Kaneez Surka

South African actress and stand up comedian · South Africa · On the map · Comedians · Born 1983 · age 43

Kaneez-e-Fatema Surka is a South African improv comedian, actress, and YouTuber, based in India. She started her career with the show The Week That Wasn't. She has performed on various stand up platforms. She was a judge on the first two seasons of the Amazon Prime Video stand-up comedy reality show Comicstaan.

Kaneez Surka is read about 77 times a day, in 12 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 28 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 96 days, one point a day.

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2023“I think with gender and sexuality, I definitely belong on a spectrum. Even with identity, I want to belong on a spectrum.”In their words22 July 2023I’m Brown, But Not Desi American, Says Kaneez Surka India CurrentsRead the whole statement

2018“You won’t believe but a lot of us women intentionally dress down because we just don’t want any distraction.”In their words4 June 2018Easier to do improvs with people you connect with: Comedian Kaneez Surka on her show 'The Improvisers' DNARead the whole statement

2017“Journalists ask us about being a female comedian, but they don’t talk to us for the work we’re doing, you know?”In their words23 May 2017Kaneez Surka: ‘Everyone Defines Me as a ‘Female Comedian’; No One Really Sees Me as an Improv Artist’ Rolling Stone IndiaRead the whole statement

1983Born28 October 1983