Kate Cheka
Kate Cheka | |
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| Born | Katherine Cheka Holland 1989 (age 36–37) |
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| Years active | 2019–present |
| Website | katecheka |
Katherine Cheka Holland (born 1989) is an English comedian. She won the 2023 Funny Women Award.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Cheka was brought up by a single mother in South London and then Wiltshire.[1] She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Wolfson College, Cambridge[2] and a Master of Arts (MA) in Global Studies from Humboldt University of Berlin. She also studied abroad at Jawaharlal Nehru University in India.[3]
Career
[edit | edit source]Cheka began her career in the English-language comedy scene in Berlin, starting the Shows B4 Bros open mic night.[4] She was nominated for the 2019 Berlin New Stand-up Award and competed for the BBC New Comedy Award.[5] In 2020, she hosted a podcast titled Love in the Time Of for THF Radio Berlin as well as Mixtape Menage.[6]
Cheka collaborated with Suzie Preece on a show for the 2021 Edinburgh Fringe Festival titled Katie and Suzie: Split-Billed Platypus. That same year, Cheka signed with the agency Comedy Store.[4] Cheka won the 2023 Funny Women Award for her live stage work.[7][8] Cheka was nominated for Best Newcomer at the 2024 Chortle Awards.[9]
Cheka premiered her debut solo show Kate Cheka: A Messiah Comes at the 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Rachael Healy of The Guardian named her one of the "funniest comedians at the fringe".[10] Cheka subsequently brought the show on tour to the Leicester Comedy Festival, Brighton Fringe, Cambridge Fringe Festival, and the Exeter and Hastings Comedy festival in 2025.[11]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Cheka is bisexual.[1]
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