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Lahna Turner | |
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| Genres | Observational comedy |
Lahna Turner is an American stand-up comedian. She is primarily known for having been married to comedian Ralphie May. [1]
As a child, Turner and her family moved from Canada to Houston, Texas for her father's career with Exxon. [2]
Turner attended Texas State University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in fine arts with a focus in photo technology. Turner worked full-time as a photographer throughout her college career. At the age of 19, she started an unofficial internship with the Associated Press, which eventually led to a freelance position with the organization. [2]
Turner began her comedy career post-college in Houston where she performed three comedic songs at a local open mic night. She booked her first paying gig two months later. [3] In 2004, Turner released her first comedy album, Dick Jokes & Other Assorted Love Songs. [4] She later recorded If These Lips Could Talk (2012), her first one-hour special So…. I Wrote a Song About It (2014) [5] and Limeade (2017), the first ever comedy visual album. [6] Turner's albums have received airplay at top radio stations across the country as well as National Lampoon's Top 40 comedy countdown, and are in rotation on SiriusXM Satellite Radio. [7] [4] She also has an early, non-comedy album called Life as a Human. [8] [9]
Turner made her big-screen debut in Teacher of the Year (2014), [10] in which she played Ursula Featherstone. She also appeared in This Is Meg (2017), [11] Brand New Old Love (2018) [8] and was a producer of What's Eating Ralphie May? (2019). [12] [13] [14] [15] She was also the executive producer for the documentary 360 Degrees Down.[ when? ]
On July 3, 2005, Turner married fellow comedian Ralphie May, [16] with whom she had a daughter in September 2007 and a son in June 2009. May died in 2017 before the two could finalize their divorce. [17]