Editing Eddie Izzard

{{Short description|British comedian and actor (born 1962)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Eddie Izzard<!-- Professional name goes up-top. Birth and personal names later. -->
| image = Eddie Izzard comes to Crouch End.jpg
| caption = Izzard in 2015
| birth_name = Edward John Izzard
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1962|2|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Aden]], [[Aden Colony]] (now Yemen)
| other_names = Suzy Eddie Izzard
| nationality = British
| occupation = {{hlist|Comedian|actor|activist}}
| years_active  = 1982–present
| website = {{url|https://eddieizzard.com}}
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'''Suzy Eddie Izzard{{efn|Izzard went by ''Eddie'' as a personal name until 2023, when she prepended it with ''Suzy'', saying that she is happy to go by either name: "People can choose what they want. They can't make a mistake. They can't go wrong." She continues to use ''Eddie'' in professional contexts.<ref name="SuzyIndependent"/><ref name="SuzyHuffPost"/>}}''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɪ|z|ɑr|d}} {{respell|IZ|ard}}; born '''Edward John Izzard''', 7 February 1962) is a British stand-up comedian, actor and activist. Her{{efn|Izzard identifies as [[genderfluid]] and prefers she/her pronouns but "doesn't mind" he/him. This article uses she/her pronouns for consistency.<ref>{{cite web |last=Billson |first=Chantelle |title=Eddie Izzard explains her pronouns |url=https://www.thepinknews.com/2023/01/01/eddie-izzard-explains-her-pronouns/ |website=PinkNews |date=1 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=Reiss|date=7 January 2021|title=Eddie Izzard says she/her pronouns are 'a request, never a demand' as Lorraine Kelly apologises for getting them wrong|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/01/07/eddie-izzard-she-her-pronouns-lorraine-kelly/|access-date=11 January 2021|website=PinkNews|language=en-GB}}</ref>}} comedic style takes the form of what appears to the audience as rambling whimsical monologues and self-referential [[pantomime]].

Izzard's stand-up comedy tours have included ''[[Live at the Ambassadors]]'' (1993), ''[[Definite Article]]'' (1996), ''[[Glorious (Eddie Izzard)|Glorious]]'' (1997), ''[[Dress to Kill (Eddie Izzard)|Dress to Kill]]'' (1998), ''[[Circle (Eddie Izzard)|Circle]]'' (2000), ''[[Stripped (tour)|Stripped]]'' (2009), ''[[Force Majeure (tour)|Force Majeure]]'' (2013) and ''Wunderbar'' (2022). She starred in the television series ''[[The Riches]]'' (2007–2008) and has appeared in numerous films, including ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]'' (2004), ''[[Ocean's Thirteen]]'' (2007), ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'' (2008), ''[[Absolutely Anything]]'' (2015) and ''[[Six Minutes to Midnight]]'' (2020). Izzard has also worked as a voice actor on films such as ''[[Five Children and It (2004 film)|Five Children and It]]'' (2004), ''[[The Wild]]'' (2006), ''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]'' (2017) and the [[Netflix]] original series ''[[Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)|Green Eggs and Ham]]'' (2019). Among various accolades, she won two [[Primetime Emmys]] for ''Dress to Kill'' and was nominated for a [[Tony Award]] for her Broadway performance in ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]''.

In 2009, Izzard completed 43 marathons in 51 days for [[Sport Relief]], despite having no history of long-distance running. In 2016, she ran 27 marathons in 27 days in South Africa in honour of [[Nelson Mandela]], raising £1.35 million. In addition to her native English, she has performed stand-up in Arabic, French, German, Russian and Spanish, and is an active supporter of [[Europeanism]] and the [[European Union]].

A dedicated [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] activist, Izzard twice ran unsuccessfully for the party's [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party|National Executive Committee]] and then joined as the most successful initially non-elected person after [[Christine Shawcroft]] resigned in March 2018. In 2022 and 2023, Izzard attempted to become the party's [[prospective parliamentary candidate]] (for [[Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Central]] and [[Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Pavilion]] respectively); she was not selected in the members' ballots.

==Early life and education==
Edward John Izzard<ref name =chase2018>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JVJtDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22Edward+John+Izzard%22&pg=PA120 |title=Chase's Calendar of Events 2019: The Ultimate Go-to Guide for Special Days, Weeks and Months |date=30 September 2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-64143-264-1}}</ref> was born in [[Aden]] (then in [[Aden Colony]] and now in [[Yemen]])<ref name="bono_intrvw"/> on 7 February 1962,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2022/06/eddie-izzard-believe-me  |title=Eddie Izzard: Believe Me |website=BBC Media Centre |date=2022 |access-date=5 February 2023}}</ref> to English parents Dorothy Ella Izzard (1927–1968) and Harold John Michael Izzard (1928–2018). Their surname is of [[Huguenot|French Huguenot]] origin.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/refugee-week-the-huguenots-count-among-the-most-successful-of-britains-immigrants-10330066.html |title=Huguenots among most successful of Britain's immigrants |website=[[The Independent]] |access-date=15 March 2016}}</ref> Dorothy was a midwife and nurse, while Harold was an accountant who was working in Aden for [[BP|British Petroleum]] at the time of Edward's birth.<ref name="nytimes_james"/><ref name="tlgrph_farndale"/> A brother, Mark, was born two years earlier.<ref name="tlgrph_farndale"/>

When Izzard was a year old, the family moved to Northern Ireland and settled in [[Bangor, County Down|Bangor]], where they lived until Izzard was five.<ref name="bono_intrvw"/><ref name="nytimes_james"/><ref name="sydmornher_1"/><ref name="indpndnt_sweeney"/> The family then moved to Wales, where they lived in [[Skewen]].<ref name="tlgrph_farndale"/>

Izzard was six when her mother died of cancer.<ref name="tlgrph_farndale"/><ref name="sydmornher_1"/><ref name="mirror_neil"/> The siblings built a model railway to occupy their time while their mother was ill, which was later donated to [[Bexhill Museum]] in 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-sussex-36769982 |title=Eddie Izzard opens museum exhibit of childhood model railway |work=[[BBC News]] |date=12 July 2016}}</ref> Following the death, Izzard attended the [[Private schools in the United Kingdom|private]] [[St Clare's School, Newton|St John's School]] in [[Newton, Porthcawl|Newton]],<ref name="latimes_brownfield"/> [[Bede's School, Eastbourne|St Bede's Prep School]] in [[Eastbourne]],<ref>{{cite web |author=Ciaran Brown |url=http://www.ciaranbrown.com/izzard.html|title=Ciaran Brown meets actor and comedian Eddie Izzard |publisher=Ciaranbrown.com |date=26 September 2006 |access-date=14 August 2012}}</ref> and [[Eastbourne College]].<ref name="tlgrph_farndale"/><ref name="sydmornher_1"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/torchrelay |title=Olympic Torch Relay&nbsp;– Live Relay|publisher=BBC|access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> She has said that she knew she was [[transgender]] at the age of four, after watching a boy being forced to wear a dress by his sisters,<ref name="nails">{{cite web |first=Jennifer|last=Ruby |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/showbiz/celebrity-news/eddie-izzard-gives-inspiring-speech-on-being-transgender-as-he-takes-a-break-from-marathon-to-get-a3204136.html |title=Eddie Izzard gives inspiring speech on being transgender as he takes a break from marathon to get his nails done |work=[[London Evening Standard]] |date=15 March 2016 |access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref> and knew she wanted to be an actor at the age of seven.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh1JrJ7HYKk&NR=1 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604220939/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xh1JrJ7HYKk| archive-date=4 June 2011 | url-status=dead|title=Eddie Izzard on Q TV |via=YouTube |date=15 June 2010 |access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref>

