Esther Povitsky
With a diminutive stature and a colossal talent for comedy, Esther Povitsky landed her first big break on the series "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" (The CW, 2015-). Born in Skokie, Illinois in 1988, Povitsky began seriously pursuing her love of comedy while she was still a student at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She was regularly enduring a three-hour train ride just to take improv classes at iO Chicago and The Second City when the recession hit. Watching both of her parents lose their jobs helped Povitsky see her own priorities with a new perspective. She dropped out of school and began pursuing comedy full time, relocating to Los Angeles and performing stand-up on a nightly basis. She landed her first TV role playing Jimmy's little sister in a handful of appearances on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" (ABC, 2003-) in 2010. By the following year, she was making guest appearances on a wealth of popular shows including "New Girl" (Fox, 2011-), "Parks and Recreation" (NBC, 2009-2015), and "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central, 2012-2015). After being cast on "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" in 2015, Povitsky wrote, produced, and starred in a short film about a female-male friendship called "Alone Together" (2015). By 2018, the short was being adapted into a pilot, which was picked up by Freeform in 2018.
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Esther Povitsky
Filmography
Movies
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55% |
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Drugstore June |
June (Character), Screenwriter |
- | 2024 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Lost & Found in Cleveland | Unknown (Character) | - | 2024 |
57% |
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Mark, Mary & Some Other People | Esther (Character) | - | 2021 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | All in All | Nicole (Character) | - | 2011 |
TV
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No Score Yet | 53% | After Midnight | Guest | 2024 |
No Score Yet | 44% | The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon | Guest | 2024 |
58% | 75% | Dollface | Izzy (Character) | 2019 2022 |
No Score Yet | 28% | The Drew Barrymore Show | Guest | 2022 |
No Score Yet | 79% | iCarly | Writer | 2021 |
82% | 16% | A Little Late With Lilly Singh | Guest | 2019 |
98% | 84% | Crazy Ex-Girlfriend | Maya (Guest Star) | 2016 2019 |
64% | 81% | Alone Together | Esther (Character) | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Last Call With Carson Daly | Guest | 2013 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Harry | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | 55% | Late Night With Seth Meyers | Guest | 2018 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Rachel Dratch's Late Night Snack | Guest | 2016-2017 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The UCB Show | Guest | 2017 |
95% | 88% | Brooklyn Nine-Nine | Emily (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | 88% | At Midnight With Chris Hardwick | Guest | 2015-2016 |
86% | 84% | Workaholics | Jordana (Guest Star) | 2016 |
No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Baby Talk | Guest | 2016 |
96% | 85% | Difficult People | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2015 |
93% | 89% | Parks and Recreation | Unknown (Guest Star) | 2013 |
95% | 85% | New Girl | Krystal (Guest Star) | 2011 |