Kate Smurthwaite
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Kate Smurthwaite leads the chants at Reclaim The Night, London, 26 November 2011
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9 December 1975 London, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
| Nationality | British |
| Years active | 2004-present |
| Genres | Satire, political satire, news satire, observational comedy |
| Website | katesmurthwaite.co.uk |
Kate Smurthwaite (born 9 December 1975) is a British stand-up comedian and political activist. A radical feminist, she regularly appears on British television and radio as a pundit, offering opinion and comment on subjects ranging from politics to religion.
She performs stand-up around the UK and overseas including an annual comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe and is a patron of Humanists UK, formerly known as the British Humanist Association, and vice chair of Abortion Rights UK.
Smurthwaite was born on 9 December 1975 in London but grew up in Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk. She studied Mathematics at Lincoln College, Oxford from 1994 to 1997. After leaving college she worked in London and Japan as an investment banker, specifically within convertible bond research for UBS Warburg.
Smurthwaite started performing comedy in early 2004. In 2008 she was a finalist in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition.
Smurthwaite has toured internationally, appearing in , Sweden and Tampere, Finland and has appeared several times at the Malmö Comedy Festival in Sweden.
In 2011, Smurthwaite toured as support for Shazia Mirza and also returned to the town she grew up in and opened the Bury St Edmunds Fringe festival. She performs at many charitable benefit shows such as the No More Page Three show at the Harold Pinter Theatre, and appears at regular benefits for Sex Appeal at the Bloomsbury Theatre (organised by Brook charity) and for Eaves Housing at Soho Theatre and Bloomsbury Theatre. She also regularly performs at the Humanists UK annual convention.
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