Lizzy Hoo

Lizzy Hoo (born 1984) She is best known for her Amazon Prime Video stand-up special Hoo Cares!?. She started performing stand-up in 2017. She was born to an Irish Australian mother and a Chinese Malaysian father. Her mother, Barbara Hoo, is from Toowoomba in Queensland and her father, Chan Hoo, was born in Malaysia.

Her brother, Damian Hoo was a contestant on Big Brother 2002.

Career After moving to Sydney, Hoo enrolled in comedy classes at Sydney Community College. She began performing stand-up comedy in 2017, when she was 32 years old. She made the NSW Raw Comedy State Finals in 2017.

For the 2019 Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival, Hoo performed her debut show titled Hoo Am I? (What's My Name?). Also in 2019, she became a presenter and contributor for SBS Voices and ABC Life. Hoo has appeared on The Project and The Cook Up with Adam Liaw.

In 2021, she performed her second solo show, Hoo Dis?, at the Oxfam Gala, Melbourne International Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival. She became a regular guest on Have You Been Paying Attention?.

In 2022, she performed her third comedy show, Hoo Cares!?, at the Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Comedy Festivals. Hoo Cares!? was released on Amazon Prime Video on 6 April 2023. Hoo performed at the 2022 OzAsia Festival for The Special Comedy Comedy Special at Her Majesty's Theatre.

In 2023, she performed her show Woo Hoo! at the Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney Comedy Festivals.

In 2026, she will perform her latest show, Says Hoo?, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe from 5-30 August.

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