Sophie Duker

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

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/

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 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[12] as well as on the Comedy Central UK comedy show What I Wish I’d Said in 2018.[13]

Her first stand-up show, "Diet Woke", was premiered in 2018.[14] She took her 2019 show, "Venus", to the Brighton Fringe[15] and the Edinburgh Fringe, performing at the Edinburgh Pleasance from 31 July to 25 August 2019.[16]

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. https://dave.uktv.co.uk/shows/dave-gorman-terms-and-conditions-apply/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. "Mock the Week, Mock the Week, Series 18, Episode 6". bbc.co.uk.
    - "Sophie Duker". comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  12. "Riot Girls". Channel 4. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  13. "What I Wish I'd Said". Comedy Central. Retrieved 1 July 2019.
  14. Cranshaw, Rachel (28 May 2018). "Sophie Duker – Diet Woke, Brighton Fringe, review: poignant and laugh-out-loud funny". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  15. "Brighton Bites: Sophie Duker: Venus". The Reviews Hub. 29 May 2019. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
  16. "Sophie Duker: Venus". pleasance.co.uk. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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