Sophie Buddle

Sophie Buddle is a Canadian stand-up comedian,[2] originally from Ottawa.[3] She is most noted for her 2019 comedy album A Lil Bit of Buddle, which won the Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2020.[4] She was the first woman ever to win the award as a solo stand-up comedian, although it was previously won in 1979 by the mixed-gender sketch comedy troupe Royal Canadian Air Farce.

Sophie Buddle
Born1994 or 1995 (age 28–29)[1]
Ottawa, Canada
Occupation
  • Comedian

Currently a television writer for the sketch comedy series This Hour Has 22 Minutes,[5] she was a semi-finalist in the 2018 edition of SiriusXM Canada's "Canada's Top Comic" competition.[6]

In July 2023, Little Mountain Gallery, a comedy club in Vancouver, cancelled Buddle's performance after a fellow comic complained about an "offensive" joke she made in 2022 referencing residential schools.[7]

She is in a relationship with comedian Mayce Galoni, with whom she cohosts the podcast Obsessed.[5]

References
  1. "Sweet and salty: The growing fame of Ottawa-raised comedian Sophie Buddle | Ottawa Citizen".
  2. Shawn Conner, "Vancouver's Buddle brings Bachelor obsession and dirty joke winners to hometown club". Vancouver Sun, June 24, 2019.
  3. Asim B., "Interview with SiriusXM Top Comic finalist Sophie Buddle". Apt 613, August 7, 2018.
  4. Shakiel Mahjouri, "2020 Juno Awards Winners List: Find Out Who Came Out On Top". ET Canada, June 29, 2020.
  5. Jon Cranny, "Sophie Buddle builds on budding comedy career with album release". The Georgia Straight, May 14, 2019.
  6. Jon Cranny, "Meet Sophie Buddle, semi-finalist of SiriusXM's Canada's Top Comic 2018". The Georgia Straight, July 27, 2018.
  7. Dzsurdzsa, Cosmin (25 July 2023). "Vancouver comedy club cancelled comedian for 'offensive' residential school joke".


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