"Funniest Comedian NATASIA DEMETRIOU vs JAMIE DENBO"

NATASIA DEMETRIOU

Natasia Charlotte Demetriou is an English-Cypriot comedian, actress and screenwriter. She is best known for her starring role as Nadja in the FX horro...

Natasia Charlotte Demetriou is an English-Cypriot comedian, actress and screenwriter. She is best known for her starring role as Nadja in the FX horror mockumentary series What We Do in the Shadows (2019–present), which is based on the film of the same name. She also stars as Sophie in the three-time BAFTA-winning Channel 4 sitcom Stath Lets Flats (2018–present), alongside her brother Jamie Demetriou. Demetriou was born to an English mother and a Greek Cypriot father; she was raised in North London. She is the sister of Jamie Demetriou, who is also a comedian, actor, and screenwriter. Their father Sotiris, is a chef. She studied acting at University of Leeds. She went to University of Bristol where, alongside her brother, she was a member of Bristol Revunions’ sketch troupe, Comedy Biscuit, who received critical acclaim at Edinburgh Fringe from 2009 to 2011. Demetriou is a comedian, actress, and screenwriter. Her debut show, You'll Never Have All of Me, won the Skinny Debutant Award at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She was a longtime member of sketch comedy troupe Oyster Eyes and has written for Anna & Katy and The Midnight Beast. Demetriou made her TV debut in 2013. In 2015, she was in the comedy sketch show pilot of People Time on BBC Three with Ellie White, alongside her brother Jamie Demetriou, with Claudia O’Doherty, Liam Williams, Alistair Roberts and Daran Johnson.

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JAMIE DENBO

Jamie Denbo (born July 24, 1973) is an American actress, writer, comedian and half of the comedy duo Ronna and Beverly with Jessica Chaffin. She also...

Jamie Denbo (born July 24, 1973) is an American actress, writer, comedian and half of the comedy duo Ronna and Beverly with Jessica Chaffin. She also co-starred in the FX series Terriers and appeared in Spy, The Heat and Ghostbusters (2016). Denbo was born and raised in suburban Boston, in Swampscott, Massachusetts. She is an only child. Her mother is from Montreal, and her father is from New Jersey near Philadelphia; both parents were raised in Orthodox Jewish households. Denbo attended a Jewish day school from kindergarten to sixth grade. Several of her summers were spent at Camp Tel Noar in Hampstead, New Hampshire where she starred as Wendy in Peter Pan and appeared in several other plays. Early in her career, Denbo performed comedy at the Comedy Warehouse at Disney World's Pleasure Island in Orlando, Florida. She eventually moved to New York City where she began performing at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater (UCB), where she continues to perform, now at the UCB's Los Angeles division, often performing with her husband John Ross Bowie and her comedy partner Jessica Chaffin. She also teaches classes there. She performed stand-up comedy for Just For Laughs in Montreal and Aspen Comedy Festival. She and Chaffin were slated to star in a comedy film after their success as supporting characters in the comedy feature The Heat. Denbo was one of the stars of the sitcom Happy Hour, playing the role of Tina Difabio. She also played Susan Jones on the Goodnight Burbank video podcast. On August 5, 2007 she returned as co-anchor on the show. Her pilot Ronna & Beverly (based on the popular stage show she performs with Jessica Chaffin at the UCB) aired as a comedy special on the Showtime network in December 2009. In 2011, Denbo and Chaffin started the Ronna and Beverly comedy podcast where they interview different celebrities each week.

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