Kira Soltanovich ( /soʊlˈtɑːnəvɪtʃ/ sohl-TAH-nə-vitch; [1] born September 15, 1973, in Lviv, Ukraine) is an American comedian, writer, and actress.
Soltanovich grew up in San Francisco and started performing stand-up in 1998. [2] After graduating from San Diego State University with a degree in theater, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue comedy full-time. [3]
Soltanovich is best known for her work on the prank-oriented reality show Girls Behaving Badly which aired on the Oxygen Network for four seasons [3] and for being the voice of a talking photo booth in a sketch on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Jay Leno Show. [4] She has performed stand-up on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Last Comic Standing, Hello Ross! and Comedy Central's The World Stands Up. [5] Soltanovich has written for Joan Rivers and Scott Baio as well as for former Disney stars Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber (for the show PrankStars). [6] Her three-year-old son inspired her podcast, The Kira Soltanovich Show, where she interviews fellow comedians who have kids and they discuss all things comedy and colic related. [6]
In 2010, she appeared on the Showtime special Hot Tamales Live and in 2011, Soltanovich shot a half-hour comedy special titled Here Comes Trouble as part of the network's Laugh Out Loud Festival. In 2016, she released a new special, You Did This to Me which she self-produced and made while she was seven months pregnant. [7] That same year, the game show Winsanity premiered with Soltanovich as its announcer. [8]
Kira Soltanovich ( /soʊlˈtɑːnəvɪtʃ/ sohl-TAH-nə-vitch; [1] born September 15, 1973, in Lviv, Ukraine) is an American comedian, writer, and actress.
Soltanovich grew up in San Francisco and started performing stand-up in 1998. [2] After graduating from San Diego State University with a degree in theater, she moved to Los Angeles to pursue comedy full-time. [3]
Soltanovich is best known for her work on the prank-oriented reality show Girls Behaving Badly which aired on the Oxygen Network for four seasons [3] and for being the voice of a talking photo booth in a sketch on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, and The Jay Leno Show. [4] She has performed stand-up on Jimmy Kimmel Live, Last Call with Carson Daly, Last Comic Standing, Hello Ross! and Comedy Central's The World Stands Up. [5] Soltanovich has written for Joan Rivers and Scott Baio as well as for former Disney stars Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber (for the show PrankStars). [6] Her three-year-old son inspired her podcast, The Kira Soltanovich Show, where she interviews fellow comedians who have kids and they discuss all things comedy and colic related. [6]
In 2010, she appeared on the Showtime special Hot Tamales Live and in 2011, Soltanovich shot a half-hour comedy special titled Here Comes Trouble as part of the network's Laugh Out Loud Festival. In 2016, she released a new special, You Did This to Me which she self-produced and made while she was seven months pregnant. [7] That same year, the game show Winsanity premiered with Soltanovich as its announcer. [8]