Who Is Megan Stalter? All We Know About The Too Much Star
There's a lot of buzz around Lena Dunham's new show Too Much, which is set to launch on Netflix on 10 July. The British series, which spans ten episodes, follows Jessica, a workaholic New Yorker who comes to the UK following a devastating break-up, only to find her unexpected match in musician Felix (The White Lotus' Will Sharpe).
Inspired by Lena's own experiences with her husband Luis Felber, Too Much – which features cameos from Grazia favourite Andrew Scott, Kit Harington, Jessica Alba, Rita Ora and Jennifer Saunders – depict dating and falling in love in its raw, messy form.
Ahead of the show's debut, we take a look at the lead star…
Megan Stalter in Too Much ©Ana Blumenkron/Netflix
Megan Stalter is an American comedian and actress, hailing from Ohio. During her early 20s, she started her comedy career in stand-up and improvisation, where she readily admits that she wasn't a natural. 'I was really, really bad. There was a man at the theatre in Ohio who asked me to stop being in the show. Ohio was pretty right,' she said.
In 2018, Megan started posting videos online, which later became The Megan Stalter Show. Her profile rose after she moved to New York in 2019, as she made a name for herself in the alt-comedy scene in the city as well as on Instagram. It led to her joining the cast and writing staff on The National Lampoon Radio Hour reboot the same year. But it wasn't until her break-out role as clueless Hollywood assistant Kayla Schaefer in Hacks that she became a household name. Megan has also appeared on RuPaul's Drag Race as a guest judge and A Nonsense Christmas With Sabrina Carpenter as Sabrina's friend.
Megan, who is bisexual, is dating Maddie Allen, whom she's been with since 2022, and the couple are happily in love. Megan shared a photo of them recently, calling Maddie her 'hot perfect girlfriend' and 'an angel'.
Shereen Low is a senior news and entertainment writer for Grazia UK, who has covered some of the biggest showbiz news from the past decade.
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