Sophie Buddleis aCanadianstand-up comedian,[2]originally fromOttawa.[3]She is most noted for her 2019 comedy albumA Lil Bit of Buddle,which won theJuno AwardforComedy Album of the Yearat theJuno Awards of 2020.[4]She was the first woman ever to win the award as a solo stand-up comedian, although it was previously won in 1979 by the mixed-gender sketch comedy troupeRoyal Canadian Air Farce.
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| Born | August 7, 1994[1] Ottawa,Canada |
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Currently a television writer for the sketch comedy seriesThis Hour Has 22 Minutes,[5]she was a semi-finalist in the 2018 edition ofSiriusXM Canada's "Canada's Top Comic" competition.[6]
In July 2023, Little Mountain Gallery, a comedy club in Vancouver, cancelled Buddle's performance after a fellow comic complained about an "offensive" joke she made in 2022 referencing residential schools.[7]
She is in a relationship with comedianMayce Galoni,with whom she cohosts the podcastObsessed.[5]
References
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- ^Shawn Conner,"Vancouver's Buddle brings Bachelor obsession and dirty joke winners to hometown club".Vancouver Sun,June 24, 2019.
- ^Asim B.,"Interview with SiriusXM Top Comic finalist Sophie Buddle".Apt 613,August 7, 2018.
- ^Shakiel Mahjouri,"2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top".ET Canada,June 29, 2020.
- ^abJon Cranny,"Sophie Buddle builds on budding comedy career with album release".The Georgia Straight,May 14, 2019.
- ^Jon Cranny,"Meet Sophie Buddle, semi-finalist of SiriusXM's Canada's Top Comic 2018".The Georgia Straight,July 27, 2018.
- ^Dzsurdzsa, Cosmin (25 July 2023)."Vancouver comedy club cancelled comedian for 'offensive' residential school joke".