Susie Youssef | |
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Birth name | Susan Kathryn Youssef |
Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
Medium | Stand-up comedian, writer, actor, improviser |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 2006–present |
Genres | Sketch comedy, autobiographical comedy, improvisational comedy |
Notable works and roles | Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia How Not to Behave No Activity Rosehaven |
Website | http://www.susieyoussef.com/ |
Susan Kathryn Youssef is a writer and actor who works in television, on radio and stage in Australia and the United Kingdom. She is best known for her appearances in the television series The Project , Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia , and Rosehaven , and has performed stand-up comedy at various Australian and international festivals.
Susan Kathryn Youssef[ citation needed ] is a descendant of Lebanese immigrants. [1] She grew up with five sisters and she often uses her family for comedy inspiration. [2] [3] [4]
Youssef began comedy writing in high school, where she wrote her own plays. She began studying education, to become a teacher. A friend took her to an improvisational comedy show at the Enmore Theatre in Newtown in Sydney, which sparked a more serious interest in comedy. [5]
She quit college and attended iO Chicago, in the United States, where she studied improvisational performance and comedy. [6] [7]
Youssef began her comedy career as a writer for The Ronnie Johns Half Hour in 2006, and made her acting debut in the short film Clicked in the role of Lina in 2011. In 2014, she played Jane in the short film Kevin Needs to Make New Friends: Because Everyone Hates Him for Some Reason and then turned to television, where she appeared in The Chaser's Media Circus .[ citation needed ]
In 2014, Youssef played the lead role of Sarah in the Hayloft Project’s stage play The Boat People. [8] [9]
Youssef started performing improvisational comedy live. [10] She made her solo debut in her sketch comedy show Sketchual Chocolate at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals. In 2015, she returned to the comedy festival circuit with her comedy show Owl Eyes On You and in 2016 made her debut in London and at the Edinburgh Fringe with her stand-up show Check Youssef Before You Wreck Youssef. [11] She is part of the Improv Theatre Sydney ensemble. [12] Youssef has also performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Homebake. [13]
In 2015, Youssef appeared in other television series including Community Kitchen, About Tonight, The Checkout and Game Night. Yousseff had recurring roles in the television comedy series How Not to Behave , Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia , No Activity and Rosehaven , and a guest role in Here Come the Habibs in 2016.
In 2017, Youssef toured with her comedy show Behave Youssef. [14] In the same year, she hosted season two of the comedy TV series Stand and Deliver on ABC ME, which featured comedic acts from Australia and overseas. [15]
She has also been a guest on The Project , All Star Family Feud , Celebrity Name Game , Have You Been Paying Attention? , and Hughesy, We Have a Problem .[ citation needed ]
In 2014, Youssef won the Best on Stage award at the FBi SMAC Awards, for her role as Sarah in The Boat People. [16] [8] [9]
In 2020, Youssef was selected as one of ten Australian comedians to compete for $100,000 on the experimental reality television series Last One Laughing Australia hosted by Rebel Wilson and screening on Amazon Prime in June. [17] [18]
Year | Title | Notes | Role |
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2014 | Sketchual Chocolate | Debut solo stand-up show at the Melbourne and Sydney Comedy Festivals and Sydney Fringe Festival | Writer/performer |
2015 | Owl Eyes on You | Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival | Writer/performer |
2016 | Check Youssef Before You Wreck Youssef | Edinburgh Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival and Brisbane Comedy Festival | Writer/performer |
2017 | Behave Youssef | Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival | Writer/performer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2011 | Clicked | Lina | Actor |
2014 | Kevin Needs to Make New Friends: Because Everyone Hates Him for Some Reason | Jane | Actor |
2016 | Scare BNB | Ksenia | Actor |
2018 | The Call Back | Sam | Actor |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2006 | The Ronnie Johns Half Hour | Writer | 4 episodes |
2015 | The Chaser's Media Circus | Herself | 1 episode |
2015 | Community Kitchen | Herself | 2 episodes |
2015 | About Tonight | Herself | 2 episodes |
2015 | The Checkout | Herself | 1 episode |
2015 | Game Night | Player Number 3 | 1 episode |
2015 | How Not to Behave | Herself | 15 episodes |
2015 | We Live to Science Another Day | Susie | 1 episode |
2016–2017 | Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia | Herself | 5 episodes |
2016–2017 | Comedy Up Late | Herself | 11 episodes |
2016 | Here Come the Habibs | Marie | 1 episode |
2016 | Miles Holbeck: The Member | Sophie | 1 episode |
2016 | No Activity | Anousha | 3 episodes |
2016–2021 | Rosehaven | Gez | 10 episodes |
2017–2019 | Have You Been Paying Attention? | Herself | 11 episodes |
2017 | Get Krack!n | Egg Woman | 1 episode |
2017 | Screen Time | Herself | 1 episode |
2017 | All Star Family Feud | Herself | 1 episode |
2018 | Squinters | Simoni | 6 episodes |
2018–2019 | Hughesy, We Have a Problem | Herself | 5 episodes |
2019 | Celebrity Name Game | Herself | 5 episodes |
2019–present | The Project | Herself | |
2020 | Last One Laughing | Herself | 6 episodes |
2021 | Making It Australia | Host | |
2023 | Deadloch | Aleyna Rahme | 8 episodes |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2014 | The Boat People | Sarah | Hayloft Project (Best on Stage, FBi SMAC Awards) |
2020 | Home, I'm Darling | Fran | Southbank Theatre, Melbourne |
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