Rasika Mathur (born September 4, 1976) is an American actress/comedian best known for her recurring role on Wild 'N Out.
Mathur grew up in Houston, Texas and attended Albright Middle School in Alief, Texas and Elsik High School. She discovered her comedic side in seventh grade, after a teacher asked her to feed her dog while she was away: "That teacher soon said to me, 'Take my acting class' and I did, and it was amazing. I got to free up my inne...
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Rasika Mathur (born September 4, 1976) is an American actress/comedian best known for her recurring role on Wild 'N Out.
Mathur grew up in Houston, Texas and attended Albright Middle School in Alief, Texas and Elsik High School. She discovered her comedic side in seventh grade, after a teacher asked her to feed her dog while she was away: "That teacher soon said to me, 'Take my acting class' and I did, and it was amazing. I got to free up my inner weirdo. Once we got to draw masks, and everyone loved the lion I drew. Something was always in me, roaring quietly, ready to be unleashed. (Ha, that was a cool metaphor.) Soon, out poured all the funny voices, silly characters, and hilarious wit that had built up inside me."
At the University of Texas at Austin she studied creative advertising with a minor in Japanese and was active in the Student Association.
After college she moved to Chicago and worked as a copywriter at a large advertising firm, while at night she studied improvisation...
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