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Sukh Ojla

Sukh Ojla

British stand-up comedian

Sukhjeet Kaur "Sukh" Ojla (/ˈsʊk ˈɒdjlɑː/; born 31 May 1984) is an English stand-up comedian, novelist, playwright and comedy writer.[2][3]

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Early life

Ojla is from a working-class British Punjabi Sikh family.[4][5] After school, she attended drama school at the Court Theatre Training Company.[6]

Career

Ojla has acted in Black Mirror ("White Christmas"), Hospital People, EastEnders, GameFace, The End of the F***ing World and the film Victoria and Abdul.[7][8][9]

Her stage work has included Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's Elephant (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) and Tamsin Oglesby's Future Conditional (The Old Vic).[7]

Ojla began to perform stand-up comedy in 2016.[10] She has appeared on The Big Asian Stand-Up and Mock the Week.[11]

Ojla wrote and starred in the play Pyar Actually in 2017.[12][13]

Ojla published her first novel, Sunny, in 2021.[14][15]

References

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    "The Local Millionaire - Guest Cast | TVmaze". www.tvmaze.com.
  2. [2]
    @sukhojla (31 May 2017). "💜🎂🎉#birthday #cake #love #eggless #eggfreecakebox #famtime #33…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
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    "Sukh Ojla | Live Comedy at The Glee Club".
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    Richardson, Hollie (7 August 2019). "Best female comedians at Edinburgh Fringe Festival". Stylist.
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    Bruce, Alex. "Sukh Ojla: For Sukh's Sake : Reviews 2019 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.
  6. [6]
    "My first job: Sukh Ojla – 'Workshop auditions terrify me to this day'". The Stage.
  7. [7]
    Bhatti, Gurpreet Kaur (15 February 2018). Elephant. Oberon Books. ISBN 9781786824387 – via Google Books.
  8. [8]
    "Sukh Ojla". Sukh Ojla.
  9. [9]
    Guide, British Comedy (8 October 2020). "Sukh Ojla writes her first novel". British Comedy Guide.
  10. [10]
    "Actress, writer and comedian Ojla on finding her niche - EasternEye". 15 February 2019.
  11. [11]
    Guide, British Comedy. "Sukh Ojla". British Comedy Guide.
  12. [12]
    "Rifco Theatre ·". www.rifcotheatre.com.
  13. [13]
    "Pyar Actually review". www.whatsonlive.co.uk.
  14. [14]
    Ojla, Sukh (3 March 2022). Sunny. Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 9781529356953 – via Google Books.
  15. [15]
    "Hodder Studio acquires 'intensely moving' debut from Sukh Ojla | The Bookseller". www.thebookseller.com.
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