Ninia Benjamin is a British
comedian
A comedian or comic is a person who seeks to entertain an audience by making them laugh. This might be through jokes or amusing situations, or acting foolish (as in slapstick), or employing prop comedy. A comedian who addresses an audience dir ...
"Introducing... Stand up Ninia Benjamin"
''Edinburgh News'', 20 June 2008, who makes frequent appearances at the Edinburgh Festival
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. Benjamin has also appeared on the TV shows ''3 Non-Blondes
''3 Non-Blondes'' is a British hidden camera comedy show (and the group name given to the three comedians who star in it), distributed by the British Broadcasting Corporation on the BBC Three digital network channel, first aired in 2003. It a ...
''Cirque de Celebrité
''Cirque de Celebrité'' is a celebrity reality television show broadcast on Sky One. The show features celebrities training for and then performing various circus acts. The winner of the series of 2006 was Grace Adams-Short.
A second series o ...
'' and was voted out in the sixth week. However, she remained as a personal trainer for Kenzie. She won the 2007 series of ''Celebrity Scissorhands
''Celebrity Scissorhands'' is a reality television show that is part of the BBC's '' Children in Need'' charity campaign, in which celebrities attempt to cut people's hair to raise money for the campaign while trained and watched by professional ...
'', beating Aled Haydn Jones
Aled Haydn Jones (born 9 August 1976) is a Welsh radio executive, former presenter and former radio producer. In June 2020 he was appointed head of BBC Radio 1, succeeding Ben Cooper. From 2004 until 2012 he worked on '' The Chris Moyles Sho ...
to the trophy. She was one of the contestants in Celebrity MasterChef
''MasterChef'' is a competitive cooking reality show produced by Endemol Shine UK and Banijay and broadcast in 60 countries around the world. In the UK, it is produced by the BBC. The show initially ran from 1990 to 2001 and was revived in 2 ...
2008. She appeared on the British version of Hole in the Wall on 22 November 2008, on Anton du Beke
Anthony Paul Beke (born 20 July 1966), known professionally as Anton Du Beke (), is a British ballroom and Latin dancer, and television presenter, best known for being a professional dancer and later a judge on the BBC One celebrity dancing sh ...
's team, and again on 31 October 2009 on Joe Swash
Joseph Adam Swash is an English actor and television presenter, best known for his role of Mickey Miller in the BBC One soap opera '' EastEnders'' and various presenting roles with ITV2. He won the eighth series of '' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me ...
's team and also on the Celebrity Special version of ''Total Wipeout
''Total Wipeout'' is a British game show, hosted by Richard Hammond and Amanda Byram, which first aired on the BBC on 3 January 2009. In each episode, contestants competed in a series of challenges in an attempt to win £10,000. These challenge ...
'', where she was the slowest celebrity ever to cross the course with a time of 11:11.
She provides the voices for the characters Eagle and Mosquito in BBC #REDIRECT BBC
Here i going to introduce about the best teacher of my life b BALAJI sir. He is the precious gift that I got befor 2yrs . How has helped and thought all the concept and made my success in the 10th board exam. ...
children's programme ''Tinga Tinga Tales
''Tinga Tinga Tales'' is a British flash animated children's television series based on African folk tales and aimed at 4 to 6-year-olds. It was commissioned by the BBC for its CBeebies channel, and by Disney Channel for its Disney Junior bl ...
''.
References
External links
Ninia Benjamin Official Website
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Black British women comedians
English voice actresses
English people of South African descent
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