Izzard studied drama at the University of Sheffield. She has said that she knew she was transgender at the age of four, after watching a boy being forced to wear a dress by his sisters, and knew she wanted to be an actor at the age of seven. Following their mother's death, Izzard attended the independent St John's School, St Bede's Prep School and Eastbourne College. She and her brother built a model railway to occupy their time while their mother was ill (it was donated to Bexhill Museum in 2016). Her mother died of cancer when Eddie was six and her brother, Mark, was eight. The family then moved to Wales, where they lived in Skewen. When she was one year old, the family moved to Northern Ireland, settling in Bangor, County Down, where they lived until Izzard was five. Izzard's mother was a midwife and nurse and her father was an accountant who was working in Aden with British Petroleum at the time of her birth. The family name is of French Huguenot origin. Įddie Izzard was born on 7 February 1962 in Aden, Aden Colony (now Aden, Yemen), the child of English parents Dorothy Ella Izzard (1927–1968) and Harold John Michael Izzard (1928–2018). Izzard is genderfluid and has said she prefers she and her pronouns, but "doesn't mind" he and him. A dedicated Labour Party activist, she twice ran unsuccessfully for the party's National Executive Committee but temporarily joined as runner-up after Christine Shawcroft resigned in March 2018. Regularly performing in French, among other languages, Izzard is an active supporter of Europeanism and the European Union. In 2016, she ran 27 marathons in 27 days in South Africa in honour of Nelson Mandela, raising £1.35 million. In 2009, she completed 43 marathons in 51 days for Sport Relief despite having no history of long-distance running. Among various accolades, Izzard won two Primetime Emmys for Dress to Kill and was nominated for a Tony Award for her Broadway performance in A Day in the Death of Joe Egg.
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She has also worked as a voice actor on films such as Five Children and It, The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, Abominable, and the Netflix original series Green Eggs and Ham. She starred in the 2007 television series The Riches and has appeared in numerous films including Ocean's Twelve and Ocean's Thirteen, Shadow of the Vampire, The Cat's Meow, and Valkyrie. Her stand-up comedy tours have included Live at the Ambassadors (1993), Definite Article (1996), Glorious (1997), Dress to Kill (1998), Circle (2000), Stripped (2009), and Force Majeure (2013).
Her comedic style takes the form of rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential pantomime. (Who else would do a long piece about auctioneers at Sotheby's?) Although this is probably Izzard's most conventional stand-up comedy set, fans of later, better-known routines like Dress to Kill will appreciate Unrepeatable, not least because the early roots of that album's central routines about Izzard's transvestism can be found in this set's "Bloke in a Dress." This CD is also available as a DVD with audio commentary and other extras.Eddie Izzard ( / ˈ ɪ z ɑːr d/ born 7 February 1962) is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and activist. Izzard quickly moves away from the standard observational humor into his own mildly surreal worldview, starting with a piece about Prince Charles' then-current problems with hecklers and moving on to the political and historical pieces that have since become the mainstay of his act. In fact, the opening ten-minute riff on the travails of laundry day, "Are You Happy With Your Wash?," might as well be by a British-accented Jerry Seinfeld. until Anti-Records released the comedian's back catalog in 2004, Unrepeatable is one of Izzard's more traditional sets of material.
Originally available on CD in Eddie Izzard's native U.K.
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