Nikki Payne

Nikki Payne
Born	January 17, 1976[1] Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada[1]
Occupation	Actress, Comedian

Nikki Payne (also credited as Nikkie Payne), is a Canadian comedian and actress, from Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada.^[1] Born with a cleft palate,^[1] she is well known for incorporating her lisp into her comedy act.^[1] She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up (2003, 2005 & 2008). She is the first stand-up in either the male or female category to win the best stand-up award twice. She is also the first stand-up of either gender to win both a best newcomer and best stand-up award. She cites Emo Philips as one of her biggest inspirations.

She is a graduate of the comedy program at Humber College at the top of her class and a graduate of The Second City Conservatory Program, where she received a participant ribbon.

Payne has appeared in Last Comic Standing, Video on Trial, Buzz,^[2] Am I Right??,^[3] and the NFB documentary The Next Big Thing.^[4] She has also appeared in the Canadian sketch comedy show Comedy Inc.. She is a member of The Boom comedy troupe.^[5]

Payne also claims to have grown up in the trailer park where early seasons of the hit Canadian television show Trailer Park Boys was filmed.

Payne recently donated a kidney to her father, and is currently working on a comedy routine tentatively titled "My Big Fat Donated Kidney".

In 2009 she was a performer on the Showtime special Kiki Melendez Presents Hot Tamales Live. She also starred in the Canadian television pilot Wolf Canyon.

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Nikki Payne at The Canadian Encyclopedia.
2. ^ "Comedians A-Z : Nikki Payne". The Comedy Network website. Canada: CTVglobemedia. http://watch.thecomedynetwork.ca/comedians-a-z/p/nikki-payne/. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
3. ^ "Am I Right?? April 10, 2010". Am I Right?? website. http://www.cjsw.com/podcasts/amiright/2010-04-10.mp3/. Retrieved 2011-04-10. 
4. ^ "The Next Big Thing - DVD". National Film Board of Canada onf-nfb.gc.ca website. Canada: Government of Canada. http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/collection/film/?id=51153. Retrieved 2010-05-07. 
5. ^ The Boom comedy troupe homepage

External links

• Official website
• Nikki Payne at the Internet Movie Database

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Name	Payne, Nikki
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Date of birth	January 17, 1976
Place of birth	Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
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