15 Facts About Urzila Carlson

Urzila Carlson was a panellist on The Masked Singer Australia for the show's second and third seasons and a contestant on the second season of Taskmaster NZ.

Urzila Carlson was born in 1976 at the Queen Victoria Hospital in Johannesburg.

Urzila Carlson grew up on the Ingwelala nature reserve next to Kruger National Park and has a brother and a sister.

Urzila Carlson's father was a violent alcoholic, and her parents separated when she was 6 or 7 years old.

Urzila Carlson moved to New Zealand in 2006 and transitioned into comedy in 2008, when she was 32.

Urzila Carlson performed at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala from 2016 to 2018.

Urzila Carlson released a memoir in 2016 called Rolling with the Punchlines.

Urzila Carlson appeared on the Australian season of Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.

Urzila Carlson was nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer in 2018.

Urzila Carlson won Best Female Comedian at the New Zealand Comedy Guild Awards six times.

Urzila Carlson emigrated to New Zealand from South Africa in 2006 after being subjected to a series of thefts, including her car being stolen, an armed robbery at work, and a break-in at her home in which she and her neighbours confronted the intruder with cricket bats.

Urzila Carlson became a New Zealand citizen in 2012 and renounced her South African citizenship.

Urzila Carlson is a lesbian, and came out to her mother when she was 24.

Urzila Carlson refers to herself as a "lesbiterian", a portmanteau of lesbian and Presbyterian.

Urzila Carlson married her partner Julie in 2014, and they have a son and a daughter together.