She studied drama at the [[University of Sheffield]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=30 November 2021|title=Notable alumni| url=https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/alumni/our-alumni/notable-alumni|access-date=22 February 2022|website=sheffield.ac.uk}}</ref>

==Career==
===Comedy===
[[File:EddieIzzard.jpg|thumb|upright|Izzard performing in December 2008]]
Izzard began to toy with comedy while at university with her friend Rob Ballard.<ref name="thsndytmes_appleyard"/><ref name="latimes_taylor"/> The two took their act to the streets,<ref name="thsndytmes_appleyard"/><ref name="latimes_taylor"/> often in the [[Covent Garden]] district of [[London]].<ref name="latimes_brownfield"/><ref name="indpndnt_burrell"/><ref name="thisislondon_dessau"/> After splitting with Ballard, Izzard spent a great deal of the early 1980s working as a street performer in Europe and the United States. She says that she developed her comedic voice by talking to the audience while doing solo escape acts.<ref>{{citation |title=One Plus One: Eddie Izzard |date=6 February 2015 |url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/programs/one-plus-one/2015-02-06/one-plus-one-eddie-izzard/6077128 |others=Jane Hutcheon |publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation |access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> She then moved her act to the stand-up comedy venues of Britain, performing her routine for the first time at the Banana Cabaret in London's [[Balham]] area.<ref name="sydmornher_1"/><ref name="itunes_amstell"/>

In 1987, Izzard's first stage appearance was at the [[The Comedy Store, London|Comedy Store]] in London.<ref name="indpndnt_sweeney"/> She refined her comedy material throughout the 1980s and began earning recognition through improvisation in the early 1990s, in part at her own club, Raging Bull in [[Soho]].<ref name="thisislondon_dessau"/> Her breakthrough came in 1991 after she performed her "raised by wolves" routine on the televised ''Hysteria 3'' [[HIV/AIDS|AIDS]] benefit.<ref>''Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story'' (2009)</ref>

In 2000, for the comedy special ''[[Dress to Kill (Eddie Izzard)|Dress to Kill]]'', Izzard won two [[Primetime Emmy Awards]]: [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program|Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program]] and [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series|Outstanding Writing for a Variety or Music Program]], while the special was nominated for [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Special (Pre-Recorded)|Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Special]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Eddie Izzard |url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/eddie-izzard |website=[[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences]] |language=en}}</ref>

Izzard is fluent in French and has performed stand-up shows in the language; since 2014, she has also started to perform in Arabic, German, Russian and Spanish,<ref name="French">{{cite news |last=Fleckney |first=Paul |title=Où est le punchline? The art of standup in a second language |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/aug/05/edinburgh-2014-standup-in-a-second-language-eddie-izzard |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=5 August 2014 |access-date=23 February 2016 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> languages that she did not previously speak.<ref name="German">{{cite news |title=Grappling German grammar, Eddie Izzard proves humor can travel |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-eddieizzard-idUSBREA0S19Z20140129 |publisher=[[Reuters]] |date=29 January 2014 |access-date=23 February 2016}}</ref>

===Acting===
In 1994, Izzard's [[West End theatre|West End drama]] debut as the lead in the world premiere of [[David Mamet]]'s ''[[The Cryptogram]]'' with [[Lindsay Duncan]], in the production at London's Comedy Theatre. The success of that role led to a second starring role, in David Beaird's black comedy ''900 Oneonta''. In 1995, she portrayed the title character in [[Christopher Marlowe]]'s ''[[Edward II (play)|Edward II]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre--another-piece-of-the-puzzle-paul-taylor-on-david-mamets-the-cryptogram-with-lindsay-duncan-and-the-comedian-eddie-izzard-1410874.html |location=London |work=The Independent |first=Paul |last=Taylor |title=THEATRE / Another piece of the puzzle: Paul Taylor on David Mamet's The Cryptogram, with Lindsay Duncan and the comedian Eddie Izzard |date=1 July 1994}}</ref>

In 1998, Izzard appeared briefly on stage with [[Monty Python]] in ''The American Film Institute's Tribute to Monty Python'' (also referred to as ''[[Monty Python Live at Aspen]]''). As part of an inside joke, she walked on stage with the five surviving Pythons and was summarily escorted off by [[Eric Idle]] and [[Michael Palin]] when attempting to participate in a discussion about how the group got together.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishclassiccomedy.co.uk/monty-python-live-at-aspen-1998 |title=Monty Python&nbsp;– Live At Aspen&nbsp;– 1998 |publisher=British Classic Comedy |date=8 April 2014 |access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref> In July 2014, she appeared on stage with Monty Python during their live show ''[[Monty Python Live (Mostly)]]'' as the special guest in their "Blackmail" sketch.<ref>{{cite news |title='Monty Python Live (mostly) - One Down Five to Go' - Celebrity Blackmail |url=http://www.montypython.com/news_Celebrity-Blackmail/72 |access-date=20 August 2019 |agency=Monty Python.com}}</ref>
[[File:Eddie Izzard 2013 (cropped).jpg|left|thumb|upright|Izzard in 2013]]

Izzard portrayed comedian [[Lenny Bruce]] in the 1999 production of Julian Barry's 1971 play ''Lenny''. In 2001, she replaced [[Clive Owen]] in [[Peter Nichols (playwright)|Peter Nichols]]' 1967 play ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' at the [[Comedy Theatre]]. Izzard and [[Victoria Hamilton]] repeated their lead roles when the show was brought to Broadway in 2003 in the [[Roundabout Theatre Company]] production. The revival received four [[Tony Award]] nominations, including Best Revival of a Play, Best Leading Actor and Best Leading Actress for its stars Izzard and Hamilton in their Broadway debuts, and Best Direction for Laurence Boswell. In June 2010, she replaced [[James Spader]] in the role of Jack Lawson in [[David Mamet]]'s play ''[[Race (play)|Race]]'' on Broadway.<ref name="nytimes_brantley"/>

