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Shaparak Khorsandi. Copyright: Heathcliff O'Malley
Shaparak Khorsandi

Shaparak Khorsandi

  • 51 years old
  • English
  • Actor and stand-up comedian
Shaparak Khorsandi. Copyright: Heathcliff O'Malley

Shaparak Khorsandi is a 51-year-old English actor and stand-up comedian.

Year Production Role
2024 BBC New Comedy Award - 2024 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. Episode One
 Guest
2024 BBC New Comedy Awards - 2024
  1. E7 - Grand Final
 Guest
2024 Shaparak Khorsandi: Scatterbrain Self
2024 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 30
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2024 Deer Shed Festival Self
2024 St Albans Comedy Garden Self
2024 Cambridge Comedy Garden Self
2024 Oxford Comedy Festival Self
2024 Bristol Comedy Garden Self
2024 The News Quiz - Series 114
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2024 HowTheLightGetsIn (Hay-on-Wye) Self
2024 Hay Festival Self
2024 The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected - Series 17
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2024 One Person Found This Helpful - Series 1
  1. E4 - Crouching Chicken Hidden Ladder
 Guest
2024 Fashion Loves Comedy Festival Self
2024 Would I Lie To You? - Series 17
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - More Unseen Bits
 Guest
2024 The News Quiz - Series 113
  1. E2 - Episode One
 Guest
2024 The Real Ken Dodd: The Man I Loved Brand New Self
2023 Ronnie Corbett's 30 Greatest Moments Self
2023 Best Medicine - Series 1
  1. E8 - Doing Less, Gardening, The Smartphone, Expertise
 Self
2023 Cheltenham Literature Festival Self
2023 Henley Literary Festival Self
2023 Shaparak Khorsandi: ShapChat! Self
2023 St Albans Comedy Garden Self
2023 Latitude Self
2023 Just A Minute - Series 91
  1. E2 - Tutankhamun, Haggling, And Canadian Cuisine
  2. E6 - Columbo, Keanu Reeves And Vertigo
 Guest
2023 Just For Laughs London Self
2023 Two's A Crowd Jane
2023 Nature Table - Series 3
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2023 Tess Of The Tollbooth Tess
2022 The News Quiz - Series 110
  1. Special - Best Of 2022
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2022 The Leak - Series 16
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2022 Late Night Mash - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Highlights Special
 Self
2022 Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death On Stage Self
2022 Deer Shed Festival Self
2022 Kendal Calling Self
2022 Latitude Self
2022 Standon Calling Self
2022 Cotswold Comedy Festival Self
2022 Balham Comedy Festival Self
2022 The Thirteen Million Club - 2022 Special
  1. 2022 Special
 Self
2022 Wells Comedy Festival Self
2022 The News Quiz - Series 108
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2022 Just A Minute - Series 88
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2022 The Stand Up Sketch Show - Series 4
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Ensemble Actor
2022 The News Quiz - Series 107
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2022 Billy Connolly's Funniest Moments Self
2021 Clown (as Shappi Khorsandi) Nikki (Voice)
2021 The Confessional - Series 2
  1. E4 - Shaparak Khorsandi
 Guest
2021 Shaparak Khorsandi: It Was The 90s! Self
2021 Shaparak Khorsandi: It Was The 90s! Writer
2021 Blankety Blank - Series 18 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2021 Henley Festival Self
2021 Greenwich Comedy Festival Self
2021 Just A Minute - Series 87
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2021 The Good, The Bad And The Unexpected - Series 9
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2021 End Of The Road Self
2021 You're Dead To Me - Series 4 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - The Ancient Olympics
 Guest
2021 Edinburgh Unlocked - Series 1
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Self
2021 Virtually Everything
  1. E5 - Shaparak Khorsandi Reveals Royal Obsession
 Self
2021 Stourbridge Comedy Festival Self
2021 Shaparak Khorsandi: It Was the 90s! (WIP) Self
2021 St Albans Comedy Garden Self
2021 Tramlines Self
2021 Bedford Festival Fringe Self
2021 Ealing Comedy Festival Self
2021 Brighton Comedy Garden Self
2021 Balham Comedy Festival Self
2021 Marlowe Comedy Weekender Self
2021 You're Dead To Me - Series 3 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - The Battle Of Salamis
 Guest
2021 Jo Brand's Classic Comedy Sketches Of The... (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - 1970s
 Self
2021 Just A Minute - Series 86 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E8 - Episode Eight
  3. E10 - Episode Ten
 Guest
2021 Fortunately... With Fi And Jane - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E30 - Bicentennial Bidets, Live At The Royal Festival Hall With Shappi Khorsandi
 Guest
2021 Elephant In The Room - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2020 Soho Theatre Live - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E8 - Shappi Khorsandi: Live in Soho
 Host / Presenter
2020 Keep It Light (as Shappi Khorsandi) Ensemble Actor
2020 The Leak - Series 12 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2020 Live At The Apollo - The One About... (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. Special - Shopping
 Guest
2020 We Love... (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - We Love Gavin & Stacey
  2. E2 - We Love Are You Being Served?
 Self
2020 Henley Festival Self
2020 Bristol Comedy Garden Self
2020 Britain's Greatest Comedy Character (as Shappi Khorsandi) Self
2020 Comedy Chest Fest Self
2020 Stuart Goldsmith's Infinite Sofa (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2020 Hypothetical - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2020 Leicester Comedy Festival Self
2020 Vault Festival Self
2020 Nefertiti (as Shappi Khorsandi) Announced Mum
2019 Classic Christmas Comedy Moments (as Shappi Khorsandi) Self
2019 Lenny Henry's Race Through Comedy (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E2 - Stand-Up
  2. E3 - Sketch
 Self
