Biografía

1972 · Teherán, Irán

1.57 m

Comedienne born in Iran, but raised and based in the UK.

After having used a short form of her first name (Shappi) for many years, made the decision in 2021 to use her full first name professionally.

I am a shockingly good liar. My instinct is to lie. If I have to cancel a dinner date I won't say, "I'm feeling a bit peaky." I'll say, "I lost my umm foot in the blender and it's the first time it's happened, I don't know what to do, I can't make it."

I'm gonna whisper this but I think Tom Baker will always be The Doctor.

[on sexual fantasies about schoolgirls in Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? (1973)] That's dark. To feel comfortable just talking about it in popular culture like this seems so twisted and dark now and you watch this and you realise why so many people got away with stuff. It was kind of okay to fancy a girl who was on the cusp.