Taylor Tomlinson
Comedian
Taylor Tomlinson is an American stand-up comedian known for her Netflix comedy specials, including Quarter-Life Crisis (2020), Look at You (2022), Have It All (2024), and Prodigal Daughter (2026). She also hosted the CBS late-night comedy show After Midnight from 2024 to 2025. [2][14]
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Career and work
Tomlinson began performing stand-up comedy at age 16 after taking a comedy class with her father. Raised in a conservative Christian household, she initially performed at churches and school events before moving into comedy clubs. Her career gained national attention after she reached the top ten on NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2015. She later appeared on Conan, The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, and Netflix's The Comedy Lineup (2018). [3][11]
Her comedy draws on personal experiences with family, religion, relationships, and mental health. In 2023, she had the seventh highest-grossing comedy tour worldwide. She went on to host CBS's After Midnight, a late-night comedy panel show featuring comedians and other entertainers, which ran from January 2024 to June 2025. In September 2026, she published her first book, Actually, Nevermind, a collection of personal essays about identity, relationships, and changing beliefs. [9][12][2]
What has been publicly discussed
“I felt like I was getting dragged around by my own feelings all the time, and it was exhausting and painful.”
— Taylor Tomlinson [1]
