Tyler was born in San Francisco, California, the daughter of Robin Gregory, a teacher, and Jim Tyler, a photographer. At Dartmouth, she co-founded and sang in the all-female a capella group, The Dartmouth Rockapellas, a group devoted to spreading social awareness through song. Moving into acting, Tyler featured in Friends, having a recurring role as Charlie Wheeler, Joey’s and then Ross’ girlfriend in the ninth and tenth seasons. She has guest-starred on MADtv. Philanthropy and charity work is very important to Aisha, and she regularly does volunteer work for The American Red Cross, The Trust for Public Land, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and The International Rescue Committee. Allure’s annual Nude Issue raises money to combat skin cancer. in May 2009, it was announced that ABC had given Tyler her own talk show pilot called The Aisha Tyler Show.