2019 Asking For A Friend (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2019 Greenwich Comedy Festival Self
2019 Reading & Leeds Festivals Self
2019 BBC New Comedy Award - 2019 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E6 - Semi Final 1
 Guest
2019 In Conversation with... Shappi Khorsandi Self
2019 Shappi Khorsandi: Skittish Warrior... Confessions of a Club Comic Self
2019 Balham Comedy Festival Self
2019 The Comedy Years (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E1 - 1979
  2. E2 - 1984
  3. E3 - 1998
  4. E4 - 2003
 Self
2019 Shappi Khorsandi: Skittish Warrior...Confessions Of A Club Comic Self
2018 Morecambe & Wise In America (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
 Self
2018 Goodness Gracious Me - 20 Years Innit! (as Shappi Khorsandi) Self
2018 Live At The Apollo - All Girls Live At The Apollo (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. Special - Part 1
 Guest
2018 Homework (as Shappi Khorsandi) Host / Presenter
2018 Shappi Khorsandi: Mistress And Misfit Self
2017 Festival Tales: Edinburgh At 70 (as Shappi Khorsandi) Self
2017 Shappi Khorsandi: Mistress and Misfit Self
2017 Parenting For Idiots (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Chaos
  2. E2 - Fun
  3. E3 - Rules
 Self
2016 The Outcast Comic (as Shappi Khorsandi) Self
2016 Comedy Central At The Comedy Store - Series 4 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Russell Kane At The Comedy Store
  2. E11 - Sara Pascoe At The Comedy Store
 Guest
2016 Fred MacAulay's Wet Hot Political Summer (as Shappi Khorsandi) Self
2016 Shappi Khorsandi: Oh My Country! From Morris Dancing to Morrissey Self
2016 Shappi Khorsandi: Oh My Country! Self
2016 My Worst Job (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2016 Channel 4's Comedy Gala (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2016
 Guest
2015 Channel 4's Comedy Gala (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2015
 Guest
2015 Celebrity Squares - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2015 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
  2. Special - Unseen
 Guest
2015 Just A Minute - Series 71 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2014 Comedy Central At The Comedy Store - Series 3 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2014 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2014 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2014 MacAulay And Co - Edinburgh 2014 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2014 Comedy Gala 2014: In Aid of Waverley Care Self
2014 Shappi Khorsandi: Because I'm Shappi... Self
2014 Just A Minute - Series 69 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2013 The Skeptic Tank (as Shappi Khorsandi) Guest
2013 BBC New Comedy Award - 2013 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E10 - Semi Final 1
 Guest
2013 The Matt Lucas Awards - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. Special - Highlights Special
 Guest
2013 Mock The Week Looks Back At... (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Animals
  2. E8 - Britain
 Self (Archive Material)
2013 John Bishop's Only Joking (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2012 QI - Series J (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E7 - Journalism
  2. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 7
 Guest
2012 Comedy World Cup (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2012 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2012 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2012 Channel 4's 30 Greatest Comedy Shows (as Shappi Khorsandi) Self
2012 BBC: Christopher Brookmyre's Comedy Bookcase Self
2012 Shappi Khorsandi: Dirty Looks And Hopscotch Self
2012 The News Quiz - Series 77 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2012 Just A Minute (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
  2. E10 - Episode Ten
 Guest
2012 Morgan Spurlock's New Britannia (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2012 Late 'N' Live Guide To Comedy (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E1 - The Audience
  2. E2 - Virgins
  3. E4 - Oh Edinburgh!
 Self
2011 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2011 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E6 - Shappi Khorsandi's Little Cracker
 Writer
2011 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2011 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E6 - Shappi Khorsandi's Little Cracker
  2. Special - Behind The Scenes
 Self
2011 Imagine: The Art Of Stand-Up (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E1 - Part One
  2. E2 - Part Two
 Self
2011 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 12 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. Special - Best Bits
 Guest
2011 Ask Rhod Gilbert - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2011 The Grumpy Guide To... - 2011 Specials (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. Special - The Grumpy Guide To Driving
 Self
2011 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2011 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2011 My Favourite Joke (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E4 - Episode Four
  3. E5 - Episode Five
  4. E6 - Episode Six
 Self
2011 Comedy Gala 2011: In Aid of Waverley Care Self
2011 Shappi Khorsandi: Me and My Brother in Our Pants, Holding Hands Self
2011 Hot Gossip - Series 4 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2011 Channel 4's Comedy Gala (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2011
 Guest
2011 And The Winner Is... - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2011 The Graham Norton Show - Series 9 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Robert Pattinson, Reese Witherspoon, Hugh Laurie, Shappi Khorsandi
  2. Special - Compilation Show
 Guest
2011 So Wrong It's Right - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2011 24 Hour Panel People (as Shappi Khorsandi) Guest
2010 Live At The Apollo - Series 6 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Kevin Bridges, Shappi Khorsandi, Jack Whitehall
 Guest
