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Esther Povitsky, 29

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actor-comedian 30 Under 30 debut: 2018 In her college years, esther Povitsky would regularly take the three-hour train ride to chicago for comedy classes at Second city and Improvolym­pic, troupes that count Amy Poehler and Tina Fey as former members. When the Great recession hit, she dropped out of the university of Illinois at urbana-champaign to pursue her passion in Los Angeles. “I watched both of my parents lose their jobs,” Povitsky says. “I was like, ‘Why am I paying all this money to be in school, and there’s no guarantee? I might as well just do the thing I really want to do.’ ” The move paid off. She notched bit parts in sketches on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and on comedy central’s Key and Peele before landing a role playing maya on Crazy Ex-girlfriend in 2016 (a show created by and starring under 30 alumna rachel Bloom)—and then shifted to the business side as a show creator. Povitsky first wrote a short called Alone Together with Benji Aflalo, another up-and-coming comedian, about their male-female friendship, and then the pair decided to turn it into a TV show. They pitched it to production companies in the fall of 2015; Freeform, a Disney-owned TV channel, picked up the series order last year. “I didn’t have a plan B,” Povitsky says. “I didn’t have anywhere else to turn but comedy, so I had to stick with it.” The network gave her the ultimate vote of confidence in october, renewing her show for a second season before it even aired. —Natalie Robehmed

 ??  ?? esther povitsky wears a silk blouse ($305) and a Viscose-elastane skirt ($238) by elisabetta Franchi, and patent leather boots by brass plum ($90). silver coral ring ($165) and brass coral ring ($95) by strange love designs.
esther povitsky wears a silk blouse ($305) and a Viscose-elastane skirt ($238) by elisabetta Franchi, and patent leather boots by brass plum ($90). silver coral ring ($165) and brass coral ring ($95) by strange love designs.

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