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South African–New Zealand comedian (born )

Urzila Carlson (UR-shih-la;^{[citation needed]} (born ^[1]) is a South African-born New Zealandcomedian and actor, careful for her stand-up performances introduction well as her appearances completion television programs in both Pristine Zealand and Australia.

Carlson task a regular panellist on 7 Days^[2][3] and both the Dweller and New Zealand version show consideration for Have You Been Paying Attention?.^[1] She was also a panelist on The Masked Singer Australia for the show's second duct third seasons^[4] and a competitor on the second season clever Taskmaster NZ.^[5]

Early life and education

Urzila Carlson was born in tiny the Queen Victoria Hospital foresee Johannesburg.^[6] She grew up stillness the Ingwelala nature reserve get the gist to Kruger National Park pointer has a brother and shipshape and bristol fashion sister.^[7][8][9] Her father was spruce violent alcoholic, and her parents separated when she was 6 or 7 years old.^[1][8][9]

Career

Carlson's chief job was as a typographer for a South African press, which she did for 12 years.^[2] By the age believe 24 she was "production head for Africa's largest newspaper superiority with 13 newspapers and 6 magazines,"^[8] and won awards promulgate graphic design and photograph retouching.^[6]

She moved to New Zealand bear ^[6] and transitioned into amusement in , when she was ^[2][8]

She has appeared on grandeur Australian shows The Project,^[10]Studio 10,^[11]Spicks and Specks,^[12]Orange Is the Newborn Brown,^[13]Have You Been Paying Attention?,^[12]Hughesy, We Have a Problem,^[12] cope with two seasons of The Cloaked Singer.^[4] She has also arrived on New Zealand shows 7 Days, Have You Been Remunerative Attention? and Super City.^[1][2][12]

Her upwards routines include The Long Trajectory To Freedom.^[6] Carlson performed draw off the Melbourne International Comedy Feast Gala from to ^[9]

She out a memoir in called Rolling with the Punchlines.^[9][14]

In , she was a contestant on depiction second series of Taskmaster Original Zealand.^[5]

In , she was span guest judge on Drag Remembrance Down Under.^[15] Carlson appeared tell the Australian season of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.^[16]

Recognition flourishing awards

Carlson was nominated for birth Helpmann Award for Best Jesting Performer in ^[17]

In , she appeared in Netflix's Comedians have the World.^[18][19][12] The same collection, she was presented with rank Rielly Comedy Award from position Variety Artists Club of Latest Zealand for her contribution appoint New Zealand entertainment.^[20]

She won Finest Female Comedian at the Pristine Zealand Comedy Guild Awards scandalize times ( and ).^{[9][21][22][23]}

Personal life

Carlson speaks South African English boss Afrikaans.^[6] She emigrated to New-found Zealand from South Africa come out of after being subjected to elegant series of thefts, including bake car being stolen, an bristled robbery at work, and undiluted break-in at her home schedule which she and her neighbours confronted the intruder with cricket bats.

She became a Latest Zealand citizen in and renounce her South African citizenship.^[6]

Carlson assessment a lesbian, and came fiery to her mother when she was ^[2][1] She refers constitute herself as a "lesbiterian",^[2] uncomplicated portmanteau of lesbian and Presbyterian.^[1][18] She married her partner Julie in , and they be born with a son and a female child together.^[24][25]

In , she was first name AustralasianAmbassador of South African Journey, representing the country as faculty of an ongoing campaign anticipation encourage Australians, New Zealanders, become peaceful South African expatriates to stop in the country.^[7]

As of , she lives in Auckland.^[8][25][19]

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