Izzard has appeared in numerous films, starting with ''[[The Secret Agent (1996 film)|The Secret Agent]]'' in 1996, and has appeared as several real-life individuals, including [[Charlie Chaplin]] in ''The Cat's Meow'', actor [[Gustav von Wangenheim]] in ''[[Shadow of the Vampire]],'' General [[Erich Fellgiebel]] in ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'' and wartime pioneer of [[radar]] [[Robert Watson-Watt]] in the BBC drama film ''[[Castles in the Sky (film)|Castles in the Sky]]''. Other roles have included Mr Kite in ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'', Lussurioso in ''[[Revengers Tragedy]]'' and criminal expert [[List of characters from the Ocean's Trilogy#Roman Nagel|Roman Nagel]] in ''Ocean's Twelve'' and ''Ocean's Thirteen''. Her voice work has included the titular "It" in ''[[Five Children and It (2004 film)|Five Children and It]]'', Nigel in ''The Wild'' and the mouse warrior [[Reepicheep]] in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]''. Izzard declined to reprise the role as Reepicheep, a role understudied by [[Simon Pegg]] in ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader]]''. Izzard has stated that she felt she learned to act while working on the film ''[[Circus (2000 film)|Circus]]''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.acast.com/distractionpieces/eddieizzard-distractionpiecespodcastwithscroobiuspip-168 |title=Eddie Izzard&nbsp;— Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip #168 {{!}} Distraction Pieces Podcast with Scroobius Pip on acast |last=acast |date=12 September 2017 |work=acast |access-date=13 September 2017}}</ref>

In 2009, Izzard was the subject of [[Sarah Townsend]]'s documentary ''Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story'',<ref>{{cite web |title=Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wyfvt |website=[[BBC Two]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> which addresses [[BBC]]'s [[Watchdog (TV programme)|Watchdog]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Watchdog |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mg74 |website=[[BBC One]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |access-date=25 October 2021}}</ref> reporting<ref name="Double-2013-Stand-Up">{{cite book |last=Double |first=Oliver |title=Getting the Joke: The Inner Workings of Stand-Up Comedy |date=16 December 2013 |publisher=A&C Black |isbn=978-1-4081-7770-9 |page=426 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lHwfAgAAQBAJ&q=1999+Weekend+Watchdog+Eddie+Izzard+55+count |language=en |quote=but in 1999, the consumer programme Weekend Watchdog was contacted by punters complaining that Eddie Izzard's}}</ref> of "recycling material from an old tour".<ref name="independent.co.uk-2164715">{{cite news |last=Sutcliffe |first=Tom |title=The Weekend's TV: Believe: the Eddie Izzard Story, Sat |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/reviews/weekend-s-tv-believe-eddie-izzard-story-sat-bbc2little-crackers-sun-sky-1-2164715.html |access-date=25 October 2021 |work=[[The Independent]] |date=20 December 2010 |language=en |quote=Sarah Townsend's intriguing film about the comedian began with a snippy and ill-informed report on the consumer programme, which accused him of recycling material from an old tour.}}</ref><ref name="independent.co.uk-2162947">{{cite news |last=Burrell |first=Ian |title=Tears are never far from ruining the make-up of Eddie Izzard |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/tears-are-never-far-from-ruining-the-make-up-of-eddie-izzard-2162947.html |access-date=25 October 2021 |work=The Independent |date=16 December 2010 |language=en |quote=At least that has been the case since 2000, when Anne Robinson and the BBC's Watchdog threw a spanner into the works.}}</ref><ref name="auntiemomo">{{cite web |last=Nierva |first=Lyn |title=An Open Letter To Eddie Izzard |url=http://www.auntiemomo.com/cakeordeath/open.html |website=Cake or Death |publisher=auntiemomo.com |access-date=25 October 2021 |quote=Weekend Watchdog 29.10.99}}</ref>

Izzard appeared in the 2009 BBC science fiction miniseries ''[[The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV series)|The Day of the Triffids]]'', based on the [[The Day of the Triffids|1951 novel]], alongside [[Jason Priestley]], [[Vanessa Redgrave]], [[Joely Richardson]], [[Dougray Scott]] and [[Brian Cox (actor)|Brian Cox]].<ref name="telegraph_1"/> She played Dr. Hatteras, a sceptical psychology professor, in the Showtime series ''[[United States of Tara]]''<ref name="hitfix_fienberg"/> and appeared in six episodes of the 2013–15 American psychological horror television series ''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]'' as Dr. Abel Gideon.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/677411/Eddie-Izzard-Hannibal-cancelled-Sky-Arts-Awards-NBC-Mads-Mikkelsen |title=EXCLUSIVE: 'It's unfortunate' Eddie Izzard says Hannibal should not have been axed by NBC |first=Andrew |last=Bullock |date=6 June 2016 |website=Express.co.uk|access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref> In 2021, she appeared in the television series ''[[The Lost Symbol (TV series)|The Lost Symbol]]'' based on [[Dan Brown]]'s 2009 [[The Lost Symbol|novel of the same name]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Lost Symbol: Release date, cast, trailer and latest news|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/tv/drama/lost-symbol-series-uk-release-date-sky/|access-date=26 November 2021|website=Radio Times|language=en}}</ref>

At the London [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 Paralympic Games]], Izzard presented the medals to the athletes who had won the 800m [[T54 (classification)|T54]] race, including gold medalist [[David Weir (wheelchair athlete)|David Weir]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/the-independent-sports-quiz-of-the-year-8431245.html |title=The Independent sports quiz of the year |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=26 December 2012}}</ref>

She has appeared on a number of episodes of [[BBC One]]'s ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' and as a guest on ''[[The Daily Show]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cc.com/episodes/ox8b1h/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-extended---may-6--2019---eddie-izzard-season-24-ep-24100 |title=The Daily Show with Trevor Noah&nbsp;— Extended&nbsp;— May 6, 2019 - Eddie Izzard |website=Comedy Central |date=7 May 2019 |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509195831/http://www.cc.com/episodes/ox8b1h/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-extended---may-6--2019---eddie-izzard-season-24-ep-24100 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In 2017, she read excerpts from her autobiography ''Believe Me'' for [[BBC Radio 4]]'s ''[[Book of the Week]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08vxt0l |title=Episode 1, Believe Me, Book of the Week&nbsp;— BBC Radio 4 |publisher=BBC}}</ref>

