Sophie Buddle

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Sophie Buddle
BornAugust 7, 1994 [1]
Ottawa, Canada
Occupation
  • Comedian

Sophie Buddle is a Canadian stand-up comedian, [2] originally from Ottawa. [3] She is most noted for her 2019 comedy album A Lil Bit of Buddle, which won the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020. [4] 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 This Hour Has 22 Minutes , [5] she was a semi-finalist in the 2018 edition of SiriusXM Canada's "Canada's Top Comic" competition. [6]

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. [7]

She is in a relationship with comedian Mayce Galoni, with whom she cohosts the podcast Obsessed. [5]

References

  1. "Spotify". Spotify .
  2. Shawn Conner, "Vancouver's Buddle brings Bachelor obsession and dirty joke winners to hometown club". Vancouver Sun , June 24, 2019.
  3. Asim B., "Interview with SiriusXM Top Comic finalist Sophie Buddle". Apt 613, August 7, 2018.
  4. Shakiel Mahjouri, "2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top". ET Canada , June 29, 2020.
  5. 1 2 Jon Cranny, "Sophie Buddle builds on budding comedy career with album release". The Georgia Straight , May 14, 2019.
  6. Jon Cranny, "Meet Sophie Buddle, semi-finalist of SiriusXM's Canada's Top Comic 2018". The Georgia Straight , July 27, 2018.
  7. Dzsurdzsa, Cosmin (25 July 2023). "Vancouver comedy club cancelled comedian for 'offensive' residential school joke".