2010 FHM's Stand-Up Hero - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Heat 4
 Guest
2010 Genius With Dave Gorman - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E6 - Noddy Holder and Shappi Khorsandi
 Guest
2010 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2010 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Host / Presenter
2010 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 9 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. Special - Best Bits
 Guest
2010 Comedy Gala 2010: In Aid of Waverley Care Self
2010 Just A Minute Self
2010 Shappi Khorsandi: The Moon On A Stick Self
2010 Jeremy Hardy Speaks To The Nation - Series 8 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - How To Confront The Vexed Issue Of British Identity Without Getting In The Most Fearful Bate About The Whole Thing
 Ensemble Actor
2010 The Grumpy Guide To... - 2010 Specials (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. Special - The Grumpy Guide To The Eighties
  2. Special - The Grumpy Guide To School Days
 Self
2010 The Museum Of Curiosity - Gallery 3 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Meeting Thirteen
 Guest
2010 Channel 4's Alternative Election Night - Channel 4's Alternative Election Night 2010 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. Channel 4's Alternative Election Night 2010
 Self
2010 The Graham Norton Show - Series 7 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Toni Collette, Billie Piper, Shappi Khorsandi
 Guest
2010 The 100 Greatest Stand-Ups (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - 100 Greatest Stand-Ups 2010
 Self
2010 Channel 4's Comedy Gala (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2010
 Guest
2010 The Bubble (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E6 - Miranda Hart, Robert Webb, Shappi Khorsandi
 Guest
2010 Nerdstock: 9 Lessons And Carols For Godless People (as Shappi Khorsandi) Self
2009 The Grumpy Guide To... - Grumpy Guide To Christmas (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. The Grumpy Guide To Christmas
 Self
2009 The Christian O'Connell Solution (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E13 - Episode Thirteen
 Guest
2009 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 4 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2009 Jason Manford And Friends (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2009 MacAulay And Co - Edinburgh 2009 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E7 - Tuesday 18th
 Guest
2009 Just A Minute - Series 55 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2009 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 8 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E7 - Best Of British Special
 Guest
2009 Shappi Talk - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E1 - Racism
  2. E2 - Unconventional Parents
  3. E3 - Religion
  4. E4 - Growing Up In The UK
 Writer
2009 Shappi Talk - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E1 - Racism
  2. E2 - Unconventional Parents
  3. E3 - Religion
  4. E4 - Growing Up In The UK
 Host / Presenter
2009 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 16 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E21 - Shappi Khorsandi, Tim Henman, Blue, Florence and the Machine
 Guest
2009 Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - Birmingham
 Self
2009 Have I Got News For You - Series 37 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2009 My Teenage Diary - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - Shappi Khorsandi
 Guest
2009 Stand-Up With The Stars (as Shappi Khorsandi)
View episodes
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2009 The News Quiz - Series 67 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2008 Live At The Apollo - Series 4 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Al Murray, Shappi Khorsandi and Russell Kane
  2. Special - Best Of Live At The Apollo
 Guest
2008 Political Animal - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2008 Clive Anderson's Chat Room - Series 4 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2008 The Now Show - Series 24 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Writer
2008 The Now Show - Series 24 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Self
2008 The Leicester Comedy Festival (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - The Leicester Comedy Festival 2007
 Guest
2007 4 Stands Up - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2007 The News Quiz - Series 63 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. Special - News Quiz of the Year
 Guest
2007 28 Acts In 28 Minutes - Series 2 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2007 The Now Show - Series 23 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Writer
2007 The Now Show - Series 23 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Self
2007 The Late Edition - Series 5 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Self
2007 Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Self (Archive Material)
2007 Does The Team Think... - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2007 The News Quiz - Series 61 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2007 Mock The Week - Series 4 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. Special - Highlights Special
 Guest
2003 Spanking New On 7 - Series 1 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2002 4 At The Store - Series 4 (as Shappi Khorsandi)
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Shaparak Khorsandi on IMDb

Born
Friday 8th June 1973 (51 years-old)
AKA
Shappi Khorsandi
Nationality
English
Chortle Awards 2024
Book Award (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2017
Book Award (Nominee)
Loaded LAFTAs 2011
Funniest Woman (Nominee)
British Comedy Awards 2010
Best Female TV Comic (Nominee)
Chortle Awards 2007
Breakthrough Act (Nominee)
BBC New Comedy Award 2000
Main Prize (Nominee)
NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show 2000
Top of the Bill (Runner-up)

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