Lahna Turner is an American stand-up comedian. She is primarily known for having been married to comedian

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Early life

As a child, Turner and her family moved from Canada to

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, Texas for her father's career with

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. Turner attended

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, 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

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, which eventually led to a freelance position with the organization.

Career

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. In 2004, Turner released her first comedy album, ''Dick Jokes & Other Assorted Love Songs''. She later recorded ''If These Lips Could Talk'' (2012), her first one-hour special ''So…. I Wrote a Song About It'' (2014) and ''Limeade'' (2017), the first ever comedy

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. 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. She also has an early, non-comedy album called ''Life as a Human''. Turner made her big-screen debut in '' Teacher of the Year'' where she played Ursula Featherstone. She also appeared in '' This Is Meg'' (2017), ''Brand New Old Love'' (2018) and is a producer of ''What's Eating Ralphie May?'' (2019). She was also the executive producer for the documentary ''360 Degrees Down''.

Personal life

On July 3, 2005, Turner married fellow comedian

, 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.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Turner, Lahna Living people Texas State University alumni American people of Canadian descent Entertainers from Houston American stand-up comedians Year of birth missing (living people)