Lizzy Hoo

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Lizzy Hoo
Born1984 (age 39–40) [1] [2]
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia [3] [2]
OccupationComedian
Years active2017–present [4] [5]
Website www.lizzyhoo.com

Lizzy Hoo (born 1984) [1] [2] is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer and actor. [6] She is best known for her Amazon Prime Video [7] stand-up special Hoo Cares!? (2022). [8] She started performing stand-up in 2017. [4] [5]

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Early life

Hoo was born in 1984 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. [2] [3] [9] She was born to an Irish Australian mother and a Chinese Malaysian father. [10] [11] Her mother, Barbara Hoo, is from Toowoomba in Queensland and her father, Chan Hoo, was born in Malaysia. [3] They met in Penang then moved to Brisbane in 1975. [3] [12]

Career

After moving to Sydney, Hoo enrolled in comedy classes at Sydney Community College. [3] [13] She began performing stand-up comedy in 2017, when she was 32 years old. [4] [5] She went full-time as a comedian after quitting her day job as an account manager in marketing at the end of 2021. [14] She made the NSW Raw Comedy State Finals in 2017. [1] She was invited to perform at the 2018 Just for Laughs Festival at the Sydney Opera House. [14] [15]

For the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival, Hoo performed her debut show titled Hoo Am I? (What's My Name?). [16] [17] [18] Also in 2019, she became a presenter and contributor for SBS Voices [19] [6] [20] [21] [22] [23] and ABC Life. [24] Hoo has appeared on The Project [25] and The Cook Up with Adam Liaw. [26]

In 2021, she performed her second solo show, Hoo Dis?, at the Oxfam Gala, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. [27] [28] [29] [30] She became a regular guest on Have You Been Paying Attention? . [31] [32] [33]

In 2022, she performed her third comedy show, Hoo Cares!?, at the Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Comedy Festivals. [34] [35] Hoo Cares!? was released on Amazon Prime Video on 6 April 2023. [36] [37] Hoo performed at the 2022 OzAsia Festival for The Special Comedy Comedy Special at Her Majesty's Theatre. [38]

In 2023, she performed her latest show Woo Hoo! at the Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Comedy Festivals. [39]

Filmography

YearTitleNotes
2019Hoo Am I (What's My Name)Solo show
2021 The Cook Up with Adam Liaw Guest
2021Hoo Dis?Solo show
2022The Hundred with Andy LeeGuest
2022Have You Been Paying Attention?Panellist
2022Lizzy Hoo – Hoo Dis? Paramount+ stand up special
2022Hoo Cares?Solo show

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