Lahna Turner

Not to be confused with Lana Turner.

Lahna Turner is an American stand-up comedian. She is primarily known for having been married to comedian Ralphie May.^[1]

Lahna Turner
Born	United States
Spouse	Ralphie May ​ ​ (m. 2005; died 2017)​
Comedy career
Medium	Stand-up television radio film
Genre	Observational comedy

Early life

As a child, Turner and her family moved from Canada to Houston, Texas for her father's career with Exxon.^[2]

Turner attended Texas State University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in fine arts with a focus in photo technology. Turner worked full-time as a photographer throughout her college career. At the age of 19, she started an unofficial internship with the Associated Press, which eventually led to a freelance position with the organization.^[2]

Career

Turner began her comedy career post-college in Houston where she performed three comedic songs at a local open mic night. She booked her first paying gig two months later.^[3] In 2004, Turner released her first comedy album, Dick Jokes & Other Assorted Love Songs.^[4] She later recorded If These Lips Could Talk (2012), her first one-hour special So…. I Wrote a Song About It (2014)^[5] and Limeade (2017), the first ever comedy visual album.^[6] Turner's albums have received airplay at top radio stations across the country as well as National Lampoon's Top 40 comedy countdown, and are in rotation on SiriusXM Satellite Radio.^[7][4] She also has an early, non-comedy album called Life as a Human.^[8][9]

Turner made her big-screen debut in Teacher of the Year (2014),^[10] in which she played Ursula Featherstone. She also appeared in This Is Meg (2017),^[11] Brand New Old Love (2018)^[8] and was a producer of What's Eating Ralphie May? (2019).^{[12][13][14][15]} She was also the executive producer for the documentary 360 Degrees Down.^[when?]

Personal life

On July 3, 2005, Turner married fellow comedian Ralphie May,^[16] with whom she had a daughter in September 2007 and a son in June 2009. May died in 2017 before the two could finalize their divorce.^[17]