Sunda Croonquist

Sunda Croonquist

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Infobox Comedian
name = Sunda Croonquist



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Sunda Croonquist is an American comedian.

Early life

Sunda Croonquist was born in Paterson, New Jersey to an African-American mother and Swedish father. Inspired by her fathers career as a musician and having a stage/pageant mom always having her involved in the arts, Croonquist knew she wanted to be an entertainer at a very young age. “My father was always proud of writing his ownpatter”, patter is when a musician talks to the crowd between songs,” she explains. “And I was just like okaythats it! Thats what I want to do. I want to talk to people on stage.”citethisquote

Not only was she blessed with the gift of gab but she also turned her fair share of heads in beauty pageants. This former beauty queen was runner up in the Miss America Pageants preliminary representing the state of New Jersey. Years later she again represented New Jersey but this time asNew Jerseys Funniest Female.”

With a BA in Criminal Justice, Croonquist also worked as a probation and parole review officer in Newark, NJ. She then got an offer from Detective Vincent Parco (Parco PI, Court TV) to work as a detective doing overt and covert surveillance which granted her time to still pursue her career where she took acting classes and eventually landed roles in local plays and films.

Comedy career

At a chance encounter in New York City, Croonquist was joking around at a party when she met Jackie Mason, who told her to seriously consider doing stand up comedy and with her husbands encouragement, took a comedy class and had her first paid gig within weeks.

Her first performance was at a club calledDont Tell Mama”. “I was scared but loved the thrill of being in front of an audience talking about my lifecitethisquote.

Croonquist has produced her own comedy shows including:Femmes Fatalesone of the longest running female comedy showcases for NYs Toyota Comedy Festival for eight years. She is also the Chairperson for the AnnualLaugh Off”, an event that brings awareness to Gildas Club in Northern New Jersey. This is a cancer support group that was formed by comedian Gilda Radner.

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