Erica Sigurdson (born 1974) is a Canadian comedian and writer, who has been regularly featured on

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's radio show ''

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''. She won a

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and has been nominated twice for a

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. She was also a semi-finalist in the

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. When she was 10, Sigurdson was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. She graduated from

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. In 2005, she performed for the first time at Just for Laughs comedy festival in Montreal. She also performed stand-up comedy at the Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. In 2024, she toured as part of the Snowed In Comedy Tour, alongside Dan Quinn, Paul Myrehaug, and Pete Zedlacher.

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