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''' | '''Suzy Eddie Izzard''' is an English stand-up comedian, actor, writer, and political activist. Her comedic style takes the form of rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential pantomime. | ||
She had a starring role in the television series ''The Riches'' as Wayne Malloy and has appeared in ''Ocean's Twelve'', ''Ocean's Thirteen'', ''Mystery Men'', ''Shadow of the Vampire'', ''The Cat's Meow'', ''Across the Universe'', ''Valkyrie'', and ''Victoria & Abdul'' among other movies. She has also worked as a voice actor in ''The Wild'', ''Igor'', ''The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', ''Cars 2'', ''The Lego Batman Movie'', ''Abominable'', and many others. | She had a starring role in the television series ''The Riches'' as Wayne Malloy and has appeared in ''Ocean's Twelve'', ''Ocean's Thirteen'', ''Mystery Men'', ''Shadow of the Vampire'', ''The Cat's Meow'', ''Across the Universe'', ''Valkyrie'', and ''Victoria & Abdul'' among other movies. She has also worked as a voice actor in ''The Wild'', ''Igor'', ''The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian'', ''Cars 2'', ''The Lego Batman Movie'', ''Abominable'', and many others. | ||
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Izzard has campaigned for various causes and has been a Labour Party activist for most of her adult life. She twice ran for a seat on Labour's National Executive Committee. When Christine Shawcroft resigned in March 2018, she took her place by default but was not re-elected in that summer's NEC elections. | Izzard has campaigned for various causes and has been a Labour Party activist for most of her adult life. She twice ran for a seat on Labour's National Executive Committee. When Christine Shawcroft resigned in March 2018, she took her place by default but was not re-elected in that summer's NEC elections. | ||
Izzard describes herself as a | Izzard currently describes herself as a [[transgender]] woman, but has previously described herself as a “transgender guy"<ref name="comingout2016" /> as well as having "boy genetics and girl genetics".<ref name="loose">{{Cite web |title=Eddie Izzard on Why It Was Important for Him to Come Out |author=Loose Women |work=YouTube |date=30 June 2017 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2rYR0n5zTQ|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221214192740/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2rYR0n5zTQ |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> In the past when terminology was different, Izzard identified as a [[transvestite]]<ref name="londonreal">{{Citation|title=DEALING WITH TRANSGENDER REACTIONS - Eddie Izzard on London Real|date=14 December 2015|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpPPaMazpf0|accessdate=12 October 2017|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407191907/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpPPaMazpf0|url-status=bot: unknown}} on 17 July 2023</ref>, and has also called herself "a lesbian trapped in a man's body"<ref name="lifestory">{{Cite web |title=Comic Izzard promoting life story |author= |work=BBC News |date=17 May 2004 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3720385.stm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404165102/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3720385.stm |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref>, a "male lesbian", and "a complete boy plus half girl".<ref name="tough">{{Cite web |title=Eddie Izzard: The tough transvestite who can take care of himself |author= |work=The Independent |date=23 May 2004 |access-date=17 May 2020 |url= https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/eddie-izzard-the-tough-transvestite-who-can-take-care-of-himself-61326.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405021806/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/eddie-izzard-the-tough-transvestite-who-can-take-care-of-himself-61326.html |archive-date=17 July 2023 }}</ref> | ||
Izzard's stance is that the way she dresses is neither part of her performance nor a sexual fetish. She said "I don't call it [[drag]]; I don't even call it [[cross-dressing]]. It's just wearing a dress. ... It's not about artifice. It's about me just expressing myself."<ref name="Visco">{{cite web|last=Visco|first=Gerry|title=Eddie Izzard, Force of Nature|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/eddie-izzard|work=Interview|accessdate=17 May 2020|date=19 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705120612/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/eddie-izzard|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> She has expressed a personal conviction that being transgender is caused by genetics and that someday this will be scientifically proven, having gone so far as to have her own genome sequenced.<ref name="Garrison" /><ref name="londonreal" /> | Izzard's stance is that the way she dresses is neither part of her performance nor a sexual fetish. She said "I don't call it [[drag]]; I don't even call it [[cross-dressing]]. It's just wearing a dress. ... It's not about artifice. It's about me just expressing myself."<ref name="Visco">{{cite web|last=Visco|first=Gerry|title=Eddie Izzard, Force of Nature|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/eddie-izzard|work=Interview|accessdate=17 May 2020|date=19 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705120612/https://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/eddie-izzard|archive-date=17 July 2023}}</ref> She has expressed a personal conviction that being transgender is caused by genetics and that someday this will be scientifically proven, having gone so far as to have her own genome sequenced.<ref name="Garrison" /><ref name="londonreal" /> | ||