Sophie Buddle is a

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stand-up comedian, originally from

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. She is most noted for her 2019 comedy album ''A Lil Bit of Buddle'', which won the

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for Comedy Album of the Year at the

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. She was the first woman ever to win the award as a solo stand-up comedian. Currently a television writer for the sketch comedy series ''

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'', May 14, 2019. she was a semi-finalist in the 2018 edition of

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's "Canada's Top Comic" competition. 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. She is in a relationship with comedian Mayce Galoni, with whom she cohosts the podcast ''Obsessed''.

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