Laura Lexx (born 28 September 1986) is an English

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and writer originally from

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Early life and education

Laura Lexx was brought up in

Taunton Taunton () is the county town of Somerset, England, with a 2011 population of 69,570. Its thousand-year history includes a 10th-century monastic foundation, Taunton Castle, which later became a priory. The Normans built a castle owned by the ...

before studying drama at the

University of Kent , motto_lang = , mottoeng = Literal translation: 'Whom to serve is to reign'(Book of Common Prayer translation: 'whose service is perfect freedom')Graham Martin, ''From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury'' ...

from 2005 to 2009, graduating with a master's degree. Lexx performed comedy during a spell working as a search-engine-optimiser before turning to comedy full-time in 2015.

Career

She performed ''Tyrannosaurus Lexx'' at the

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in 2016 and was a finalist at the 2016 Amused Moose Comedy Awards. Lexx's profile rose in 2016 when her on-stage putdowns of a sexist

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went viral online. Lexx was nominated for Best Compere at the 2016 and 2017

Chortle Awards The Chortle Awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website Chortle to honour the best of established stand-up comics currently working in the UK. A panel of reviewers draw up a shortlist, which is presented for public vote at the Chortle websit ...

. Her 2018 Edinburgh show, ''Trying'', discussed her attempts at starting a family and the effects on her mental health. She hoped her honesty would help lift the stigma around these issues. Laura won Best Performer in the Comedian's Choice Awards and was in the top 10 of Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2018. The show transferred from the Edinburgh Festival for a successful run at London's

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. Lexx's 2019 Edinburgh show was called ''Knee Jerk'' and dealt with political topics associated with the fallout from the

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. Lexx won the Comedians' Choice award at the 2019 Chortle Awards. Her television appearances have included ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Live at the Apollo'' and ''

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''. Lexx landed a book deal after a series of tweets during the lockdown of the

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imagining life with

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manager Jurgen Klopp went viral online, amassing over 5.6 million views. The idea was expanded into the book ''Klopp Actually: (Imaginary) Life with Football's Most Sensible Heartthrob'', released in autumn 2020. The company, Two Roads, also bought the rights to a second story, ''Pivot'', a novel about an amateur women's netball team, which they aim to release in 2022. This led to guesting on ''

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'' and ''

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'' podcasts. Other podcast appearances have included ''RHLSTP with Richard Herrin''g and

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’s ''Standard Issue'' podcast. Lexx is very active on social media, with thousands of followers on Twitter an
YouTube
During lockdown in 2020 she created frequent YouTube series, including "As We Know It Day", "The Lockdown Book Club" and "The Twelve Days of Kloppmas".

Personal life

Lexx married fellow comedian Tom Livingstone in

in 2015. She has supported the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lexx, Laura Living people Comedians from Somerset People from Taunton Alumni of the University of Kent People from Brighton English women comedians 1986 births 21st-century English comedians English stand-up comedians