Urzila Carlson

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Urzila is a South African-New Zealand comedian and actress, known for her stand-up performances as well as her appearances on television programs in both New Zealand and Australia.

She began her comedy career in 2008, at the age of 32.

She performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala from 2016 to 2018 and received ‘Best Female Comedian’ at the New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards. She was also nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer in 2018.

She has appeared on the Australian television shows The Project, Studio 10, Spicks and Specks, Orange Is the New Brown, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Hughesy, We Have a Problem, and The Masked Singer Australia.

She has also appeared on the New Zealand shows 7 Days, Have You Been Paying Attention? and Super City.

In 2019, she appeared in Netflix's Comedians of the World, and was also presented with the Rielly Comedy Award from the Variety Artists Club of New Zealand for her contribution to New Zealand entertainment.

Her memoir is titled Rolling With The Punchlines.

She refers to herself as a ‘lesbytarian’, a portmanteau of ‘lesbian’ and ‘Presbyterian’.

[Source: Wikipedia, 28/06/2021.]