From 25 January to 3 March 2024, Izzard performed a one-person version of Shakespeare's ''[[Hamlet]]'', adapted by her brother Mark and directed by [[Selina Cadell]], at the [[Greenwich House|Greenwich House Theater]] in New York.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/nov/28/eddie-izzard-hamlet-new-york-2024 | title=Eddie Izzard's one-person Hamlet coming to New York in 2024 | newspaper=The Guardian | date=28 November 2023 }}</ref> The run was extended three times. The show transferred to [[Riverside Studios]], London, with previews from 23 May 2024.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Luckhurst |first1=Georgia |title=Eddie Izzard: Hamlet review at Riverside Studios, London |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/eddie-izzard-hamlet-review-riverside-studios-london |work=[[The Stage]] |date=29 May 2024 |location=London}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Akbar |first1=Arifa |title=Izzard in a shallow impersonation of a profound play |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 May 2024 |location=London |page=25}}</ref>

==Charity work==
[[File:Eddie Izzard's flag for Northern Ireland.svg|thumb|Flag used by Izzard to represent Northern Ireland during the 2009 Sport Relief marathon. The green background references the Northern Ireland football jersey, while the white dove symbolises peace.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://x.com/eddieizzard/status/3488950633 |title=This is my flag for N. Ireland. |author=Eddie Izzard |date=23 August 2009 |work=X |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://m.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/eddie-izzard-unveils-new-flag-for-northern-ireland-as-he-completes-24-marathons-in-28-days/28520834.html |title=Eddie Izzard unveils new flag for Northern Ireland as he completes 24 marathons in 28 days |author= |date=24 August 2009 |work=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=30 September 2024}}</ref>]]
[[File:Eddie Izzard's flag for the Home Nations.svg|thumb|Flag carried by Izzard during the Sport Relief Mile event in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.alamy.com/eddie-izzard-pictured-during-the-sainsburys-sport-relief-mile-on-victoria-embankment-in-central-london-image383017657.html?imageid=ECC8828A-57EB-4E27-99E2-6EB7C22FDC7E&p=28107&pn=1&searchId=3e3fbd1e34928d1e37f55906ef86e865&searchtype=0 |title=Eddie Izzard pictured during the Sainsbury's Sport Relief Mile, on Victoria Embankment in central London. |author=Matt Crossick |date=21 March 2010 |work=Alamy |access-date=15 October 2024}}</ref>]]
On 27 July 2009, with only five weeks' training and no significant prior running experience, Izzard began seven weeks of back-to-back marathon runs (with Sundays off) across the UK to raise money for [[Sport Relief]].<ref name="bbc_heald"/> She ran from London to [[Cardiff]] to [[Belfast]] to [[Edinburgh]] and back to London, carrying the flag of the country—England, Scotland, or Wales—in which she was running. In Northern Ireland, she carried a self-designed green flag bearing a white dove. The blog ''Eddie Iz Running'' documented the 43 marathons in 51 days, covering at least 27 miles per day (totalling more than 1,100 miles), ending on 15 September 2009.<ref name="comicrelief_1"/> Izzard received a special award at [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]] in 2009 for these achievements.<ref name="bbc_20081213"/> In March 2010, she took part in the Sport Relief Mile event.<ref name="telegraph_nikkhah"/>

On 16 February 2016, the BBC announced that Izzard would attempt to run 27 marathons in 27 days through South Africa for Sport Relief.<ref>Gay, Jason [https://www.wsj.com/articles/eddie-izzard-runs-and-runs-and-runs-1458169593 Eddie Izzard Runs. And Runs. And Runs: The British comedian is aiming to run a total of 27 marathons in 27 days] ''The Wall Street Journal''. 18 March 2016.</ref> The significance of the number 27 came from the number of years [[Nelson Mandela]] was held in prison. In total, she would aim to run more than 700 miles in temperatures of up to 40&nbsp;°C. Izzard had attempted such a project in South Africa in 2012, but withdrew due to health concerns.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-35639243 |title=Eddie Izzard completes first of 27 marathons for Sport Relief |work=BBC News |date=15 February 2016 |access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref> She completed the first marathon on 23 February 2016, completing the marathon challenge on 20 March 2016 at the statue of Mandela in front of the [[Union Buildings]] in [[Pretoria]]. Because she had spent a day in hospital, she had to run two consecutive marathons on this last day. She raised more than £1.35M for Sport Relief.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-35856814 |title=Izzard completes marathons challenge |date=20 March 2016 |work=BBC News}}</ref> A BBC documentary detailing the feat was broadcast on 28 March.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b075wbf0 |title=Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man for Sport Relief |publisher=BBC |date=28 March 2016 |access-date=28 March 2016}}</ref>

On 8 December 2020, Izzard announced<ref name="Chortle">{{Cite news |last=Bennett |first=Steve |date=11 December 2020 |title=Eddie Izzard announces 31 more marathons : News 2020 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |language=en |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2020/12/11/47467/eddie_izzard_announces_31_more_marathons |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> that she would attempt to run 31 marathons and perform 31 stand-up gigs, in the 31 days of January 2021 to raise money for a range of charities including Fareshare, [[Walking With The Wounded]], [[Care International]], United to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases and [[Covenant House]].<ref name="Metro - legs knackered">{{Cite news |last=Novak |first=Kim |date=21 January 2021 |title=Eddie Izzard's feet and legs are 'knackered' from doing 31 marathons in 31 days |language=en |url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/01/21/eddie-izzard-says-feet-and-legs-are-knackered-from-doing-31-marathons-13945641/ |access-date=24 January 2021}}</ref> The series of marathons raised in excess of £275,000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Minelle |first=Bethany |title=Eddie Izzard runs 32 marathons in 31 days in humanity charity challenge |url=https://news.sky.com/story/eddie-izzard-runs-32-marathons-in-31-days-in-humanity-charity-challenge-12205224 |access-date=3 February 2021 |agency=[[Sky News]] |date=1 February 2021}}</ref>

==Activism==
===Political views===
[[File:Eddie Izzard with EU and UK flags.jpg|thumb|Izzard with the flags of the UK and European Union in 2006]]
Izzard is a vocal supporter of [[European values|Europeanism]] and [[European integration]], and has campaigned in support of the [[European Union]]. In May 2005, she appeared on the [[BBC]]'s political debate show ''[[Question Time (TV programme)|Question Time]]'', describing herself as a "British-European", comparing this with other cultural identities such as "African-American". As part of her campaigning, Izzard was one of the first people to spend a euro in London. This pan-European approach has influenced her work, regularly performing in French<ref name="indpndnt_burrell"/><ref name="hitfix_fienberg"/> and occasionally in German.<ref name="thisislondon_dessau"/> On a June 2017 episode of ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'', she claimed to be working in English, French, German and Spanish.<ref name="German"/><ref name="French"/><!-- "Overtime" segment of ''[[Real Time with Bill Maher]]'' is on youtube  -->

