Sukhjeet Kaur "Sukh" Ojla (; born 31 May 1984) is an English

stand-up comedian Stand-up comedy is a performance directed to a live audience, where the performer stands on a stage and delivers humorous and satirical monologues sometimes incorporating physical acts. These performances are typically composed of rehear ...

, novelist,

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and comedy writer.

Early life

Ojla is from a

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British Punjabi

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family. After school, she attended

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at the Court Theatre Training Company.

Career

Ojla has acted in ''

Black Mirror ''Black Mirror'' is a British anthology series, anthology television series created by Charlie Brooker. Most episodes are set in near-future dystopias containing Science fiction, sci-fi technology—a type of speculative fiction. The series i ...

'' (" White Christmas"), ''

Hospital People ''Hospital People'' is a British mockumentary series set in the fictional Brimlington Hospital in the fictional town of Brimlington. The main star of the programme is Tom Binns who plays four different characters in the series. He has a supporti ...

'', ''

EastEnders ''EastEnders'' is a British television soap opera created by Julia Smith (producer), Julia Smith and Tony Holland which has been broadcast on BBC One since February 1985. Set in the fictional borough of Walford in the East End of London, the ...

'', '' GameFace'', '' The End of the F***ing World'' and the film '' Victoria and Abdul''. Her stage work has included Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's ''Elephant'' (

Birmingham Repertory Theatre Birmingham Repertory Theatre, commonly called Birmingham Rep or just The Rep, is a producing theatre based on Centenary Square in Birmingham, England. Founded by Barry Jackson, it is the longest-established of Britain's building-based theatre ...

) and Tamsin Oglesby's ''Future Conditional'' (

The Old Vic The Old Vic is a 1,000-seat, nonprofit producing theatre in Waterloo, London, England. It was established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, and renamed in 1833 the Royal Victoria Theatre. In 1871 it was rebuilt and reopened as the Royal ...

). Ojla began to perform stand-up comedy in 2016. She has appeared on ''The Big Asian Stand-Up'' and ''

Mock the Week ''Mock the Week'' is a topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It was produced by Angst Productions for BBC Two, and was broadcast from 5 June 2005 to 4 November 2022. Presenter Dara Ó Briain and pan ...

''. Ojla wrote and starred in the play ''Pyar Actually'' in 2017. Ojla published her first novel, ''Sunny'', in 2021.

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* * English women comedians Living people English people of Punjabi descent 1984 births English women dramatists and playwrights 21st-century English actresses Actresses from London English soap opera actresses English television actresses English film actresses 21st-century English comedians 21st-century English women writers English people of Indian descent Comedians from London {{UK-comedian-stub