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Laura Smyth (comedian)
Laura Smyth (born 15 November 1981) is an English comedian and writer. She won the Funny Women award in 2019.[1] BiographySmyth was born on 15 November 1981 and was brought up in East London.[2] She worked as an English teacher until 2021, when she became a full-time comedian.[3] She entered the Funny Women awards and after proceeding through the heats she won the main stage award in 2019.[4] This was the same award as Thanyia Moore had won the year before.[4] She appeared on Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club on ITV in the second episode[5] and was invited to Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled where she joined Davies, Tez Ilyas, Sara Pascoe and Ade Edmondson for a chat.[6] In 2022 it was announced that the BBC comedy Bad Education was to return for a new series. The writing team included Smyth, Nathan Bryon, Leila Navabi, Priya Hall and Ciaran Bartlett.[7] In 2024 Smyth appeared as comedy emcee Glenda in an episode of the Netflix miniseries Baby Reindeer.[8] Personal lifeSmyth is married and has three children.[9] In September 2021 she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer.[9] She performed on Live at the Apollo two weeks after her cancer treatment concluded.[9] References
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