Izzard campaigned in favour of replacing [[first-past-the-post]] with the [[Instant-runoff voting|alternative vote]] as a system for electing [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|MPs]] in [[2011 United Kingdom Alternative Vote referendum|a 2011 referendum]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Batty |first=David |title=Alternative vote system would see MPs denied 'jobs for life', says Dyke |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/apr/02/alternative-voting-campaign-politicians-jobs-for-life |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en |date=2 April 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Comedian Eddie Izzard joins Alternative Vote debate |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-13252510 |website=[[BBC News]] |date=1 May 2011}}</ref> and is a supporter of the [[Labour Campaign for Electoral Reform]]. She is also a proponent of [[Republicanism in the United Kingdom|British republicanism]], believing that the UK should have a democratically elected head of state instead of a monarchy.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/being-a-transvestite-has-toughened-me-up-for-politics-says-izzard-9690042.html|title=Being a transvestite has toughened me up for politics, says Izzard|newspaper=The Independent|access-date=6 February 2015|location=London|first=Adam|last=Sherwin|date=26 August 2014}}</ref> She has stated that she is a [[Social democracy|social democrat]], but not a [[Socialism|socialist]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Aida |last=Edemariam |url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2008/dec/02/comedy-celebrity-eddie-izzard |title=Aida Edemariam talks to Eddie Izzard about serious acting and his return to comedy |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=2 December 2008 |access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref> During the [[2014 Scottish independence referendum]], Izzard led a campaign encouraging Scottish people not to vote for independence and said the rest of the UK would feel a "deep sense of loss" if Scotland were to leave.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/news/eddie-izzard-campaigns-against-scottish-independence-the-uk-would-feel-a-deep-sense-of-loss-if-scotland-left-9199722.html|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|first=Jenn|last=Selby|title=Eddie Izzard campaigns against Scottish Independence|date=18 March 2014}}</ref>

Izzard campaigned unsuccessfully against the closure of the departments of Drama and Languages, Linguistics and Translation at the [[University of East Anglia]], although the department of Drama was later reprieved.<ref name=UEA>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2004/may/18/highereducation.uk |title=Eddie Izzard leads charge against course closures |last=Curtis |first=Polly |date=18 May 2004 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref>

===Labour Party===
[[File:Eddie Izzard and Tony Blair.jpg|thumb|Izzard (left) travels to [[Brussels]] with Labour Prime Minister [[Tony Blair]] in 2006]]
Izzard joined the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] in 1995<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Gecsoyler |first=Sammy |date=5 December 2022 |title=Eddie Izzard fails in bid to become Labour MP |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/dec/05/eddie-izzard-fails-in-bid-to-become-labour-mp-sheffield-central |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=[[the Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref> and in 1998 was listed as one of the largest private donors to the party.<ref name="bbc_19980830"/> In 2008, she donated nearly £10,000 to it.<ref name="politics_1"/> She appeared in [[party political broadcast]]s for the Labour Party in the run-up to the [[2005 United Kingdom general election|2005 general election]] and [[2009 European Parliament election in the United Kingdom|2009 European election]], as well as a 2010 election video entitled ''Brilliant Britain''. During the [[2015 United Kingdom general election|2015 general election]], she attended a rally with fellow comedian [[Ben Elton]] and actor [[Sally Lindsay]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Elton |first=Ben |author-link=Ben Elton |title=Comedian Ben Elton hits out at Myleene Klass over her mansion tax claims |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/apr/04/comedian-ben-elton-hits-out-at-myleene-klass-over-her-mansion-tax-claims |date=4 April 2015 |access-date=23 April 2015 |newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref> Expressing support for Labour in the [[2017 United Kingdom general election|2017 general election]], she said that the then-leader of the party [[Jeremy Corbyn]] "believes in what he says".<ref name="independent">{{cite news |last=Bishop |first=Christiana |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/eddie-izzard-comedian-labour-party-politician-jeremy-corbyn-london-mayor-mp-a7747046.html |title=Eddie Izzard declares ambition to become Labour Party politician after supporting Jeremy Corbyn |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=20 May 2017 |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref>

At various times, Izzard said she would run for [[Mayor of London]] in 2020.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/comment/who-will-be-labours-next-mayor-of-london-8789685.html|title=Who will be Labour's next Mayor of London|date=29 August 2013|access-date=19 September 2013|author=Marchant, Rob|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/eddie-izzard-hopes-labour-london-1887996|title=Eddie Izzard on his hopes to be Labour London Mayor and how Margaret Thatcher 'revelled' in throwing people on scrapheap|last=Cockerton|first=Paul|date=14 May 2013|work=mirror|access-date=12 October 2017}}</ref> When asked on the comedy panel show ''[[The Last Leg]]'' why she would be elected, Izzard replied, "[[Boris Johnson]]."<ref>[http://www.3news.co.nz/Eddie-Izzard-will-run-for-London-Mayor-in-2020/tabid/418/articleID/314716/Default.aspx Eddie Izzard will run for London Mayor in 2020] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130928141718/http://www.3news.co.nz/Eddie-Izzard-will-run-for-London-Mayor-in-2020/tabid/418/articleID/314716/Default.aspx |date=28 September 2013 }}. ''3 News NZ''. 26 September 2013.</ref> However, she was not a candidate for the delayed [[2021 London mayoral election]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mayor of London: The 20 candidates in Greater London Authority |url=https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/ |access-date=6 December 2022 |website=whocanivotefor.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Izzard unsuccessfully ran for a seat on the [[National Executive Committee of the Labour Party]] in 2016 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/eddie-izzard-am-standing-labour-7436733 |title=Eddie Izzard on why he's standing for Labour's National Executive Committee |first=Eddie |last=Izzard |work=The Mirror |date=25 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Elgot |first=Jessica |date=16 January 2018 |title=Eddie Izzard says Labour infighting must end after NEC defeat |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/16/eddie-izzard-says-labour-infighting-must-end-after-nec-defeat |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=16 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Mason |first=Rowena |url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/oct/23/eddie-izzard-champions-diversity-in-bid-to-join-labour-nec |title=Eddie Izzard champions diversity in bid to join Labour NEC |newspaper=The Guardian |date=23 October 2017 |access-date=3 December 2017}}</ref> After [[Christine Shawcroft]] resigned in March 2018, Izzard replaced her as the next runner-up, but failed to secure re-election that summer.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-43605840 |title=Anti-Semitism row official quits Labour NEC |date=31 March 2018 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=31 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/09/eddie-izzard-snatches-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory/ |title=Eddie Izzard snatches defeat from the jaws of victory |date=3 September 2018 |work=[[The Spectator]] |access-date=3 September 2018 |archive-date=27 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927205820/https://blogs.spectator.co.uk/2018/09/eddie-izzard-snatches-defeat-from-the-jaws-of-victory/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On 25 August 2022, Izzard stated in an interview on [[BBC Radio Sheffield]] that she would like to ask the local [[Constituency Labour Party]] to stand in [[Sheffield Central (UK Parliament constituency)|Sheffield Central]], replacing the incumbent MP [[Paul Blomfield]], who is standing down at the [[2024 United Kingdom general election|2024 election]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 August 2022 |title=Eddie Izzard aims to stand for Labour in Sheffield Central |language=en-GB |publisher=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-62687966 |access-date=24 September 2022}}</ref> Local reaction, according to the ''[[Sheffield Star]]'' newspaper, was mixed.<ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2022 |title=Sheffield readers share their thoughts on comedian Eddie Izzard's bid to be City Central's next MP |url=https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/politics/eddie-izzard-sheffield-readers-share-their-thoughts-on-comedians-bid-to-be-city-centrals-next-mp-3821984 |access-date=24 September 2022 |website=Sheffield Star |language=en}}</ref> She launched her election campaign on 11 October.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Glancy |first=Josh |title=Eddie Izzard the joker takes on Paul Mason the firebrand. But Sheffield just wants a local |newspaper=[[The Times]] |language=en |url=https://www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/article/eddie-izzard-the-joker-takes-on-paul-mason-the-firebrand-but-sheffield-just-wants-a-local-jr2h0kkp9 |access-date=2 November 2022 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> On 5 December, it was reported that a local [[Sheffield City Council|Sheffield City]] councillor had been selected as the party's candidate for the [[safe seat]], with Izzard coming second in the members' vote.<ref name=":0"/>

