"[1] At the University of Texas at Austin, she studied creative advertising with a minor in Japanese and was active in the Student Association.
[2] After moving to LA to film a pilot that did not get picked up, Mathur faced difficulty: Now I was living out of the trunk of my car.
But I also realized that I needed to keep my eyes open to the comedy in all those situations, and back-pocket it to use on stage, like during shows at IO-West, or in improv classes at the Groundlings.
[3] Her influences are Christopher Guest, Chevy Chase, Three Amigos, Saturday Night Live (the David Spade years) In Living Color, Adam Sandler, The Count, Ben Stiller, Vince Vaughn, Woody Allen and Diane Keaton.
[1] Mathur's debut musical comedy album, "The Sari (W)rap", was released in November 2010 on Rukus Avenue Records.