In stand-up and Comedy Central's 'Corporate,' Aparna Nancherla is a rising comic force

Seated in a brightly lighted Hollywood coffee shop, Aparna Nancherla doesn't have the usual bearing of a comedy scene-stealer. Cheerful and direct where her stand-up delivery is often dry with lethally funny flashes of absurdity while examining her issues with depression and anxiety, the 36-year-old Nancherla is a formidable figure in discerning comedy circles.

The daughter of Indian immigrants who was raised in Washington, D.C., but now lives in New York, Nancherla has a well-earned reputation as one of the funniest voices on Twitter. She has recently been seen on Netflix's "Master of None" as well as being heard on the podcasts "2 Dope Queens" and a show that offered a comic spin on living with depression, "Blue Woman Group," which she co-hosted with fellow comic Jacqueline Novak.