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Sophie Duker
Sophie Duker at UK Black Pride 2019, Haggerston Park, Hackney, London
Born1990
London, United Kingdom
Alma materWadham College, Oxford
Occupationcomedian
Years active2015–present
Websiteavalonuk.com/clients/sophie-duker/

Sophie Duker (born 1990)[1] is a British stand-up comedian and writer.[2]

Early life

Duker was born in London to first-generation immigrants from West Africa. Her mother is from Cameroon and her father is from Ghana.[3] She studied French and English at Wadham College, Oxford.[4] She joined the Oxford Imps in her first year at university.[5]

Career

An alumna of the Pleasance Comedy Reserve, Duker was shortlisted for the Funny Women award in 2015.[6] She founded and hosted the "Manic Pixie Dream Girls" show as part of Edinburgh's Free Festival in 2016 and 2017.[7]

She has written for the Huffington Post.[8]

Duker was an assistant producer for Frankie Boyle's New World Order and a researcher for 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. In 2019, she appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats,[9] Frankie Boyle's New World Order, Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply,[10] and Mock the Week,[11] and in 2020 in 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

In 2017, Duker appeared in a Turtle Canyon short entitled "The Dates", which explores bisexual dating culture.[12]

In 2018, Duker set up the comedy night "Wacky Racists", which currently has a monthly residency at 2Northdown in Kings Cross, London, and performs spin-off shows at festivals and events across the UK. In December 2019, Soho Theatre hosted a seasonal Christmas "Wacky Racists" special.

Duker co-starred in the pilot for a hidden camera sketch show on Channel 4 called Riot Girls[13] as well as on the Comedy Central UK comedy show What I Wish I’d Said in 2018.[14]

Her first stand-up show, "Diet Woke", was premiered in 2018.[15] She took her 2019 show, "Venus", to the Brighton Fringe[16] and the Edinburgh Fringe, performing at the Edinburgh Pleasance from 31 July to 25 August 2019.[17]

Duker provoked approximately 1,300 complaints to the BBC after comments she made about race while appearing as a guest on Frankie Boyle's New World Order which aired in September 2019; the complaints were dismissed. [18]

Filmography

Duker has appeared on various shows as a panellist or guest.

Television credits for Sophie Duker
Year Title Appearances
2019–2020 Frankie Boyle's New World Order 5 episodes
2019–2020 Mock the Week 3 episodes
2019–2020 8 Out of 10 Cats 2 episodes
2019 The Dog Ate My Homework 1 episode
2019 Don't Hate the Playaz 1 episode
2019 Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply 1 episode
2020 Roast Battle 1 episode
2020 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 1 episode
2020 Comedy Game Night 1 episode
2020 Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club 1 episode
2020 Sorry, I Didn't Know 1 episode
2021 Richard Osman's House of Games 5 episodes

References

  1. ^ Ellis-Petersen, Hannah (7 August 2016). "Here's looking at you kid: Edinburgh show invites you to watch a baby". The Guardian.
  2. ^ "The funny thing about... privilege". BBC Ideas.
    - Brinkhurst-Cuff, Charlie (6 August 2018). "'I felt like the only black person doing improv': Why is the Edinburgh Fringe still so white?". inews.
    - "Sophie Duker - Maximum Fun". www.maximumfun.org.
  3. ^ "RHLSTP Edinburgh 2019 04 - Sophie Duker & Vikki Stone". acast.com. 6 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
    - BBC Ideas (30 January 2019). "'I'm a triple threat minority': Comedian Sophie Duker on privilege - BBC Ideas" – via YouTube.
  4. ^ Duker, Sophie. "Race is a laughing matter – so why are we still constrained by colour? - Cherwell".
    - University of Oxford (18 February 2014). "Sophie Duker" – via YouTube.
    - Hagen, Sofie (2 May 2018). "88. Sophie Duker – I was very into peeing on rich people's houses". madeofhumanpodcast.com. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  5. ^ "History & Line-Up". oxfordimps.com. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
    - "Wall of faces". ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  6. ^ "Backyard Comedy Club". www.BackyardComedyClub.co.uk.
  7. ^ "#EdFringe17: Sophie Duker is a Manic Pixie Dream Girl". broadwaybaby.com. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
    - "Manic Pixie Dream Girls". www.comedy.co.uk/. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Sophie Duker". HuffPost UK.
  9. ^ "Sophie Duker". IMDb.
  10. ^ "Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply". dave.uktv.co.uk. Archived from the original on 23 September 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  11. ^ "Mock the Week, Mock the Week, Series 18, Episode 6". bbc.co.uk.
    - "Sophie Duker". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  12. ^ Dessau, Bruce (14 December 2017). "News: Winter Short Films Featuring James Acaster, Ed Gamble And More". Beyond the Joke. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
  13. ^ "Riot Girls". Channel 4. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  14. ^ "What I Wish I'd Said". Comedy Central. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  15. ^ Cranshaw, Rachel (28 May 2018). "Sophie Duker – Diet Woke, Brighton Fringe, review: poignant and laugh-out-loud funny". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  16. ^ "Brighton Bites: Sophie Duker: Venus". The Reviews Hub. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  17. ^ "Sophie Duker: Venus". pleasance.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  18. ^ https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/18983613.bbc-officially-dismiss-1300-complaints-comedian-joking-killing-white-people-frankie-boyle-show/

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