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London Dionne Micha Stacey Stephanie Estina Knibbs-Hughes (born 1989) is a

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comedian,

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and presenter. She wrote and starred in ''Laughter Shock'', a comedy for the

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which piloted in 2010.

Early life

London Dionne Micha Stacey Stephanie Estina Knibbs-Hughes was born in

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, South London in England. Her mother is of

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n ancestry, while her father is of Puerto Rican,

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n ancestry. Her great grandfather was Enos Knibbs. When she was younger, she spent most of her spare time working on new routines with a dance crew. Her family moved to Brighton when she was aged 14.

Career

Hughes started her television career presenting daytime shows on adult TV station ''

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'', before moving on to presenting the morning show for

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for almost two years. In that time she also presented live links on

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and BBC2 and made regular appearances on '' Blue Peter'' and had a presenter role in children's show '' All over the Place'' alongside

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as well as voicing characters for CBBC's comedy, '' Big Babies''. As a comedian she initially used the stage name ''"Miss London"'', changing it to ''"Miss London Hughes"'' and eventually to ''"London Hughes"'' to avoid confusion with the regional beauty pageant '' Miss London''. Hughes won the 2009

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Award at the

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(London), against competition from Eve Webster and

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. She has appeared on children's television such as Series 1-5 of

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's weekend breakfast show, ''

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'' Pre-recorded, ''Scrambled!'' is a mixture of chat, games and comedy sketches with the presenters interlinking between shows in the CITV schedule. Hughes departed the show in 2018, and the series proper came to an end in 2021, after 7 years. Hughes had her first feature film role in comedy ''It's A Lot'', written and directed by

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, released nationwide in 2013. London improvised a lot of the comedy material for her scenes and choreographed the numerous dance routines used throughout the film. Hughes made her

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debut in August 2013 by writing and starring in her own sitcom pilot named ''28 Dates Later''. Loosely based on her life, the sitcom was about two girls that work in a cinema with a love of romantic comedies, but can't seem to make their own love lives match up to the ones in the movies. She has also featured in comedy entertainment show '' Life: An Idiot's Guide'' and satirical sketch show ''

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'', both for BBC Radio 4. In 2016, she appeared as a

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worker in an episode of the first season of ''

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''. Hughes launched her own YouTube comedy series ''No Filter'' in 2016, written by and starring herself based on her real-life experiences in friendship and dating. Hughes has also featured on the ''Drunk Women Solving Crime'' podcast with writer/comedian hosts Hannah George, Catie Wilkins and Taylor Glenn as well as on ''

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's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast'', RHLSTP. She was a contestant on ITV's ''All Star Musical 2019'' and also appeared on ''The Stand Up Sketch Show'' on ITV2 and BBC2's ''

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''. In 2018, Hughes was working on developing a comedian travel show that would feature herself and

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. However, despite Goldberg having agreed to do the show, no TV channel was interested and the show did not get made. Hughes' first Edinburgh Festival Fringe show was ''London Hughes: Superstar (it's just nobody's realised it)'', in 2017. In 2019, she performed '' London Hughes: To Catch a D*ck'' to critical acclaim, becoming the first black nominee in the

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for Best Comedy Show. The routine was adapted into a 2020

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special. Hughes is scheduled to star in an upcoming '' Perfect Strangers'' reboot for

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alongside

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Filmography

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