Who is Shazia Mirza on Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins? Meet the comedian and writer

SHAZIA Mirza is simply a comedian with her ain distinctive, quick-witted style. 

The Birmingham calved TV prima volition look connected the 2024 bid of Channel 4's Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Wins.

She has worked successful galore antithetic fields successful her vocation though, from teaching to stand-up.

Here's everything you request to know.

Life arsenic a teacher

Mirza was calved successful October 1979 successful Birmingham arsenic the eldest girl of Pakistani parents, who moved to Britain's 'Second City' successful the 1960s.

She went to the University of Manchester, wherever she work Biochemistry, and past achieved a postgraduate successful Education from Goldsmith, University of London.

Before uncovering fame arsenic an entertainer, she worked began to enactment arsenic a subject teacher and erstwhile taught Dizzee Rascal, the award-winning rapper.

TV Star

Apart from her drama shows, Shazia is besides a regular contributor to a assortment of newspapers and magazines.

She has appeared connected a fig of TV shows including The Jonathan Ross Show, Loose Women, Have I Got News For You and Celebrity Masterchef.

Mirza adjacent erstwhile had a spell arsenic the prima successful the reasonably priced car - a fashionable personage featured connected Top Gear.

Comedy icon

While she was a subject teacher by day, Shazia was a comedian by night.

Her drama became known for blurring the enactment betwixt humour and controversy.

She besides draws a batch of her drama from her ain experiences and life, and continues to bash stand-up today.

Shazia Mirza's beingness distant from the screen

Shazia present lives with her hubby Khalid successful Belsize Park, north London.

The comedian said that her parent was keen for her to settee down and that, earlier she got married, was often a talking constituent for them.

She said: “My parent keeps ringing maine to accidental she warned maine years agone astir being a comedian and present look what’s happened.

"If lone I’d joined that bully doc successful Birmingham I’d beryllium successful a large semi-detached house by now.

“But no. I don’t caput – everyone has been googling celebrities to spot if they are suffering similar we are!"