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Dana Alexander is a Canadian stand-up comedian from

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, based in the United Kingdom. She began her career on the stand-up comedy circuit in Canada, playing events such as the

Halifax Comedy Festival The Halifax Comedy Festival (often spelled in promotional materials as ''Ha!ifax Comedy Festival'') is an annual comedy festival held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The festival is sponsored by the CBC which tapes and broadcasts the comedians' ...

and the

Winnipeg Comedy Festival The Winnipeg Comedy Festival (WCF) is an annual national comedy festival, held in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The week-long festival takes place at several venues throughout the city, featuring Stand-up comedy, stand-up, Sketch comedy, sketch, and improvis ...

. She headlined her own '' Comedy Now!'' television special in 2010, and appeared in episodes of '' Video on Trial'' and '' The Debaters''. She moved to the UK in the early 2010s after having noteworthy successes with her comedy show at the

Edinburgh Fringe Festival The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe, the Fringe or the Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest performance arts festival, which in 2024 spanned 25 days, sold more than 2.6 million tickets and featur ...

, and has appeared on British comedy panel television shows such as ''

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'' and ''

Question Team ''Question Team'' is a British television comedy panel show presented by Richard Ayoade. The show features three different comedian guests each episode, who each present a round of their own questions. ''Question Team'' was first broadcast on Da ...

''. She was a

Chortle Award The Chortle Awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website Chortle to honour the best of established stand-up comics currently working in the UK. A panel of reviewers draw up a shortlist, which is presented for public vote at the Chortle webs ...

nominee for Best Club Comic in 2012.Alex Needham
"Chortle comedy awards: Brooker and Lee come up smiling"
''

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'', March 20, 2012.

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