Alice Wetterlund (born May 16, 1981) is an American stand-up comedian, actress, and podcast host. She played Carla Walton on the HBO sitcom ''

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'', and currently plays D'Arcy Bloom on the

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Early life and education

Wetterlund was born in

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and relocated to New York City in 1999, where she attended

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Career

She began doing stand-up comedy in the late 2000s, and performed with the

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improv group from 2008 on. This led to an audition for MTV's ''

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'', where one of her notable parts was in a parody TV commercial for "Culture Culture Probiotics" - a "cure" for diarrhea. Since then she has been featured in many television commercials for companies such as BMW,

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, Scotch Brite and

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. She has appeared on Cave Comedy Radio as a teacher of

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and cat whispering. Wetterlund and Veronica Osorio co-host the '' Star Trek: The Next Generation'' podcast ''Treks and the City.'' Wetterlund and Kevin Porter co-host the ''Maisel Goys'' (hosted under the ''

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'' podcast) about Amazon Prime's television series ''

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''. She currently plays D'Arcy Bloom in the

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series ''

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Personal life

Wetterlund married comedian Andy Haynes on 20 Sep 2011; they divorced two years later.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

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