Who Is Kimia Behpoornia From Game Changer? Where Is She Now?

Kimia Behpoornia came within one elimination of winning Game Changer Season 8‘s “Last Talent Standing,” surviving a field of 23 performers before facing Oscar Montoya in the final stretch. Her run included drawing, dancing, taekwondo, Foley effects and increasingly improvised attempts to find yet another skill after hours of competition. Oscar ultimately became the last contestant standing, but Kimia’s deep run added another memorable appearance to what has already become a busy year for her on Dropout.

Behpoornia is an actress, comedian and improviser whose career extends well beyond Game Changer. Television audiences may recognize her from Abbott Elementary, Atypical, Reboot and Hacks, while Dropout viewers have seen her across Make Some Noise, Very Important People, Dimension 20 and several other shows. As of September 2026, she remains active in television, improv and live Dropout performances, with more appearances already scheduled.

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Who Is Kimia Behpoornia?

Behpoornia grew up in Los Angeles in a family with Iranian roots and developed an interest in comedy unusually early. She has said that she started taking improv while still a shy child, eventually training through organizations including ComedySportz and Second City before studying theater at UCLA. During college, she became heavily involved with UCLA’s Rapid Fire Improv and Spring Sing, experiences that helped move her toward professional acting and improvisation after graduation.

Improv remained central to her career even as television opportunities increased. Behpoornia has performed extensively at Upright Citizens Brigade and other Los Angeles comedy venues, and she continues appearing with UCB in 2026. Her current UCB schedule includes a September 25 performance with Leroy as part of the theater’s Friday Fix improv double-header, showing that live comedy remains part of her regular work rather than something she left behind after moving into television.

What TV Shows Has Kimia Behpoornia Been In?

One of Behpoornia’s most recognizable recent television roles is Emily on Abbott Elementary. She appeared as one of Janine’s colleagues connected to the school district storyline, adding another major network comedy to a resume that already included Atypical, Hacks, Lucifer, Good Trouble and Reboot. She also played Azmina across several episodes of Reboot, the Hulu comedy starring Keegan-Michael Key, Judy Greer, Johnny Knoxville and Rachel Bloom.

Earlier in her career, Behpoornia appeared in Brie Larson’s Unicorn Store and became a series regular on NBC’s Abby’s. She has continued moving between live-action comedy, voice work and improvisation rather than becoming associated with only one type of performance. That flexibility is also why a format like “Last Talent Standing” fits her particularly well, since many of the skills she uses on Game Changer come from years of stage and improv work rather than one specific television role.

Kimia Has Become a Dropout Regular

Behpoornia has gradually become one of the more familiar performers in Dropout’s rotating ensemble. In addition to Game Changer, she has appeared on Make Some Noise, Very Important People, Dirty Laundry, Smartypants, Parlor Room and other Dropout productions. Her Very Important People appearances include the French-doll character Marionette Conqui opposite Jacob Wysocki’s Zonton de la Doll, while a later episode brought her back as Fourth Witch.

Her biggest 2026 role on the platform before the Game Changer finale came through Dimension 20: Gladlands. Behpoornia joined Ally Beardsley, Vic Michaelis, Oscar Montoya, Zac Oyama and Jacob Wysocki in the post-apocalyptic tabletop season, which premiered in January. She later joined Brennan Lee Mulligan on Adventuring Academy for the May episode “Swimming in the Pudding,” where they discussed empathy in improv, tabletop role-playing and her approach to performance.

What Is Kimia Behpoornia Doing Now?

As of September 2026, Behpoornia is still working extensively in live improv alongside her television and Dropout appearances. UCB lists her among performers appearing at its Los Angeles theater, and she has spent the year appearing in shows including ASSSSCAT and Holy Shit Improv with comedians such as Jacob Wysocki, Mary Holland, Carl Tart and Lily Sullivan. A May appearance on the Yes, Also podcast also found her discussing narrative improv, Dropout, Dimension 20 and how different comedy schools shaped her approach to performing.

Her Dropout work is also continuing beyond Game Changer. Behpoornia is scheduled to perform with Dropout Improv at Stifel Theatre in St. Louis on November 14 alongside Jacob Wysocki, Jess McKenna, Zach Reino, Rekha Shankar, Jiavani and Scott Passarella. The live show brings Dropout performers back to short-form improv in front of an audience, making it a natural extension of the comedy work Behpoornia has been doing since long before she became a familiar streaming personality.

She also remains active as an actor. IMDb currently lists Behpoornia among the cast of the upcoming horror-comedy feature Best Friends Forever, alongside Rekha Shankar, James A. Janisse and Chelsea Rebecca. A firm release date has not yet been publicly established, so the project is better described as upcoming rather than attaching an uncertain premiere window to it.

Kimia’s Game Changer Finale Adds to a Busy 2026

“Last Talent Standing” was not even Behpoornia’s only major Game Changer appearance this season. She previously competed against Kurt Maloney and Jacob Wysocki in “What’s the Catch?,” where one of her prizes unexpectedly led to her father, Jay Behpoornia, receiving an elaborate professional acting reel. Dropout later released an extended version of Jay’s reel as its own Season 8 bonus video after the segment became a fan favorite.

Her runner-up finish in the finale therefore caps an unusually visible year rather than introducing her to Dropout viewers for the first time. Behpoornia continues balancing scripted acting with tabletop shows, podcasts, live improv and Dropout’s increasingly elaborate comedy formats. Oscar Montoya may have technically been the last talent standing, but Kimia Behpoornia leaves Season 8 with plenty of evidence that she was one of the episode’s most appropriately cast competitors.