Shappi Khorsandi
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 Khorsandi performing at Latitude in 2009 |
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| Birth name | Shaparak Khorsandi |
| Born | 8 June 1973 Tehran, Iran |
| Medium | Stand-up, Television |
| Genres | Black comedy, Observational comedy, Deadpan |
| Subject(s) | Iranian culture |
| Influences | Jo Brand |
| Spouse | Christian Reilly (2005-2010) (Divorced) |
Shaparak "Shappi" Khorsandi (Persian: شاپرک خرسندی born 8 June 1973[1]) is an Iranian-born comedian based in the United Kingdom.
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[edit] Background and personal life
The daughter of Hadi Khorsandi, her family was forced to flee Iran for London after the Islamic Revolution following the publication of a satirical poem by her father perceived as being critical of the revolutionary regime. Shappi was raised without any religion.[2]
Khorsandi was married to fellow comedian Christian Reilly, with whom she has a son named Charlie.[3] They divorced in 2010.
She lives with her son in West London near Richmond Park. Her father and brother are also stand-up comedians.[4]
[edit] Career
Khorsandi performs stand-up comedy, having been a noted performer at Joe Wilson's Comedy Madhouse throughout 1997. She has appeared on many BBC Radio 4 programmes, including Quote... Unquote, Loose Ends, You and Yours, Midweek, Just A Minute, The Now Show and The News Quiz, as well as BBC Television's Have I Got News For You. In July 2009 she hosted her own four-part series, Shappi Talk on BBC Radio 4, examining what it is like growing up in multi-cultural families.[5] She also writes an occasional column for online magazine Iranian.com.
In 2007, she made her first trip to Australia and the Melbourne Comedy Festival with her show Asylum Speaker. She also appeared live on the Australia comedy talk show Rove. Later, she was nominated for best breakthrough act at the 2007 Chortle Awards.
In December 2008, she appeared on the BBC stand-up television show Live at the Apollo alongside Russell Kane and Al Murray.[6] She also made an appearance on Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow on 20 June 2009, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 26 June 2009 and 8 Out of 10 Cats on 10 July 2009.
Khorsandi's memoir, A Beginner's Guide to Acting English, was published by Ebury Press on 2 July 2009.[7]
She performed her show, The Distracted Activist, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 6–31 August 2009.[8]
She was a panellist on Question Time in 2006, and returned on 14 January 2010. During that show, she mentioned that her political support goes to Labour, a position she repeated in later interviews on the subject.[9]
She performed on the second episode of Let's Dance for Sport Relief 2010.[10][11]
In 2010, Khorsandi took part in Channel 4's Comedy Gala, a benefit show held in aid of Great Ormond Street Children's Hospital, filmed live at the O2 Arena in London on 30 March.
She appeared as a guest in Genius hosted by Dave Gorman on 31 October 2010.[12]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Twitter / Shappi Khorsandi: It's my birthday on tuesda". Twitter.com. 2010-06-04. http://twitter.com/ShappiKhorsandi/status/15442975410. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ Shappi Khorsandi (January/February 2007). "Diary: Comic timing". New Humanist:Articles, Volume 122 Issue 1. The Rationalist Association. http://newhumanist.org.uk/1514. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Budak, Bertan (21 May 2010). "My perfect weekend: Shappi Khorsandi". The Daily Telegraph (London). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/celebritynews/my-perfect-weekend/7741805/My-perfect-weekend-Shappi-Khorsandi.html.
- ^ [Video interview of Shappi on Carpool http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8V_VWMWT8]
- ^ 22:00 - 22:45 (2010-10-19). "Radio 4 Programmes - Shappi Talk: Series 1". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00lh4z0. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ "BBC listing". Bbc.co.uk. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00fyjm0. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ "''A Beginner's Guide to Acting English''". Amnesty.org.uk. http://www.amnesty.org.uk/events_details.asp?ID=1258. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ "Shappi Khorsandi: The Distracted Activist | Edinburgh Festival Guide". Edinburghfestival.list.co.uk. 2009-08-21. http://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/10000248-shappi-khorsandi-the-distracted-activist/. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ "Shappi Khorsandi: Love handles get my vote - Exclusive". mirror.co.uk. 2010-05-06. http://www.mirror.co.uk/celebs/news/2010/05/06/shappi-khorsandi-love-handles-get-my-vote-exclusive-115875-22236894/. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
- ^ "Who will be competing on Show two?". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/letsdance/news/2010/news250210.shtml. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Show Two Report". BBC. http://www.bbc.co.uk/letsdance/news/2010/news270210.shtml. Retrieved 2 March 2010.
- ^ "Genius With Dave Gorman - Episode 2.6. Noddy Holder and Shappi Khorsandi - British Comedy Guide". Comedy.co.uk. http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/genius/episodes/2/6/. Retrieved 2011-01-26.
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