Laurie Elliott (born January 18, 1971) is a

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, and stand-up comedian. She is best known as the voice of Jo from ''

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''. Currently she is a writer of '' Corn & Peg''.

Career

She has appeared in ''

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'', and won the 2006 Canadian Comedy Award as Best Female Stand-up. She is also a member of the sketch comedy duo Kevlor-2000 with Kevin MacDonald. In 2003, Elliott participated in an

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prank staged by Canada's

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, which announced that she was slated to star in a new remake of the 1970s Canadian

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''. Elliott is participating in the Canadian live comedy show '' Video on Trial'' which also stars fellow

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such as

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, Ron Sparks and

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. Elliot starred in ''

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'' as Noah Parker, Rodney Patella in ''

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'', and voiced Jo on ''

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'', '' Total Drama Revenge of the Island'' and '' Total Drama: All-Stars''. Elliot has also written quite a few episodes of the ''

'' television series, including the ''

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'' 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 '' Total Drama: Pahkitew Island'' episodes "I Love You, Grease Pig", "A Blast from the Past", and "Three Zones and a Baby", and the Total Drama spin-off series '' Total Drama Presents: The Ridonculous Race'' episodes "French is an Eiffel Language", "Brazilian Pain Forest", and "New Beijinging". She is currently writing episodes of '' Corn & Peg''.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

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Laurie Elliott
''Diamondfield Entertainment''

''TV.com''

''Stand-up on YouTube'' 1971 births Living people Actresses from Montreal Anglophone Quebec people Canadian film actresses Canadian stand-up comedians Canadian television actresses Canadian voice actresses Canadian women comedians Comedians from Montreal Canadian Comedy Award winners {{Canada-comedian-stub