Shazia Mirza

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Shazia Mirza
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Mirza in 2010
Born Birmingham, West Midlands, England
MediumComedian, actor, columnist
Education University of Manchester (BA)
Goldsmiths, University of London (PGCE)
Rose Bruford College
Years active2000 [1] –present
Genres Observational comedy
Subject(s) Social commentary, family
Website www.shaziamirza.org OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg

Shazia Mirza is a British comedian, actress, and writer. She is best known for her stand-up comedy, and her articles in British newspapers The Guardian and The Daily Telegraph . [2] [3] [4]

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Early life and education

Mirza was born in Birmingham, England, the eldest daughter of Punjabi Pakistani parents who moved to Birmingham, England in the 1950s. [5] [6] [7]

Mirza read Biochemistry at the University of Manchester and then achieved a Postgraduate Certificate in Education at Goldsmiths, University of London. [8] Before beginning her career in comedy, Mirza was a science teacher at Langdon Park School, where she taught Dylan Mills, now known as the grime pioneer Dizzee Rascal. [9] [10] [11] She later attended Rose Bruford College, where she studied acting part time while working as a supply teacher, [9] taking the final year of the course full time. [12]

Career

Stand-up

Her comedy is said to push barriers and as a comedian, she is often referred to as 'brave'. [2] [3] [4] [13]

Writing

Mirza was a columnist for The Guardian between 2008 and 2010. [14] She has also written columns for The New Statesman [15] and Dawn [16] newspaper.

Television and radio

She was a regular panelist on the Channel 5 topical discussion series The Wright Stuff , [17] as well as appearing on other TV shows [18]

In April 2007, she presented a documentary on BBC Three called F*** Off, I'm a Hairy Woman. [19]

Mirza has also appeared in reality game shows Celebrity The Island with Bear Grylls on Channel 4 (2017), and in 2018, the Channel 5 show Celebs in Solitary. [20] In 2024 she appeared in SAS: Who Dares Wins.

Recognition

She was recognized as one of the BBC's 100 women of 2013. [21]

References

  1. ↑ "Rose Bruford College Appoints its first President – Rose Bruford College". Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Edinburgh 2015: Shazia Mirza, A Work in Progress, The Stand, review: 'brave and urgent'". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 22 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  3. 1 2 "Shazia Mirza, comedy review: nothing if not brave". London Evening Standard. 25 September 2015. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Laughs in the face of terror | Tribune". www.tribunemagazine.org. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
  5. ↑ Mckeown, Jack (27 May 2016). "Shazia Mirza: The Kardashians Made Me Do It". The Courier. Archived from the original on 11 September 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
  6. ↑ Shazia Mirza (12 April 2010). "Halal comedy? You might as well ask for halal bacon". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  7. ↑ Mirza, Shazia (3 August 2008). "What I know about men". The Guardian . London. Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  8. ↑ Iziren, Interview by Adeline (1 February 2003). "What happened next?". the Guardian. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  9. 1 2 Time Out London: Shazia Mirza: interview Archived 19 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine 17 June 2008
  10. ↑ Shazia Mirza: Diary of a disappointing daughter Archived 2 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine Shazia Mirza's weekend column 22 May 2010
  11. ↑ Interview: Shazia Mirza Archived 27 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine 23 June 2010
  12. ↑ Bedell, Geraldine (20 April 2003). "Veiled Humour". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  13. ↑ "REVIEW: Shazia Mirza – The Kardashians Made Me Do It at Exeter Corn Exchange". Exeter Express and Echo. 3 May 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2016.[ permanent dead link ]
  14. ↑ "Profile: Shazia Mirza". London: The Guardian UK. 23 July 2008. Archived from the original on 16 April 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2016.
  15. ↑ "Shazia Mirza on the culture of hate: "Once we blamed Yoko Ono. Now we blame refugees"". 16 September 2016.
  16. ↑ "News stories for Shazia Mirza - DAWN.COM". www.dawn.com.
  17. ↑ Wright, Matthew; Johnson, Eric; Duffy, Kirsty (11 September 2000), The Wright Stuff, archived from the original on 19 January 2017, retrieved 8 December 2016
  18. ↑ "Shazia Mirza". IMDb .
  19. ↑ "BBC Three - Body Image, Series 2, F*** off I'm a Hairy Woman".
  20. ↑ "My5". www.channel5.com.
  21. ↑ "100 Women: Who took part?". BBC News. 20 October 2013. Retrieved 18 December 2022.
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