Jocelyn Jee Esien

Jocelyn Jee Esien

Infobox actor


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name = Jocelyn Jee Esien
birthdate = Birth date and age|1979|3|2|mf=y
location = London, England

Jocelyn Jee Esien (born 2 March 1979 in Hackney, Londoncite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/jocelyn-jee-esien-non-blonde-goes-solo-413562.html|title=Jocelyn Jee Esien: Non blonde goes solo] ) is an English comedian, of Nigerian origin, perhaps best known for her part in the hidden camera show, "3 Non Blondes", and her own comedy sketch show, "Little Miss Jocelyn".

Jee Esien attended Raine's Foundation School [cite web|url=http://www.davidaspencer.com/oldraineians/pr030famousraineians.html|title=The Old Raineians' Association - Famous Personalities from Raine's Foundation School] , and initially studied law before giving up to study drama, graduating from Guildhall School. She came to prominence in the BBC hidden camera show, "3 Non Blondes", having also appeared in other television series such as "The Fast Show" and "The Bill"cite web|url=http://unitedagents.co.uk/film/jocelyn-jee-esien/|title=Jocelyn Jee Esien at United Agents] . In 2006 she wrote and starred in her own comedy sketch show called "Little Miss Jocelyn", a second series of which aired in January 2008. This show marks the first time in the history of television - in either the USA or the UK - that a black woman has been given her own solo comedy sketch show [cite web|url=http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1867013,00.html|title=Little Miss Britney|author=Brian Logan|accessdate=8 May|date=September 9 2006|quote=It's taken 50 years of telly, and finally it's happened: Jocelyn Jee Esien has become the first black woman, in either the UK or the US, to have her own sketch show on the small screen.] .

In 2000, she won the Best Newcomer award at the Black International Comedy Awardscite web|url=http://society.guardian.co.uk/news/page/0,,1948185,00.html|title=Inspiring Women] , and she won a New Talent Award in the Women in Film and Television Awards 2006.

In 2007, Jocelyn featured in Girls Aloud and Sugababes' Comic Relief video for "Walk This Way" [cite web|url=http://www.rednoseday.com/whats-on/walk-this-way/|title=Red Nose Day - Walk This Way] , where she puts a parking ticket on Ewen Macintosh, a reference to the character Jiffy from "Little Miss Jocelyn".

She will appear in series 2 of The Sarah Jane Adventures as Clyde Langer's mother. [http://www.gallifreyone.com/news.php#newsitemEkEVyEEEEZymNATHqo]

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