Isabella Roland

Last updated

Izzy Roland
Born
Isabella Roland

(1994-09-24) September 24, 1994 (age 31) [1]
Education Sarah Lawrence College
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
  • screenwriter
Years active2017–present
Spouse
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(m. 2023)​
Children1
Mother Claudia Lonow
Relatives
Website www.isabellaroland.com

Isabella Roland (born September 24, 1994) is an American actress and comedian. She is known for her appearances on Dropout shows such as Game Changer and Dimension 20 .

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Early life

Roland grew up in West Hollywood, California, the daughter of actress and comedian Claudia Lonow. [2] [3] When she was two, she and her mother moved into the same household as her grandmother, the comedian and talent manager JoAnne Astrow, and her step-grandfather, the actor and comedy club owner Mark Lonow. [4] The living arrangement inspired her mother's show How to Live with Your Parents (For the Rest of Your Life) . [4]

Roland trained at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute as a youngster and graduated from the Los Angeles County High School for the Arts. [5] She then attended Sarah Lawrence College in New York, where she graduated with concentrations in history, French, and theater in 2016. [2] While in college, she performed with the Lampoon improvisational comedy troupe. [6]

Career

In 2018, Roland played the main character Jess, a gender non-conforming student, in the Facebook Watch teen drama series Turnt . [7] In 2021, she began playing the recurring character Carla, a writer for the school comedy magazine, on the HBO Max teen comedy series The Sex Lives of College Girls . [7]

Roland has appeared on Dropout shows since 2019, when she made a cameo from backstage in Game Changer 's series premiere. [8] In addition to other appearances, she has since played in several campaigns of the Dropout actual play series Dimension 20 and competed on various episodes of Game Changer. [3] [9] In 2024, she filmed Never Stop Blowing Up, an action-themed campaign for Dimension 20, while eight months pregnant. [9] Later that year, she and her husband, Brennan Lee Mulligan, created the improv comedy special Bigger for Dropout. [10]

Roland wrote and starred in D(e)ad, a dark comedy film released in 2025, in which she plays a young woman, Tillie, whose father's ghost haunts the rest of her family. [11] The independent and crowdfunded production was directed by Roland's mother, Claudia Lonow, and featured other members of her family in the main cast. [11]

Personal life

Roland met her husband, fellow comedian Brennan Lee Mulligan, through improv theater in 2017. [12] The couple married on April 1, 2023, and had a child in 2024. [12]

References

  1. ↑ Roland, Isabella [@iz_ball]; (September 19, 2020). "Is this anything" . Retrieved September 23, 2025– via Instagram. "My borthday is Sept 24". Roland, Isabella [@iz_ball]; (September 26, 2021). "... my 27th birthday and the weekend was pure bliss" . Retrieved September 23, 2025– via Instagram.
  2. 1 2 "Isabella Roland". isabellaroland.com. Archived from the original on November 1, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Shachat, Sarah (September 10, 2025). "'D(e)ad' Is Helping Truly Independent Films Haunt Theaters". IndieWire . Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Getlen, Larry (March 31, 2013). "'Parents' trap". New York Post . Retrieved September 25, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Isabella Roland". Backstage . Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  6. ↑ Diribssa, Nahome (March 13, 2015). "Lampoon keeps SLC laughing". The Phoenix. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  7. 1 2 Cordero, Rosy (August 16, 2021). "'The Sex Lives Of College Girls': Mindy Kaling's HBO Max Series Rounds Out Cast". Deadline Hollywood . Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Hindsight Is Rose-Colored Glasses (with Izzy Roland)" . Adventuring Academy. Dropout. April 29, 2025. 14:15. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  9. 1 2 Ashcroft, Helen (August 29, 2024). "Dimension 20 Interview: Campaigns, Characters And Embracing The '80s Action Hero". TheGamer . Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  10. ↑ Volk, Peter (July 30, 2024). "Brennan Lee Mulligan and Isabella Roland go big on life, love, and improv as a comedy couple". Polygon . Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  11. 1 2 Colangelo, BJ (September 13, 2025). "This 2025 Comedy Proves Truly Independent Cinema Is Still Alive". /Film . Retrieved September 23, 2025.
  12. 1 2 Law, Eric (May 27, 2025). "Brennan Lee Mulligan Reveals How Family Enriches Dimension 20 and Dropout". Game Rant . Retrieved September 23, 2025.
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