Laurie Elliott Explained

Laurie Elliott
Birth Date:18 January 1971
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Occupation:Actress, voice actress, television writer, comedian
Yearsactive:1994–present

Laurie Elliott (born January 18, 1971) is a Canadian actress, voice actress, television writer, and stand-up comedian. She is best known as the voice of Jo from Total Drama. She previously worked as a writer of Nickelodeon's Corn & Peg for its 2 seasons (2018–2019).

Career

She has appeared in The Red Green Show, and won the 2006 Canadian Comedy Award as Best Female Stand-up.[1] She is also a member of the sketch comedy duo Kevlor-2000 with Kevin MacDonald.

In 2003, Elliott participated in an April Fool's prank staged by Canada's Comedy Network, which announced that she was slated to star in a new remake of the 1970s Canadian sitcom The Trouble with Tracy.

Elliott participated in the Canadian live comedy show Video on Trial which also starred fellow Canadian comedians such as Debra DiGiovanni, Ron Sparks and Nikki Payne.

Elliot starred in Atomic Betty as Noah Parker, Rodney Patella in Moville Mysteries, and voiced Jo on Skatoony, Total Drama Revenge of the Island and . Elliot has also written quite a few episodes of the Total Drama television series, including the Total Drama World Tour episodes "Slap Slap Revolution", "The EX-Files", "Aftermath Aftermayhem" and "African Lying Safari", the Total Drama: Revenge of the Island episodes "Ice Ice Baby", "The Treasure Island of Dr. McLean" and "The Enchanted Franken-Forest", the Total Drama: All-Stars episodes "Food Fright", "Suckers Punched", and "The Obsta-Kill Course", the episodes "I Love You, Grease Pig", "A Blast from the Past", and "Three Zones and a Baby", and the Total Drama spin-off series episodes "French is an Eiffel Language", "Brazilian Pain Forest", and "New Beijinging". She is currently writing episodes of Corn & Peg.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Work Result Ref
2000 Cream of Comedy Various [2]
2006 Best Ensemble Performance in a Comedy Program or Series The Red Green Show [3]
2009 Best Taped Live Performance Just For Laughs Gala [4]
2010 Best Performance by a Female - Television Almost Audrey [5]
Best Female Stand-Up Various
2013 [6]
2014 Best Performance by a Female - Web But I'm Chris Jericho!
Sexiest Fish in the Lake [7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Canadian Comedy Awards Festival | Award Winners . October 30, 2013. dead . October 31, 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131031192659/http://www.canadiancomedy.ca/awardwinners.php?year=2006 .
  2. Web site: Tim Sims awards . ontarioartsfoundation.on.ca . January 2, 2017.
  3. Web site: Awards database . academy.ca . January 2, 2017.
  4. Web site: Mooney . Megan . Canadian Comedy Awards – Nominees announced, let the voting begin…. Mooney on Theatre. January 2, 2017. July 20, 2009.
  5. Web site: Canadian Comedy Awards . NOW Toronto Magazine . January 2, 2017. October 19, 2010.
  6. Web site: Canadian Comedy Award nominees announced. www.thecomedynetwork.ca . January 2, 2017.
  7. https://www.cbc.ca/music/junos/juno-awards-2024-nominations-charlotte-cardin-daniel-caesar-talk-1.7105439 "Here are all the 2024 Juno nominees"