Eddie Izzard

2023 - 3 - 8

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Call me Suzy, says Eddie Izzard : Punching Up 2023 : Chortle : The ... (Chortle)

Eddie Izzard has already adopted she/her pronouns – and now the comic has announced a feminine name she'll also be going by.

I'm going to be Suzy ‘That's how I'm going to roll, so people can choose what they want. ‘There’s another name I'm going to add in as well, which is Suzy, which I wanted to be since I was 10.

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Suzy Eddie Izzard joins Netflix's Kaos - British Comedy Guide (British Comedy Guide)

Suzy Eddie Izzard has joined the cast of Kaos, Netflix's upcoming dark fantasy drama about gender politics and power.

Izzard's character Lachy is believed to be based upon Lachesis, second of the Three Fates in Greek mythology, who measured a person's life span and assigned them their destiny on a thread spun by her sister, Clotho. [Disney+](https://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/channel/disney_plus/)'s upcoming darkly comic heist thriller [Culprits](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/culprits/), alongside [Gemma Arterton](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/gemma_arterton/) and [Misfits](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/misfits_e4/)' [Nathan Stewart-Jarrett](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/nathan_stewart_jarrett/). [Daniel Lawrence Taylor](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/daniel_lawrence_taylor/) as Theseus, [David Thewlis](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/david_thewlis/) as Hades, [Debi Mazar](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/debi-mazar/) (The Pentaverate) as Medusa and [Jeff Goldblum](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/jeff_goldblum/) as Zeus, with the American actor having replaced [Hugh Grant](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/hugh_grant/) in the role. [2009](https://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/year/2009/) stand-up show, Live From Wembley: [disclosed the change](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/fyi/185/eddie-izzard-to-change-name-to-suzy/) on [Matt Forde](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/matt_forde/)'s Political Party podcast yesterday, will guest star in Kaos, Netflix's upcoming fantasy drama about gender politics and power, based on Greek and Roman mythology, from [The End Of The F***ing World](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_end_of_the_fking_world/) writer [Charlie Covell](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/charlie_covell/). [Suzy Eddie Izzard](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/eddie_izzard/) has landed her first acting role since revealing she's changing her name, British Comedy Guide can exclusively reveal.

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Eddie Izzard announces new name she has wanted to use since ... (Yahoo Eurosport UK)

The stand-up comedian, who previously said her identity is gender fluid, said her full name is going to be Suzy Eddie Izzard – with Suzy being a name she has ...

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Suzy Eddie Izzard has wanted to use her new name since age 10 (Gay Times Magazine)

The gender-fluid comedian, who came out as transgender in the 1980s, started using “she/her” pronouns in 2019 after the chancellor for Swansea University ...

She vowed to “keep going until I get in”. Izzard will play the “reclusive” Dr. After revealing that she also doesn’t mind being referred to with “he/him” pronouns, she revealed: “I’m Eddie.

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Comedian and Activist Suzy Eddie Izzard Says She's Wanted Her ... (outsmartmagazine.com)

The activist and comedian announced her new name on Tuesday's episode of the Political Party podcast. “I'm going to be Suzy Eddie Izzard, that's how I'm ...

She explained that “it felt amazing” to hear herself referred to as “she/her” and adopted the pronouns as her own thereafter. So, I just thought I’ll add Suzy there, and then Eddie, and people can choose what they want and no one can go wrong,” she said. At the time, she said, she thought “no this is not going to happen.”

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Trans comedian-turned-politician Eddie Izzard unveils her new ... (LGBTQ Nation)

She said you can still call her Eddie, but that she's adding another name she has dreamed of since age 10.

[said she wanted to be referred to as “she” and “her,”](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/12/legendary-comic-eddie-izzard-now-uses-pronouns/) noting, “I’m genderfluid. However, she has [vowed to be the first transgender parliament member](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/03/eddie-izzard-vows-first-trans-parliament-member-no-matter-many-times-run/) in the U.K. [for a parliamentary seat](https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/03/eddie-izzard-vows-first-trans-parliament-member-no-matter-many-times-run/). In 2022, she also ran an unsuccessful campaign “I prefer to see she/her, I don’t mind he/him … “I’m going to be Suzy Eddie Izzard.

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'I'm Suzy Eddie Izzard:' Legendary Comedian Announces New Name (Yahoo News)

Izzard was on the Political Party podcast recently when she revealed her name to host Matt Forde. “I'm Eddie. There's another name I'm going to add in as well, ...

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Comedian Suzy Eddie Izzard Reveals 'New Addition' To Her Name ... (Star Observer)

Aspiring Labour MP and comedian Eddie Izzard revealed, she had 'wanted to be S-U-Z-Y since I was 10'.

I know people in Russia, I played in Russia. Izzard’s political passion has been woven throughout her career and work in the community. On a live podcast taping for Matt Forde’s The Political Party on the West End, Izzard revealed she had ‘wanted to be S-U-Z-Y since I was 10.’ The name ‘Suzy’ has been added to her name, rather than replacing ‘Eddie,’ which she will continue to use for her comedy and political careers, for now, ‘things move, things move with time.’ ‘That’s how I’m going to roll, so people can choose what they want.

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Suzy Eddie Izzard Picked Her New Name When She Was 10 (Vulture)

Suzy Eddie Izzard revealed her new name, one she's wanted since she was 10 years old. The British comedian is currently looking towards another attempt to ...

Comedian Suzy Eddie Izzard has decided to go by the name she’s wanted since age 10. They can’t go wrong with me.” Izzard first wanted the name Suzy when she was 10, but thought “no this is not going to happen.” For years, Izzard thought that she couldn’t change the name she’d started her career with. “So, I just thought, I’ll add Suzy there, and then Eddie, and people can choose what they want.” Izzard came out as trans/genderfluid in 1985, and began professionally using she/her pronouns in 2020.

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