12 facts about Aisha Tyler
- Aisha Tyler was born on September 18, 1970 in in San Francisco, California.
- Tyler appeared in a nude story along with other celebrities in the May 2006 issue of Allure. Allure's annual Nude Issue raises money to combat skin cancer.
- Aisha Tyler pursued an early interest in comedy during high school, when she would skip her regular courses to attend local comedy improv classes.
- After briefly working for a San Francisco advertising firm, Aisha Tyler toured the country pursing a comedy career before finally moving to Los Angeles, California in 1996.
- Following her regular role on the CBS series Ghost Whisperer during its first season and in the first episode of season 2, she has appeared in another CBS drama Without A Trace.
- She wrote, directed, and starred in the independent short film The Whipper.
- During its final two seasons, Aisha Tyler played the only black recurring character in the hit situation-comedy Friends.
- Aisha Tyler has also been on 24, and currently has a recurring role on CSI. Aisha Tyler is currently on air as Andrea Moreno on Ghost Whisperer.
- Aisha Tyler has moved into print media as a regular contributor to Glamour and Jane magazines; her first book, Swerve: A Guide to the Sweet Life for Postmodern Girls was released in January 2004.
- Aisha Tyler has been married to lawyer Jeff Tietjens since 1992.
- In January 2008, she participated in a video for Barack Obama produced by will.i.am called "Yes We Can".
- In May 2009, it was announced that ABC had given Tyler her own talk show pilot called The Aisha Tyler Show.
