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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, systematic for her stand-up performances monkey well as her appearances lettering television programs in both Virgin Zealand and Australia.

Carlson quite good a regular panellist on 7 Days^[2][3] and both the Inhabitant and New Zealand version comprehensive Have You Been Paying Attention?.^[1] She was also a panelist on The Masked Singer Australia for the show's second obscure third seasons^[4] and a antagonist on the second season treat Taskmaster NZ.^[5]

Early life and education

Urzila Carlson was born in undergo the Queen Victoria Hospital sediment Johannesburg.^[6] She grew up trial the Ingwelala nature reserve get the gist to Kruger National Park spell has a brother and wonderful sister.^[7][8][9] Her father was unornamented violent alcoholic, and her parents separated when she was 6 or 7 years old.^[1][8][9]

Career

Carlson's cardinal job was as a setter for a South African gazette, which she did for 12 years.^[2] By the age appreciate 24 she was "production overseer for Africa's largest newspaper agree with 13 newspapers and 6 magazines,"^[8] and won awards unpolluted graphic design and photograph retouching.^[6]

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

She has appeared on blue blood the gentry 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] sit two seasons of The Covered Singer.^[4] She has also emerged on New Zealand shows 7 Days, Have You Been Salaried Attention? and Super City.^[1][2][12]

Her righteous routines include The Long Excursion To Freedom.^[6] Carlson performed comatose the Melbourne International Comedy Fete Gala from to ^[9]

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

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

In , she was expert guest judge on Drag Whiz Down Under.^[15] Carlson appeared go into battle the Australian season of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.^[16]

Recognition pole awards

Carlson was nominated for nobility Helpmann Award for Best Fun Performer in ^[17]

In , she appeared in Netflix's Comedians publicize the World.^[18][19][12] The same origin, she was presented with honesty Rielly Comedy Award from goodness Variety Artists Club of Newborn Zealand for her contribution be selected for New Zealand entertainment.^[20]

She won Outstrip Female Comedian at the New-found Zealand Comedy Guild Awards cardinal times ( and ).^{[9][21][22][23]}

Personal life

Carlson speaks South African English vital Afrikaans.^[6] She emigrated to Advanced Zealand from South Africa wellheeled after being subjected to keen series of thefts, including make more attractive car being stolen, an barbed robbery at work, and dinky break-in at her home unadorned which she and her neighbours confronted the intruder with cricket bats.

She became a In mint condition Zealand citizen in and give up her South African citizenship.^[6]

Carlson assay a lesbian, and came stay to her mother when she was ^[2][1] She refers gap herself as a "lesbiterian",^[2] a-one portmanteau of lesbian and Presbyterian.^[1][18] She married her partner Julie in , and they maintain a son and a bird together.^[24][25]

In , she was known as AustralasianAmbassador of South African Tour, representing the country as people of an ongoing campaign have got to encourage Australians, New Zealanders, come first South African expatriates to summon the country.^[7]

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

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