Nikki Glaser’s Net Worth: What Is It?
As an American stand-up comedian, television host, actress, writer, producer, and podcast/radio host, Nikki Glaser boasts a net worth of $4 million. She served as the host, writer, and producer for MTV’s “Nikki & Sara Live” (2013) and Comedy Central’s “Not Safe with Nikki Glaser” (2016). In 2021, she took on the role of host and producer for “FBoy Island” on HBO Max.
Glaser featured in the stand-up comedy specials “Nikki Glaser: Perfect” (2016) and “Nikki Glaser: Bangin'” (2019), and she was a semi-finalist on NBC’s “Last Comic Standing” during her college years. From 2018 to 2020, Nikki hosted “You Up? With Nikki Glaser” on Sirius XM’s Comedy Central Radio, later initiating “The Nikki Glaser Podcast” in March 2021.
In her acting career, Glaser appeared in films such as “Punching the Clown” (2009), “Trainwreck” (2015), “Punching Henry” (2016), and “I Feel Pretty” (2018), along with TV series like “Inside Amy Schumer” (2013–2015), “Adam Ruins Everything” (2017), “A.P. Bio” (2018), “Alone Together” (2018), and “Historical Roasts” (2019).
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Early Life
Nicole Rene Glaser, known as Nikki Glaser, was born on June 1, 1984, in Cincinnati, Ohio. She spent her childhood in St. Louis, Missouri, alongside her mother Julie, father Edward, and sister Lauren, and attended Kirkwood High School. Upon graduation, Nikki initially enrolled at the University of Colorado Boulder but later transferred to the University of Kansas, where she completed her English Literature degree.
Career
Glaser embarked on her journey in stand-up comedy and joke writing at the age of 18. Reflecting on that period, she stated, “I wrote from the perspective of my favorite stand-ups because I didn’t know what my perspective was yet.” In 2016, she released the Comedy Central special “Perfect,” followed by the Netflix special “Bangin'” in 2019. Her stand-up performances have graced TV shows like “Last Comic Standing,” “Conan,” “The Half Hour,” “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” and “Late Night with Seth Meyers.”
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From 2011 to 2014, Nikki co-hosted the podcast “You Had To Be There” with fellow comedian Sara Schaefer, followed by the relationship-themed podcast “We Know Nothing”, along with musician Anya Marina and comedian Phil Hanley. In 2013, she and Schaefer presented MTV’s “Nikki & Sara Live,” which had 24 episodes across two seasons. That same year, Nikki also featured in the pilot of the TV show “Those Who Can’t,” but after TruTV picked up the series in 2015, Maria Thayer took over her part. In February 2016, “Not Safe with Nikki Glaser” debuted on Comedy Central, airing for a total of 20 episodes. Glaser also participated in the “Comedy Central Roast” series…
Nikki Glaser portrayed roles in “Rob Lowe” (2016), “Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis” (2018), and “Comedy Central Roast of Alec Baldwin” (2019). Additionally, she played Kurt Cobain in the “Freddie Mercury” episode of the 2019 Netflix series “Historical Roasts.”
From 2013 to 2015, Glaser participated in five episodes of Comedy Central’s “Inside Amy Schumer” and co-starred alongside Schumer in the films “Trainwreck” (2015) and “I Feel Pretty” (2018). In 2018, she took part in ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars,” although she and her partner, Gleb Savchenko, were the first couple eliminated. However, in 2019, she triumphed over comedian Brad Williams in “Drop the Mic,” a celebrity rap-battle show, and shortly after began hosting “Blind Date” on Bravo.
In 2021, Nikki took on the role of host for the HBO Max reality dating series “FBOY Island” and made an appearance in the Netflix series “History of Swear Words.” Moreover, Glaser has been featured in various documentaries, such as “I Am Comic” (2010), “I Am Road Comic” (2014), “Funny Pains” (2017), and “Hysterical” (2021). She also competed on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” in 2020, winning $125,000 for the rescue charity, Rescue the Birds.
Personal Life
On December 9, 2011, Nikki quit alcohol and attributed her success to the self-help books authored by Allen Carr, which also aided her in quitting smoking. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Glaser relocated to her parents’ home in St. Louis, expressing, “There’s something really about this time that makes you want to be with people you love and who love you unconditionally. And, for me, that’s just my parents.”