Liana is the first female co-host in the 14-year history of Ed's Night Party!, and she's also the first co-host to match Ed the Sock's legendary lightning wit. After years of helping to put words in Ed's mouth, Liana is uniquely qualified to leave him speechless.

While the radiant redhead's face may be new to Ed's Night Party! viewers, her influence surely isn't. Before she started wowing Ed viewers with her wild energy and wit as co-host, Liana guided the show's proceedings offstage as the show's senior producer and co-head writer.

In fact, Liana's talents have been instrumental in the success of all Ed's media projects, from Ed's Night Party! to the annual smash-hit Fromage specials and Smartass: The Ed the Sock Report on MuchMusic (Canada's music/youth network) as well as Ed's various and sundry TV, radio and media ventures. Clearly, Liana is more than just a pretty face.

In truth, Liana never thought her appearance would be a factor in her future, since all through her childhood it was her intelligence that took centre stage. A genius-level IQ, Liana skipped grades and spent her formative years corralled like veal in one gifted class after another. This led her to an English scholarship at Toronto's York University, which she walked away from to join the circus (the world of TV).

But despite her obviously gifted intellect, academics were never her only focus. Since she could walk, Liana has been active as a performer in theatre and competitive dance, and her addiction to video games began so early that her mother had to lift her up to reach the arcade game joysticks. And her immersion in geek culture -- comic books, sci-fi, fantasy novels, Dungeons & Dragons -- continues unabated in Liana's free time.

Obviously, Liana is not your typical female, which becomes even more apparent when you watch her spar with Ed. Liana's comedy is not like that of traditional female comics, who are content to brand themselves with gender-based humour. Liana's comedy is rife with clever, cerebral references, but she's never afraid to wade into the muck and mire of 'guy humour' and beat Ed at his own game.

Born in Toronto, Liana spent her earliest years in Tennessee and Ohio before returning to Toronto to settle in the city's notorious Jane/Finch corridor. No wonder she gives as good as she gets -- don't mess with a ghetto girl.

Another thing that makes Liana different from other TV babes -- she's real. What you see is what you get. Her hair colour is natural, her nose is still the one she was born with and her breasts, though sizeable, are natural. And she doesn't submit to the beauty myth that causes others to starve themselves to size 0. Liana is a proud size 10 and, as the enthusiastic response of our male TV audience has proven, women don't need to be toothpicks to make men drool. Just check out her 2006 calendar.

When not working on producing, hosting and writing Ed's projects or developing her new TV, comic book and radio projects, Liana spends time at home with her pets, toys, videogames and books or checking out the independent music scene in Toronto.