Aisha N. Tyler (born September 18, 1970) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for portraying Andrea Marino in the first season of Ghost Whisperer, voicing Lana Kane in Archer, portraying Dr. Tara Lewis in Criminal Minds and portraying Mother Nature in the Santa Clause film series, as well as recurring roles in CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, Talk Soup and Friends. She is a former co-host of CBS\'s The Talk, and the host of Whose Line Is It Anyway? Tyler also hosted Ubisoft\'s E3 press conferences from 2012 to 2016, and has made various video game appearances including Halo: Reach and Ubisoft\'s Watch Dogs where her voice and likeness are featured.\n', '

Tyler was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Robin Gregory, a teacher, and James Tyler, a photographer. The family spent one year in Ethiopia and later spent time living in an ashram in the US.\n', '

She pursued an early interest in comedy at McAteer High School in San Francisco, which had a special program called School of the Arts, now named Ruth Asawa San Francisco School of the Arts. Tyler attended high school with Sam Rockwell, and Margaret Cho. She had a crush on Rockwell, and followed him into acting class one day, leading to her interest in improv and sketch.\n', '

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