Leila Navabi
Leila Navabi

Leila Navabi

  • Welsh
  • Writer, producer, stand-up comedian and actor

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Bameshow, the chaotic panel-show parody

Comics of colour are hitting back at tokenism, stereotyping and people mispronouncing their names, with a mould-breaking new show. We meet the team behind it.

Jamal Khadar, The Guardian, 26th November 2020

BBC in race row over Rishi Sunak description

The BBC has been plunged into a racism row after Rishi Sunak was described as "what Prince Charles would look like in brownface".

The jibe was made on comedy radio show The Leak in which comedian Leila Navabi also accused Mr Sunak of "not representing most brown people".

Harry Cole, The Sun, 27th October 2020

How BBC Writersroom kickstarted my comedy writing

Leila Navabi is part of our Welsh Voices writer development group. She explains how the Find Me Funny sitcom writing opportunity opened the door to the possibility that a career in writing and performing could become a reality.

Leila Navabi, BBC, 10th October 2019

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