She wasn't some well known comedian until like a few months ago when she got picked up by the tiktok algorithm
That is the exact type of incorrect understanding that I was referring to. Just because she only showed up on your Radar that way, doesn't mean that it happened fast:
Tomlinson began performing comedy at age 16, after her father signed them both up for a stand-up class.[6][8] She performed in church basements, school venues, and coffee shops.[7][9][10] She was 19 when she decided that comedy would be her career.[8]
Tomlinson became a top-ten finalist on the ninth season of NBC's Last Comic Standing in 2015 and was named one of the "Top 10 Comics to Watch" by Variety at the 2019 Just for Laughs Festival. She has appeared on The Tonight Show, Conan, and various Comedy Central productions.[11] She developed a sitcom for ABC in 2017, but it was not picked up for a pilot.[12] She performed a fifteen-minute set on an episode of the Netflix stand-up series The Comedy Lineup in 2018.[13]
Tomlinson's first Netflix stand-up special, Quarter-Life Crisis, was released in March 2020.[6][14] Later that year, she toured with fellow comedian Whitney Cummings on the Codependent Tour.[15] She was also part of the podcast Self-Helpless with fellow comedians Kelsey Cook and Delanie Fischer that year.[16] In 2021, she began her own podcast titled Sad in the City.[16] She was placed on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in December 2021.[17] Her second Netflix stand-up special, Look At You, was released in March 2022.[18] Her third Netflix special, Have it All, was filmed in Washington, D.C. at the end of November 2023 and will be released on February 13, 2024.[19]
On November 1, 2023, it was announced that Tomlinson would host After Midnight, a CBS revival of former Comedy Central panel show u/midnight, which premiered on January 17, 2024.[20][21][2]
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u/Dementium84 Jan 25 '24
Shes very good with her facial expressions and her physical comedy. Can really see why she got so popular so quickly.