Ilana Rose Glazer (born April 12, 1987) is an American comedian, writer, and actress. She is best known for co-creating, co-starring (and on some occasions co-writing) for the Comedy Central series Broad City with Abbi Jacobson, based on the web series of the same name.Glazer is the daughter of Sandi (née Wexler) and Larry Glazer, who both work in insurance and finance. She grew up in St. James, New York, with her brother, Eliot, and was raised in a Reform Jewish household. She went to Smithtown High School in Smithtown, New York. Wikipedia