Alycia Cooper was a comedian from Season 4 of America's Got Talent. She was eliminated in the Vegas Round.
Background[]
Alycia Cooper's “take no prisoners” stand up is a mix between Chris Rock, George Carlin, and Margaret Cho (three of her idols). In 2000, Alycia made her national television debut performing stand up in a segment called “The Flavor of the Future” on BET’s “Oh Drama.” After this, the television shows and DVD performances kept coming. Alycia has been featured on, “Comicview,” “Last Comic Standing,” “Byron Allen’s Comics Unleashed,” ”The Mo’Nique Show,” “Wanda Does It,” “Gossip Queens,” “Nick’s Mom’s Night Out,” “The Bob and Tom Show,” “Stand Up in Stilettos,” “Stand Up & Deliver,” “The Ricki Lake Show,” “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell,” and is now a regular panelist on “Bethenny,” on Fox. She taped her first DVD in 2002 for a Christian Comedy Show called, The Spirit of Comedy.” She then produced two DVD’s: “Paper Chasin’,” and “Stimulus Package.”
More than a comedienne, Alycia has been acting since the age of 5. She began performing theatre at Howard University and continued throughout college at The University of Maryland at College Park. After becoming a comic, Hollywood called with acting roles in “The Parker’s,” “Grounded for Life,” “Party Psychic,” and “Raising Hope.” She also starred in the short film, “Knocked Down.” Alycia is also a writer/director/producer, having began her career as a television producer of some of Hollywood’s biggest shows. She has also written for “The Steve Harvey Morning Show”, and was the first female audience “warm-up” person for several shows including “The Parker’s,” “Girlfriends,” “Wanda at Large,” “The Tyra Banks Show,” and most recently, ‘The Talk,” on CBS.
The biggest benefit of being a comic, to Alycia, is being able to perform overseas for our men and women in uniform. She has been to Japan, Korea, Guam, Oman, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, and Djibouti Africa. While there, she had the opportunity to entertain and meet some of the courageous Americans in the world. [1]
Audition[]
Alycia Cooper's audition in Episode 409 consisted of joking about a dollar store hiring people who applied online despite most of the people who would apply likely lacking computers. Piers Morgan, Sharon Osbourne, and David Hasselhoff all voted "Yes", sending Alycia to the Vegas Round.
Vegas Round[]
Alycia Cooper appeared without performing in the Vegas Round (she was spotted standing in the airport in a group that continued past the airport). Her audition was not strong enough for the judges to send her to the Quarterfinals, eliminating her from the competition.
After the Show[]
- Alycia Cooper was a contestant on the 2015 season of Last Comic Standing, where she was eliminated in the semifinals.
