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{{short description|Indian stand-up comedian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{Infobox comedian
|name = Sindhu Vee
|image = Sindhu_Vee_credit_Matt_Crockett.jpg
|caption = Sindhu Vee
|medium = Stand-up, radio, television
|active = 2012–present
|children = 3
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1969|6|19|df=y}}<ref>{{Cite tweet|number=744469393594286080|user=sindhuvfunny|title=My bday is the day I can really test whether I've brought them up right. Not bad. ❤️|author=Sindhu Vee|date=19 June 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Sindhu VENKATANARAYANAN |url=https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/officers/0XnQA01SR-qzi5kzUhgcXgZLsro/appointments |publisher= companieshouse.gov.uk |access-date=22 January 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
|birth_place = [[New Delhi]], India<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jamieson |first1=Teddy |title=Comedian Sindhu Vee on her Indian mum, her bad girl school days, modelling and her life as an investment banker |url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/16391413.comedian-sindhu-vee-indian-mum-bad-girl-school-days-modelling-life-investment-banker/ |website=[[The Herald (Glasgow)|The Herald]] |access-date=25 May 2021 |date=5 August 2018}}</ref>
|education = {{plainlist|
*[[University of Delhi]]
*[[University of Oxford]]
*[[McGill University]]
*[[University of Chicago]]}}
|website = {{URL|sindhuvee.com|Official website}}
}}

'''Sindhu Venkatanarayanan''' (born 19 June 1969) is an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Stand-up comedy|stand-up comedian]] and [[actor]] who lives and performs in the [[United Kingdom]] under the name of '''Sindhu Vee'''. She starred as Mrs Phelps in the 2022 [[Netflix]] adaptation of ''[[Matilda the Musical (film)|Matilda the Musical]]''.

==Early life==
She was born in New Delhi, India, the daughter of a civil servant father and teacher mother.<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|last=Jamieson|first=Teddy|date=5 August 2018|title=Have you heard the one about the former model and investment banker who became a stand-up because she was bored?|url=https://www.heraldscotland.com/arts_ents/16391413.comedian-sindhu-vee-indian-mum-bad-girl-school-days-modelling-life-investment-banker/|url-status=live|website=HeraldScotland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503212139/https://www.heraldscotland.com/life_style/arts_ents/16391413.comedian-sindhu-vee-indian-mum-bad-girl-school-days-modelling-life-investment-banker/|archive-date=3 May 2022}}</ref>

She has lived in [[Delhi]], [[Lucknow]] and the [[Philippines]]. She studied at the [[University of Delhi]], [[University of Oxford]], [[University of Chicago]] and [[McGill University]],<ref name="auto"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.desicomedyfest.com/sindhu-vee|title=Sindhu Vee|website=Desi Comedy Fest|language=en-US}}</ref> and worked in banking as a "high-flying bonds tradeswoman" in London.<ref name="auto1">{{Cite web|last=Dessau|first=Bruce|date=11 December 2018|title=Sindhu Vee on how she was saved by stand-up comedy|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/sindhu-vee-interview-comedy-show-soho-theatre-bush-theatre-a4013916.html|url-status=live|website=Evening Standard|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221115072953/https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/sindhu-vee-interview-comedy-show-soho-theatre-bush-theatre-a4013916.html|archive-date=15 November 2022}}</ref>

Vee lives in [[London]] with her Danish husband, a financier,<ref name="auto"/> and three children.<ref name="auto1"/><ref name=BBCCOTW2018>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2ksfvWBblVDBcdF7PBRGH4P/meet-sindhu-vee|title=BBC Comedy of the Week: Meet Sindhu Vee|work=BBC}}</ref>

==Career==
She started performing stand-up comedy in 2012 and has performed on stage in the UK, India, and the United States.<ref name=PM2017>{{cite web|url=http://mcintyre-ents.com/talent/sindhu-vee/|title=Sindhu Vee - Phil McIntyre|work=Phil McIntyre|access-date=11 May 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711205935/http://mcintyre-ents.com/talent/sindhu-vee/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She appeared at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] each year between 2013 and 2017. Vee was nominated for the [[BBC New Comedy Award]] in 2016, was second in the 2017 [[Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year|''Leicester Mercury'' Comedian of the Year]] and joint third in the 2017 [[NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show]].

==Film and television==
Vee has made television appearances on programmes including ''[[Have I Got News For You]]'' ‘’[[Mock the Week]]’’ and ''[[Would I Lie to You? (game show)|Would I Lie To You?]]''<ref>{{Citation|title=Would I Lie to You? - Series 14: Episode 7|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000sdfb/would-i-lie-to-you-series-14-episode-7|language=en-GB|access-date=2021-02-16}}</ref> on [[BBC One]], ''[[Richard Osman's House of Games]]'' and ''[[QI]]'' on [[BBC Two]] and ''[[Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled]]'' for [[Dave (TV channel)|Dave]].<ref name="ADAYU2017">{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/alan_davies_as_yet_untitled/episodes/5/|title=Alan Davies: As Yet untitled|work=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> As of 2018 she is the host of the [[BBC Radio 4]] Comedy of the Week podcast, and she has also appeared on ''[[Quote... Unquote]]'' and [[The Unbelievable Truth (radio show)|''The Unbelievable Truth'']].<ref name="BBCCOTW">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p02pc9x6|title=BBC Comedy of the Week|work=BBC}}</ref>

* 2020 [[Netflix]] series ''[[Sex Education (TV series)|Sex Education]]''<ref>{{Citation|title=Sex Education (TV Series 2019– ) - Full Cast & Crew|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt7767422/fullcredits|access-date=4 February 2020}}</ref> Season 2: Olivia's mother
* 2021 [[Rose Matafeo]]'s BBC series ''[[Starstruck (2021 TV series)|Starstruck]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bbc.com/mediacentre/2021/starstruck-cast/|title=Cast announced for new BBC Three comedy Starstruck|website=bbc.com}}</ref>
* 2022 ''[[Matilda the Musical (film)|Matilda the Musical]]'' as Mrs Phelps<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ramachandran |first=Naman |date=2021-04-01 |title=Stephen Graham, Sindhu Vee, Andrea Riseborough Join 'Matilda' Cast |url=https://variety.com/2021/film/global/stephen-graham-sindhu-vee-andrea-riseborough-matilda-1234942304/ |access-date=2022-12-29 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{official website|http://sindhuvee.com/}}
* {{IMDb name|8930223}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1969 births]]
[[Category:21st-century comedians]]
[[Category:Alumni of the University of Oxford]]
[[Category:Indian expatriates in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Indian stand-up comedians]]
[[Category:Indian women comedians]]
[[Category:McGill University alumni]]
[[Category:University of Chicago alumni]]
[[Category:Delhi University alumni]]
[[Category:Women humorists]]
[[Category:People of Indian Tamil descent]]
[[Category:Indian people of Pakistani descent]]

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