In August 2023, Izzard announced her campaign to become the Labour candidate for [[Brighton Pavilion (UK Parliament constituency)|Brighton Pavilion]] at the next general election, following the decision of the incumbent [[Green Party of England and Wales|Green]] MP [[Caroline Lucas]] not to recontest the seat.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2023/aug/04/eddie-izzard-plan-labour-candidate-brighton-pavilion|title=Eddie Izzard launches plan to become Labour candidate for Brighton Pavilion|work=The Guardian|date=4 August 2023|accessdate=6 August 2023}}</ref> On 17 December 2023, it was announced that Izzard had not been selected as a Labour candidate at the next general election and that [[Tom Gray (activist)|Tom Gray]] would be contesting Brighton Pavilion on behalf of the Labour Party instead.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2023/dec/17/eddie-izzard-loses-bid-to-be-labour-candidate-for-brighton-seat|title=Eddie Izzard fails in bid to represent Labour in Brighton seat|work=The Guardian|date=17 December 2023|accessdate=17 December 2023}}</ref>

==Comedic style==
Izzard uses a [[Stream of consciousness|stream-of-consciousness]] delivery that jumps between topics, saying in a 2004 interview with ''[[The Guardian]]'' that "it's the [[oral tradition]] [...] human beings have been doing it for thousands of years".<ref name="guardian_bedell"/> Her bent towards the surreal went so far as to produce a sitcom called ''[[Cows (TV series)|Cows]]'' in 1997 for [[Channel 4]], a live-action comedy with actors dressed in cow suits.<ref name="auntimomo_1"/> She has cited [[Monty Python]] as her biggest influence, and Python member [[John Cleese]] once referred to her as "the lost Python".<ref name="indpndnt_sweeney"/>

==Personal life==
Izzard identifies as [[genderfluid]]<ref name="them">{{cite web|last=Factora|first=James|title=Genderfluid Icon Eddie Izzard Will Only Use Feminine Pronouns From Now On |url=https://www.them.us/story/eddie-izzard-genderfluid-icon-feminine-pronouns|website=Them.is|location=New York City|date=20 December 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Eddie Izzard's Decision Not to Transition|website=[[YouTube]]|date=3 May 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOiVjfTfRUQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/xOiVjfTfRUQ| archive-date=11 December 2021|url-status=live}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and calls herself "somewhat boy-ish and somewhat girl-ish".<ref name="nails"/> She uses the word "[[transgender]]" as an umbrella term.<ref>{{cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARKUJIoeZpw|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ARKUJIoeZpw| archive-date=11 December 2021|url-status=live|title=Eddie on coming out as transgender&nbsp;— Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man&nbsp;— BBC Three|date=14 March 2016|publisher=BBC|access-date=9 August 2018|medium=[[YouTube]] video}}{{cbignore}}</ref> When asked in 2019 what pronouns she preferred, Izzard responded, "either 'he' or 'she{{' "}} and explained, "If I am in boy mode, then 'he', or girl mode, 'she{{'"}}.<ref name="windy">{{cite web|url=http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Eddie-Izzard-works-Wunderbar-in-Chicago-/66141.html |title=Eddie Izzard works Wunderbar in Chicago |last=Nunn |first=Jerry |date=24 May 2019 |website=Windy City Times |access-date=6 June 2019}}</ref> In 2020, she requested she/her pronouns for an appearance on the TV show ''Portrait Artist of the Year'' and said she wants "to be based in girl mode from now on".<ref name=SkyDec>{{Cite web|first=Bethany|last=Minnelle|title=Eddie Izzard: Comedian and actor opts to use pronouns 'she' and 'her'|url=https://news.sky.com/story/eddie-izzard-comedian-and-actor-opts-to-use-pronouns-she-and-her-12169536|date=21 December 2020|access-date=22 December 2020|website=[[Sky News]]|language=en}}</ref> In March 2023, she announced that she would begin using the name Suzy in addition to Eddie, saying that she is "going to be Suzy Eddie Izzard".<ref name="SuzyHuffPost">{{Cite web|first=Daniel|last=Welsh|title=Eddie Izzard Introduces New Feminine Name, Saying People 'Can Choose' Which They Want To Use|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/eddie-izzard-reveals-new-feminine-alternate-name_uk_6406fb1ae4b0c78bb744b69e|website=[[HuffPost]]|location=UK|date=7 March 2023|access-date=7 March 2023|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name="SuzyIndependent">{{Cite web|first=Annabel|last=Nugent|title='I'm going to be Suzy': Eddie Izzard announces new alternate name people can choose to use|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/eddie-izzard-new-name-suzy-b2295717.html|website=[[The Independent (UK)|The Independent]]|date=7 March 2023|access-date=7 March 2023|language=en-GB}}</ref> Explaining that she had wanted to use the name Suzy since she was 10 years old, she added that people "can choose" which name they want to use to refer to her,<ref name="SuzyIndependent"/><ref name="SuzyHuffPost"/> and that she would keep using Eddie Izzard as her public name since it is more widely recognised.<ref>{{cite web |last=Del Rosario |first=Alexandra |title=Call her Suzy: Eddie Izzard adds to her name so fans 'can't make a mistake' |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2023-03-07/eddie-izzard-reveals-new-name-suzy-transgender-comedian |website=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=14 March 2023 |date=7 March 2023}}</ref>

