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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Evelyn Mok (Шаблон:Zh, born 29 November 1987) is a Swedish stand-up comedian and actress.[1][2]

Early life

Mok was born in Sweden to a Chinese immigrant family. Her father, Francis Mok, came from British Hong Kong and is currently a retired chef,[3] and her mother is Chinese and grew up in India. Mok jokes that she identified as Indian until she was ten.[4]

Career

Mok began performing stand-up in Sweden and later went to England's University of Roehampton as part of the Erasmus Programme.[5] She was a finalist at the Chortle Awards in 2013 and described Andy Kaufman, Demetri Martin and Tony Law as her favourite comics.[6] Comedy Central (Sweden) referred to her as "the Swedish Amy Schumer".[7] Mok has performed at every Edinburgh Fringe since 2013.[8]

Mok has appeared on Mock the Week, Hypothetical, Heresy, Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster and Sam Delaney's News Thing, and has also appeared on Swedish TV.[9]

As an actress, Mok has appeared in Wheel of Time, Spider-Man: Far From Home, I Hate Suzie and The Reluctant Landlord.[10]

From April 2019 to October 2021, she hosted Rice to Meet You, a comedy podcast, with Malaysian comedian Nigel Ng.[11] The final episode, # 130, Hiatus, stated reasons to take a hiatus from the podcast included creative and professional differences to preserve the personal friendship between Mok and Ng.

Personal life

In 2021, in Hisingen, Gothenburg, Mok was subject to a racist attack.[12][13][14]

References

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External links

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