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Vic Michaelis
Michaelis at SXSW 2024
Born	New Jersey, United States
Nationality	Canadian-American
Occupations	Comedian actor
Years active	2015–present

Vic Michaelis is a Canadian-American improvisational comedian and actor. They have appeared on Dropout comedy shows including as the host of Very Important People (2023–).

Early life

Michaelis was born in New Jersey and raised in Illinois before moving to the village of Kleinburg in Ontario at age 15. They lived with their father growing up and are the oldest of five children, with two full siblings, and two step siblings. They attended the University of Toronto Scarborough for two years, before leaving to pursue a short lived career in fashion and modelling.^[1]^[2]

Career

Television

In the 2010s, Michaelis appeared in episodes of Speechless, Bless This Mess, and Motive.

Michaelis played small roles in CollegeHumor sketches while also performing with the Upright Citizens Brigade in Los Angeles. In 2022, they began appearing as a contestant on the Dropout game show Make Some Noise, and later others such as Game Changer, Breaking News, Dirty Laundry, Thousandaires, and Smartypants.^[1]^[3] In 2023, they became the host of the show Very Important People, in which they interview comedians playing improvised characters.^[3]^[4]

Michaelis played the recurring role of Mildred in the second season of the TV series Upload in 2022.^[5] The same year they appeared in an episode of Charmed.

Film

Michaelis appeared in the 2021 film Four Walls. In 2023, Michaelis starred in the Hallmark holiday time loop film Round and Round as Rachel.^[6]

Personal life

Michaelis is non-binary,^[7] and uses they/them or she/her pronouns.^[1]

Michaelis met their biologist husband when they were both students at the University of Toronto Scarborough while acting in a play he was directing. They got married in 2018.^[2]

Michaelis has a second degree black belt in taekwondo.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Weaver, Jackson (June 30, 2024). "Very Important People host Vic Michaelis is very famous and has places to be". CBC News. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Vic Michaelis | Couples Therapy. July 2, 2024. Retrieved September 23, 2024 – via shows.acast.com.
^ ^a ^b Fleming, Ryan (June 13, 2024). "'Very Important People's Vic Michaelis On Their Host Persona & Some Truly Wild Characters: 'Tommy Shriggly Really Came In And Hit Me Like A Wrecking Ball'". Deadline. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
^ Allton, Natalie (January 24, 2024). "'Very Important People' is very nearly perfect". The Observer. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
^ Persaud, Christine (March 19, 2022). "Upload: The Best New Characters Introduced In Season 2, Ranked". Screen Rant. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
^ Holmes, Linda (December 15, 2023). "One last Hanukkah gift from Hallmark: 'Round and Round' is a really fun romcom". NPR. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
^ Riese, Drew Burnett Gregory (December 13, 2023). "We Got High and Watched Hallmark Hanukkah Movie "Round and Round," and Yes of Course the Sister Is a Lesbian". Autostraddle. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

External links

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