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Ayoade Bamgboye

Ayoade Zahrah Bamgboyeis a Nigerian and British comedian. She won the Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer in 2025.

Career

At the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Bamgboye's debut solo show Swings and Roundabouts was awarded The DLT Entertainment Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards; she is the first Black woman to win the award. Swings and Roundabouts also won NextUp Comedy's 'Biggest Award in Comedy', and Bamgboye performed the show in a run at the Soho Theatre in October 2025.

Bamgboye names Jack Black, Maya Rudolph, and Chris Morris as her comedy influences.

Bamgboye is part of the Saturday Night Live UK cast.

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