Shappi Khorsandi

Shappi Khorsandi is an Iranian-born, UK-raised comedian. She was born in Tehran, but early in her life her family was forced to flee Iran for London after her father (Hadi Khorsandi) criticized the Ayatollah in a satirical poem. Blimey that makes her sound serious.

A noted performer at Joe Wilson’s Comedy Madhouse in 1997. She has appeared on many BBC Radio 4 programmes, including Quote… Unquote,Loose Ends, You and Yours, Midweek, The Now Show and The News Quiz. She also writes an occasional column for online magazine Iranian.com.