show which ran for three seasons.
Glaser's stand-up comedy has been featured on Comedy Central in her own Half Hour Special and as part of Comedy Central Stand Up Presents series. In 2016, she was given her own late night talk show on MTV, entitled Nikki & Sara Live. She hosted an episode of @midnight with Chris Hardwick on Comedy Central in 2017. She also appeared in Louis CK's 2017 film I Love You Daddy and made a guest appearance in season 2 of Netflix’s Master of None.
From 2008 to 2012, Glaser dated fellow comedian Kurt Metzger. In 2011, Glaser married professional poker player Ben Hoffman. They divorced in 2013. She was previously engaged to comedian and actor Kumail Nanjiani.
References in popular culture
Glaser has been a cast member on two Comedy Central series: Not Safe with Nikki Glaser and Inside Amy Schumer. She is also known for her role as a commentator on the MTV series, Girl Code.
As of 2017, Nikki's net worth is $800,000 (USD). Nikki Glaser has an average rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars on Quora with 1103 total votes.
Glaser lives in New York City and is Jewish. Her father was born to an Ashkenazi Jewish family from Ukraine, while her mother converted to Judaism before she married her father.
Nikki Glaser Net Worth
Nikki Glaser is a well-known American standup comedian. She started her career in show business as an intern on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and was then cast in supporting roles on shows like Rescue Me and The League. She has also starred in movies such as 21 Jump Street and the upcoming film, Girl Flu. With all of these accomplishments, she has managed to amass a net worth of $2 million dollars.
Nikki was born on June 1, 1982 in Chicago, Illinois to Rob Glaser and his wife Debra. Nikki also has a brother who is eight years older than her named Jordan. She attended New York University where she earned a degree in drama. At NYU, she got her start in comedy when she joined an improv troupe that toured colleges across America called Naked Babies with fellow comedians like Chris Gethard and Joe Lo Truglio.
She has performed standup comedy on programs like Late Night with Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Show with David Letterman and Jimmy Kimmel Live!. In 2013, she also began hosting her own podcast called You Had To Be There. Nikki will soon be appearing in a movie based on Amy Poehler's book titled Yes Please which is set to be released in 2016.
Summary
She is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor. She currently has a show on Comedy Central called Not Safe with Nikki Glaser. She was born in Philadelphia and grew up in Valley Forge. In 2007, she graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a B.A. degree in English and Comparative Literature.


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