Evelyn Mok

Evelyn Mok (Chinese: 莫悅玲; Jyutping: mok6 jyut6 ling4, born 29 November 1987) is a Swedish stand-up comedian and actress.[2][3]

Evelyn Mok
Evelyn Mok performing at the Crap Comedy Festival in Oslo 2016
Born29 November 1987 (1987-11-29) (age 35)
Mariestad, Västergötland, Sweden
Alma materStockholm University
Roehampton University[1]
Occupation(s)stand-up comedian, actress
Years active2008–present
ParentFrancis Mok (father)
Websiteevelynmok.com

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,[4] and her mother is Chinese and grew up in India. Mok jokes that she identified as Indian until she was ten.[5]

Career

Mok began performing stand-up in Sweden and later went to England's University of Roehampton as part of the Erasmus Programme.[1] 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
  1. Gonzalez, Elliot (19 July 2018). "I TALK TO Evelyn Mok". I Talk Telly.
  2. "'Chinese burn? We just say burn': comics on joking about race and immigration". the Guardian. 15 December 2017.
  3. "Evelyn Mok: Bubble Butt review – a bummer of a show". the Guardian. 14 August 2018.
  4. According to her YouTube profile
  5. Maxwell, Dominic (24 August 2017). "Edinburgh comedy review: Evelyn Mok: Hymen Manoeuvre at Pleasance Courtyard". The Times.
  6. Bennett, Steve. "Meet the semi-finalists : Features 2013 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.
  7. "Comedy Night with Abi Clarke, Rhys James, Evelyn Mok and Jayde Adams! - Students' Guild". www.exeterguild.org.
  8. "Fringe Q&As: Evelyn Mok on her new stand-up show, Edinburgh congestion and climbing Arthur's Seat at midnight". HeraldScotland.
  9. "Evelyn Mok – SCANDINASIAN COMEDIAN".
  10. "Evelyn Mok: Comedian — Talent of the Day". Entertainment network live.
  11. "Rice To Meet You Podcast". Rice To Meet You Podcast.
  12. Mason, Monica (17 April 2021). "SVT comedian has been subjected to racist attack in Gothenburg".
  13. "SVT-komiker utsatt för rasistattack i Göteborg". Göteborg-Posten (in Swedish). 5 April 2021.
  14. From Mok's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CM4_zytJdnE/
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