Sukh Ojla

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Sukh Ojla
Born31 May 1984 (1984-05-31) (age 37)
Other namesSukhjeet Ojla[1]
Alma materCourt Theatre Training Company
Occupationstand-up comedian, actress, novelist, playwright
Years active2011–present
Websitesukhojla.com

Sukhjeet Kaur "Sukh" Ojla (/ˈsʊk ˈɒdjlɑː/; born 31 May 1984) is an English stand-up comedian, novelist, playwright and comedy writer.[2][3]

Early life[]

Ojla is from a working-class British Punjabi Sikh family.[4][5] After school, she attended drama school at the Court Theatre Training Company.[6]

Career[]

Ojla has acted in Black Mirror ("White Christmas"), Hospital People, EastEnders, GameFace, The End of the F***ing World and the film Victoria and Abdul.[7][8][9]

Her stage work has included Gurpreet Kaur Bhatti's Elephant (Birmingham Repertory Theatre) and Tamsin Oglesby's Future Conditional (The Old Vic).[7]

Ojla began to perform stand-up comedy in 2016.[10] She has appeared on The Big Asian Stand-Up and Mock the Week.[11]

Ojla wrote and starred in the play Pyar Actually in 2017.[12][13]

Ojla will publish her first novel, Sunny, in 2021.[14][15]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Local Millionaire - Guest Cast | TVmaze". www.tvmaze.com.
  2. ^ @sukhojla (31 May 2017). "