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Tami Sagher is an American comedy writer, producer, and actress.


Biography

A native of Chicago, Sagher studied mathematics at the University of Chicago before joining
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Career


TV

Sagher has written for the TV shows ''
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'', ''
Psych ''Psych'' is an American detective comedy-drama television series created by Steve Franks for USA Network. The series stars James Roday as Shawn Spencer, a young crime consultant for the Santa Barbara Police Department whose "heightened obser ...
,'' '' MADtv'' and '' Inside Amy Schumer''. She was a staff writer on the
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sitcom '' How I Met Your Mother'', leaving before the show's final season. Sagher then spent two seasons as writer-producer on the Netflix series '' Orange is the New Black''. From 2020 to 2021, Sagher was a writer-executive producer on the Hulu series '' Shrill.''


National Public Radio

In addition, Sagher has contributed to '' This American Life''.


Performance

Her performing includes playing an improv performer in ''
Don't Think Twice ''Don't Think Twice'' is a 2016 American comedy-drama film written and directed by Mike Birbiglia and stars Birbiglia, Keegan-Michael Key, Gillian Jacobs, Kate Micucci, Tami Sagher and Chris Gethard. The film had its world premiere at South by ...
'', starring in the short film ''The Shabbos Goy'', as well as various appearances on TV sitcoms and sketch shows. In particular, she appeared in Season 5 of ''
Curb Your Enthusiasm ''Curb Your Enthusiasm'' is an American television sitcom produced and broadcast by HBO since October 15, 2000, and created by Larry David, who stars as a semi-fictionalized version of himself. It follows David's life as a semi-retired televisi ...
''.


Honors

Sagher has been nominated for 4 Writers Guild of America Awards: * Three for ''MADtv''; * One (
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in the category of Best Comedy Series) for the third season of ''30 Rock''.


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