Sooz Kempner Explained

Sooz Kempner
Birth Name:Suzanna Maria Kempner
Birth Place:Haywards Heath, West Sussex, England
Education:Royal Academy of Music
Years Active:2009–present
Medium:Stand-up
Relatives:Luke Kempner (brother)

Suzanna Maria Kempner is an English stand-up comedian, actress and singer.

Biography

Suzanna Maria Kempner was born in Haywards Heath, West Sussex before the family moved to Surrey where she attended Oakwood School, Horley.[1] [2] She is the older sister of impressionist Luke Kempner.[3] [4] Kempner studied at the Royal Academy of Music.[5] Her first stand-up gig was in 2009 at The Cavendish Arms.[6] In 2010 she was named Best Newcomer at the Musical Comedy Awards.[7]

In 2012, Kempner won the Variety Award at the Funny Women Awards at the Leicester Square Theatre.[8] From February to March 2013, she appeared as Katisha in the Pulling Focus production of The Mikado at The Tabard Theatre in West London.[9] Her Edinburgh Festival debut was at the 2014 fringe with the stand-up hour "Defying Gravity".[10] [11]

In 2018, Kempner performed her sixth solo show, "Super Sonic 90s Kid", at the Edinburgh Festival. In 2018, she performed in Doodle at the Waterloo East Theatre, The World Goes Round at the Stockwell Playhouse and as David Cameron in a new musical about Brexit by Richard Thomas and Jonny Woo. She hosts the podcast Mystery on the Rocks, which began in 2019, with Chris Stokes and Masud Milas.[12] [13]

In March 2023, the BBC announced that Kempner would be featured as the title character in a Doctor Who multiplatform story, Doom’s Day, to be released later in the year.[14] Doom’s story will unfold through the Doctor Who digital channels, Penguin Random House, Doctor Who Magazine, Titan Comics, Big Finish Productions, BBC Audio, and East Side Games, as part of the show's 60th anniversary.[15] [16]

Filmography

Television/Online

!Year!Title!Role!Notes
2018–2022Unfinished LondonVarious roles2 episodes, YouTube
2021NumberblocksThree Times Table

Audio

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019–presentMystery on the RocksHerselfPodcast, co-host with Chris Stokes and Masud Milas
2019Mockery ManorDorothy, Kelly
2020KosmokratsVAL 9000Video game voiceover
2021Dick Dickson in the 21st CenturyLieutenant Fox3 episodes
The Ballad of Anne and MaryMary Read
2022The Day the Earth Didn’t DieSiobhan
2023Four From Doom’s DayDoomDoctor Who: Doom's Day (multi-media series)
Dying Hours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Interview: Luke Kempner, Surrey's Downton impressionist . Essential Surrey . 10 August 2023 . 2 November 2015 . 27 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220627021851/https://www.essentialsurrey.co.uk/surrey-sw-london-things-to-do/theatre-arts/surrey-impressionist-luke-kempner/ . live .
  2. Web site: Suzanna Maria KEMPNER . freeBMD . 10 August 2023 . 14 August 2023 . https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl . live .
  3. Web site: 'I almost died. Just kidding! I only broke my leg': comedians share their Edinburgh fringe horror stories . . 10 August 2023 . 5 August 2023 . 7 August 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230807055701/https://amp.theguardian.com/stage/2023/aug/05/comedians-worst-edinburgh-ed-byrne-grace-campbell-john-robins-olga-koch-paul-sinha . live .
  4. Web site: Letter to My Hometown: To Horley, With… Reservations. Kempner. Sooz. 16 February 2015. Standard Issue. 8 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150225042859/http://standardissuemagazine.com/voices/letter-hometown-horley-withreservations/. 2015-02-25.
  5. Web site: 2023-03-20 . Comic Sooz Kempner to play intergalactic assassin in multi-platform story to celebrate Doctor Who's 60th anniversary . 2023-07-17 . www.femalefirst.co.uk . en.
  6. Web site: Sooz Kempner – First Gig, Worst Gig . British Comedy Guide . 27 May 2021 . 2020-05-08.
  7. Web site: Avin a Larf . 2009-09-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090509100220/http://www.musicalcomedy.co.uk/news . 9 May 2009.
  8. Web site: Magazine | Funny Women . https://archive.today/20130420150724/http://funnywomen.co.uk/magazine/article/580/best-is-best-at-awards-2012 . 20 April 2013.
  9. Web site: Vale. Paul. 25 February 2013. Reviews / The Mikado. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20140203164128/https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/38246/the-mikado. 3 February 2014. TheStage.co.uk.
  10. Web site: Edinburgh 2014: Defying Gravity. 10 January 2022. SoozKempner.co.uk.
  11. Web site: Connelly. Graeme. Sooz Kempner: Defying Gravity : Reviews 2014 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide. 2022-01-10. chortle.co.uk. en.
  12. Web site: 'I almost wet myself laughing': 50 funny podcasts to make you feel much better . The Guardian . 27 May 2021 . 5 April 2021.
  13. Web site: Bennett . Steve . Comedy meets true crime podcast... in an old saloon . 30 March 2019 . Chortle . 27 May 2021 .
  14. Web site: Coming soon - Doom's Day . . 17 March 2023 . doctorwho.tv . BBC . 18 August 2023 . en.
  15. Web site: Multi-platform "Doom's Day" story introduced for Doctor Who's 60th anniversary . CultBox . Andrea . Laford . 20 March 2023 . 22 March 2023.
  16. Web site: Doctor Who: Doom's Day . . doctorwho.tv . BBC . 18 August 2023 . en.

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