In the past, Izzard identified as a [[transvestite]] and has also called herself "a [[lesbian]] trapped in a man's body"<ref name="bbc_20040517"/> and "a complete boy plus half girl".<ref name="tough"/> According to her memoir ''Believe Me'', she first cross-dressed in public at the age of 23 with the help of a lesbian friend, an experience which ended in a verbal confrontation with three 13-year-old girls who had followed Izzard home from a public toilet.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/06/eddie-izzard-memoir-believe-me.html|title=Eddie Izzard Got Chased By Three Teenage Girls on His First Day Wearing a Dress Out|website=Vulture.com|publisher=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|date=13 June 2017|access-date=5 September 2021|first=Matthew|last=Love}}</ref>

She started to publicly identify as transvestite in venues such as the Edinburgh Festival as early as 1992.<ref name="observer_05_2001"/><ref name="independent_lister"/> She states that the way she dresses is neither part of her performance, nor a [[sexual fetish]]: "I don't call it [[drag (clothing)|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>{{cite web|last=Visco|first=Gerry|title=Eddie Izzard, Force of Nature|url=http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/eddie-izzard|work=Interview|access-date=22 May 2014 |date=May 2014}}</ref> She remarks in ''[[Unrepeatable]]'', "Women wear what they want and so do I." She has expressed a personal conviction that being transgender is caused by genetics and that, someday, this will be scientifically proven. In preparation for that day, she has had her own [[genome]] sequenced.<ref>{{cite web|title=Dealing With Transgender Reactions&nbsp;— Eddie Izzard on London Real|website=[[YouTube]] |date=14 December 2015 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpPPaMazpf0|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ZpPPaMazpf0| archive-date=11 December 2021 |url-status=live|access-date=12 October 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Izzard keeps her romantic life private, citing the wishes of her companions not wanting to become content for her show.<ref name="Hollywood Commons"/> She once dated Irish singer [[Sarah Townsend]], whom Izzard first met while running a venue at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] in 1989.<ref name="newsscotsman_hoggard"/> Townsend later created the documentary ''Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story''.<ref name="indpndnt_burrell"/>

Izzard is an [[Atheism|atheist]]. During the 2008 ''Stripped'' tour, she said, "I was warming the material up in New York, where one night, literally on stage, I realised I didn't believe in God at all. I just didn't think there was anyone upstairs."<ref name="Hollywood Commons"/> She has since described herself as a [[Spiritual but not religious|spiritual atheist]], saying, "I don't believe in the guy upstairs, I believe in us."<ref>{{cite web|last=The Late Show with Stephen Colbert|title=Eddie Izzard Believes Comedy Is 'Human And Not National'|website=[[YouTube]]|date=14 June 2017|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ON0rtQyNS20|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/ON0rtQyNS20| archive-date=11 December 2021|url-status=live|access-date=12 October 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

Izzard supports [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] and became an associate director at the club on 16 July 2012.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cpfc.co.uk/news/2012/july/izzard-becomes-associate-director/|title=Izzard Becomes Associate Director|website=Crystal Palace|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref> She is also a train modeller.<ref>{{cite news |last=Simpson |first=Dave |title='I'm proud to be called a nerd!' The pop and rock greats who love model railways |url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/mar/23/im-proud-to-be-called-a-nerd-the-pop-and-rock-greats-who-love-model-railways |access-date=31 March 2022 |work=[[The Guardian]]|date=23 March 2022}}</ref>

==Honours==
In 2003, Izzard received an honorary [[Doctorate of Letters]] from the [[University of East Anglia]], [[Norwich]], for her work promoting "modern languages and tolerance of other cultures and lifestyles", and for having "transcended national barriers" with humour.<ref name=UEA/><ref>{{Cite web|title=UEA&nbsp;— Eddie Izzard|url=http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/hum/llt/eventsandnews/Eddie+Izzard|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071117063909/http://www1.uea.ac.uk/cm/home/schools/hum/llt/eventsandnews/Eddie+Izzard|archive-date=17 November 2007|access-date=16 December 2007}}</ref> She has also received honorary doctorates from the [[University of Sunderland]] in 2012,<ref>Nicola Weatherall, [https://archive.today/20140517015856/http://www.journallive.co.uk/north-east-news/todays-news/2012/07/05/sunderland-university-to-honour-eddie-izzard-charlie-spedding-and-alastair-stewart-61634-31327039 "Sunderland University to honour Eddie Izzard, Charlie Spedding and Alastair Stewart"], journallive.co.uk, 5 July 2012. Retrieved 16 May 2014.</ref> [[York St John University]] in 2018,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17236183.doctorate-for-eddie-izzard-from-york-university/ |title=Doctorate for comedian Eddie Izzard |website=Thenorthernecho.co.uk |date=20 November 2018 |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref> and the [[University of Sheffield]] in 2006,<ref name="shef_honrdoct"/> where she had spent a year on an Accounting and Financial Management course in the early 1980s and established the now-defunct Alternative Productions Society in the Union of Students with the aim of promoting [[Fringe theatre|fringe-based]] arts. She was elected Honorary President of Sheffield's [[University of Sheffield Union of Students|Students' Union]] in 2010.<ref name="shef_elec2010"/>

Izzard's website won the [[Yahoo]] People's Choice Award in 2004 and a [[Webby Award]] in 2005.<ref>{{cite news |title=Izzard beats bus shelter website to award |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1451842/Izzard-beats-bus-shelter-website-to-award.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1451842/Izzard-beats-bus-shelter-website-to-award.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |location=London |date=16 January 2004}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=People's Voice Winner |url=http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=9 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100124153336/http://www.webbyawards.com/webbys/current.php?season=9 |archive-date=24 January 2010}}</ref>

In 2007, Izzard was listed as number 3 of the 100 Greatest British National Comedians (behind [[Peter Kay]] at number 2 and [[Billy Connolly]] at number 1) as part of British television station Channel 4's ongoing ''100 Greatest&nbsp;...'' series, and was ranked 5th in 2010.<ref name="channel4_1"/>

In 2013, Izzard received the 6th Annual Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://harvardhumanist.org/2013/01/23/eddie-izzard-lifetime-achievement-award |title=Eddie Izzard: Lifetime Achievement Award: The Humanist Community Project |publisher=Harvardhumanist.org |date=23 January 2013 |access-date=13 July 2013 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140517015751/http://harvardhumanist.org/2013/01/23/eddie-izzard-lifetime-achievement-award |archive-date=17 May 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://vimeo.com/60515051 |title=Eddie Izzard accepts the Outstanding Lifetime Achievement Award in Cultural Humanism on Vimeo |via=Vimeo |date=25 February 2013 |access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> which is presented at Harvard University each year by the Humanist Community at Harvard,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://harvardhumanist.org/ |title=The Humanist Community Project &#124; From the Humanist Chaplaincy at Harvard |publisher=Harvardhumanist.org |access-date=13 July 2013}}</ref> the American Humanist Association and the Harvard Community of Humanists, Atheists, and Agnostics.{{fact|date=December 2024}}

