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Who is Negin Farsad?
Negin Farsad is a stand-up comedian. Negin Farsad is the host of the show Fake the Nation. She also directs and stars in 3rd Street Blackout on Peacock. Farsad played Meredith the Mindtaker in Birdgirl and was a regular contributor to Current TV’s The Young Turks. She also appeared as a guest on the Joy Behar Show, ‘AMJoy,’ which airs on MSNBC. In 2016, she also published How to Make White People Laugh.
Early Life and Childhood
Negin Farsad was born in 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States. Her age is 44 years.
Farsad was raised in the Southern California resort community of Palm Springs by an Iranian American Muslim family.
Education Details
Negin Farsad enrolled at Cornell University after receiving the best high school diploma and majoring in government and theater arts.
She earned her master’s degree in race relations from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences.
She later earned a master’s degree in international and public affairs with a concentration in urban management from the School of International and Public Affairs.
Professional Career
Farsad is the host of the podcast Fake the Nation. The podcast is a comedy podcast that discusses news, culture, and the strangeness of humanity.
Furthermore, the podcast is hosted every week by her funniest, smartest, and most politically astute friends. Furthermore, as of March 31, 2022, the podcast had 155 episodes.
Farsad began her career as a policy advisor to the New York City Campaign Finance Board, and after more than a year, she left her job to pursue comedy.
She was named one of the Huffington Post’s “53 Favorite Female Comedians” in 2012. Furthermore, she was named one of the “18 Funny Women You Should Be Following on Twitter” by The Huffington Post.
The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, which she wrote, premiered at the New York International Fringe Festival. She was also a regular panelist on National Public Radio’s “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” news game show.
She has also directed Nerdcore Rising and co-directed and starred in the romantic comedy 3rd Street Blackout. She also co-directed The Muslims Are Coming! with comedian and filmmaker Dean Obeidallah.
Net Worth and Salary
Negin Farsad’s net worth is $1 million dollars.
Relationship Status
Negin Farsad is married to her lovely husband, Jason Tottenham.
Jason is an actor who has appeared in films and television shows such as Nightcap, The Blacklist, Bull, House of Cards, and Quantico. Farsad gave birth to Raikah Farsad in January 2019.
Body Measurements
She is a woman of average height. Farsad is 5 feet 6 inches tall (Approx 1.71 m).
Social Media
Her Twitter handle is @NeginFarsad.
Her Instagram handle is @neginfarsad.
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Trivia
- Farsad is a comedian and podcaster from the United States.
- She is the host of the show Fake the Nation. She also directs and stars in 3rd Street Blackout on Peacock.
- Farsad played Meredith the Mindtaker in Birdgirl and was a regular contributor to Current TV’s The Young Turks.
- She is also the author of the book How to Make White People Laugh.
- Farsad was born in 1978 in New Haven, Connecticut, in the United States.
