Megan Gailey (born February 17, 1986) ^[18] is a comedian lives out of Los Angeles, California. She has acted on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Conan, Lights Out with David Spade and Comedy Central’s Half Hour specials. ^{[3] [6]}

Megan Gailey was and raised in the down town of Indianapolis, Indiana. Megan Gailey grew up around the Lawrence, Indiana and Geist, Indianapolis suburbs. Her parents are originally Upstate New York. In an interview, she spoke about how her parents became fans of the Indianapolis Colts and the Indiana Pacers and passed it down to their kids after moving to Indiana and assimilating. ^[6]

She graduated from Lawrence Central High School before graduating from Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. ^[6]

After graduating from Purdue at the peak of the Great Recession, Megan Gailey moved back home with her parents since there were very few open jobs. She spent most of her day helping her grandmother who suffers from Alzheimer's disease. She decided to try stand-up comedy at the age of 23 since she didn't have much going on. ^[6]

Megan Gailey gave her first stand-up comedy performance at Crackers in Indiana. She also played at Bloomington and Muncie before moving to Chicago where she lived for five and a half years. She then moved to New York City before moving to Los Angeles, California. ^[6]

Megan Gailey made her late-night television debut performing stand-up comedy on Conan on October 22, 2015. She was also part of the New Faces showcase at the 2015 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal. She later appeared on Adam DeVine's House Party on Comedy Central, and was a cast member of the MTV show Ladylike. Megan was part of the 2015 New Faces show at the Just For Laughs Festival. ^[7]

In 2017, Megan wrote for the ESPY Awards.

She has also written for the MTV series Ladylike, as well as the Comedy Central pilot Sideliners.

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On November 1, 2019, Megan released her debut comedy album, "My Dad Paid for This" on Apple Music.

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In November 2019, Megan also sold a television concept she created with Aaron Burdette to ABC.

The show, Are We Ok?, is a single-camera half-hour comedy.

The show written by Burdette and Gailey, Are We Ok?

is about how a Midwestern couple in their 20’s manages to stay together after the entire world sees their marriage proposal end in disaster.

And on a deeper level, it’s about their long, winding journey to figure if they’re actually meant to be together.

Burdette and Gailey executive produce with the show with producer, Jamie Tarses.

ABC Studios is the studio behind the show.

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On November 5, 2019 she performed stand-up comedy on the The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Gailey regaled the audience with jokes about marriage proposals, the ineptitude of her ‘hip-hop Filipino fiancé’ and the inclemencies and vicissitudes of life as a childless aunt. Gailey later enthused about the experience via social media, describing doing standup on the Tonight Show as a ‘dream.’ ^[17]

Megan Gailey is engaged to C.J.

Toledano, a comedian and sports highlights director.

He is the director of House of Highlights and performs as a comedian for Motherland Comedy .

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