In 2015, Izzard was chosen by readers of ''[[The Guardian]]'' as their 2014 public language champion. The award was announced at the Guardian and British Academy 2014 Schools Language Awards as part of the annual Language Festival.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/education/2014/nov/28/eddie-izzard-public-language-champion |title=Eddie Izzard named public language champion |first=Holly|last=Young |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=28 November 2014|access-date=6 February 2015}}</ref>

==Work==
===Videos===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Date
! Title
|-
| 15 November 1993 || ''[[Live at the Ambassadors]]''
|-
| 14 March 1994 || ''[[Unrepeatable]]''
|-
| 21 October 1996 || ''[[Definite Article]]''
|-
| 17 November 1997 || ''[[Glorious (Eddie Izzard)|Glorious]]''
|-
| 9 November 1998 || ''[[Dress to Kill (Eddie Izzard)|Dress to Kill]]''
|-
| 18 November 2002 || ''[[Circle (Eddie Izzard)|Circle]]''
|-
| 26 November 2003 || ''[[Sexie]]''
|-
| 23 November 2009 || ''[[Stripped (tour)|Stripped]]''
|-
| 15 January 2011 || ''Live at Madison Square Garden''<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.amazon.com/Eddie-Izzard-Madison-Square-Garden/dp/B0087VCGI8 |title=Eddie Izzard: Live At Madison Square Garden: Eddie Izzard, Largo: Movies & TV |website=Amazon |date=18 September 2012 |access-date=25 February 2016}}</ref>
|-
| 18 November 2013 || ''[[Force Majeure (tour)|Force Majeure]]''
|-
| 18 February 2022 || ''Wunderbar''
|}

===Filmography===
====Film====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1995 || data-sort-value="Oncoming Storm, The" | ''The Oncoming Storm'' || Luthor Keeton ||
|-
| 1996 || data-sort-value="Secret Agent, The" | ''[[The Secret Agent (1996 film)|The Secret Agent]]'' || Vladimir ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998 || ''[[Velvet Goldmine]]'' || Jerry Devine ||
|-
| data-sort-value="Avengers, The" | ''[[The Avengers (1998 film)|The Avengers]]'' || Bailey ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1999 || ''[[Mystery Men]]'' || Tony P ||
|-
| data-sort-value="Criminal, The" | ''[[The Criminal (1999 film)|The Criminal]]'' || Peter Hume ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2000 || ''[[Circus (2000 film)|Circus]]'' || Troy ||
|-
| ''[[Shadow of the Vampire]]'' || [[Gustav von Wangenheim]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001 || data-sort-value="Cat's Meow, The" | ''[[The Cat's Meow]]'' || [[Charlie Chaplin]] ||
|-
| ''[[All the Queen's Men]]'' || Tony Parker ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Revengers Tragedy]]'' || Lussurioso ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2004 || ''[[Alien Invasion (film)|Alien Invasion]]'' || Brik ||
|-
| ''[[Blueberry (film)|Blueberry]]'' || Prosit ||
|-
| ''[[Five Children and It (film)|Five Children and It]]'' || It (voice) ||
|-
| ''[[Ocean's Twelve]]'' || |Roman Nagel ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''[[Romance & Cigarettes]]'' || Gene Vincent ||
|-
| data-sort-value="Aristocrats, The" | ''[[The Aristocrats (film)|The Aristocrats]]'' || Herself || Documentary
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2006 || data-sort-value="Wild, The" | ''[[The Wild]]'' || Nigel (voice) ||
|-
| ''[[My Super Ex-Girlfriend]]'' || Professor Bedlam ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2007 || ''[[Ocean's Thirteen]]'' || |Roman Nagel ||
|-
| ''[[Across the Universe (film)|Across the Universe]]'' || [[Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite!|Mr. Kite]] ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2008 || data-sort-value="Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian, The" | ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian]]'' || [[Reepicheep]] (voice) ||
|-
| ''[[Igor (film)|Igor]]'' || Dr. Schadenfreude (voice) ||
|-
| ''[[Valkyrie (film)|Valkyrie]]'' || [[Erich Fellgiebel]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Rage (2009 American film)|Rage]]'' || Tiny Diamonds ||
|-
| ''Believe: The Eddie Izzard Story'' || Herself || Documentary
|-
| 2010 || ''[[Every Day (2010 film)|Every Day]]'' || Garrett ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''[[Cars 2]]'' || Sir Miles Axlerod (voice) ||
|-
| ''[[Lost Christmas]]'' || Anthony || Also executive producer
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Boychoir (film)|Boychoir]]'' || Drake ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015 || ''[[Absolutely Anything]]'' || Headmaster ||
|-
| ''[[Day Out of Days (film)|Day Out of Days]]'' || Dag ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2016 || ''[[Whisky Galore! (2016 film)|Whisky Galore!]]'' || Captain Wagget || 
|-
| ''[[Rock Dog]]'' || Angus Scattergood (voice) ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2017 || data-sort-value="Lego Batman Movie, The" | ''[[The Lego Batman Movie]]'' || [[Lord Voldemort|Voldemort]] (voice) ||
|-
| ''[[Victoria & Abdul]]'' || [[Edward VII|Bertie, Prince of Wales]] || 
|-
| 2018 || ''[[The Flip Side]]'' || Henry || 
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2019 || ''[[Get Duked!]]'' || The Duke ||
|-
| ''[[Abominable (2019 film)|Abominable]]'' ||  Burnish (voice) ||
|-
| data-sort-value="Song of Names, The" | ''[[The Song of Names]]'' || BBC Radio Announcer (voice) || 
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2020 || data-sort-value="High Note, The" | ''[[The High Note]]'' || Dan Deakins || 
|-
| ''[[Six Minutes to Midnight]]'' || Thomas Miller || Also writer and executive producer
|-
| 2023 || ''[[Doctor Jekyll (film)|Doctor Jekyll]]'' || [[Henry Jekyll|Dr. Nina Jekyll/Rachel Hyde]] || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/doctor-jekyll-poster-eddie-izzard-horror/|title='Doctor Jekyll' Poster Reveals First Look at Eddie Izzard in the Classic Horror|website=[[Collider (website)|Collider]]|first=Shane|last=Romanchick|date=19 May 2022|access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/eddieizzard/status/1613232410723852290|title=Looking forward to introducing people to Dr Nina Jekyll later this year|website=[[Twitter]]|date=12 January 2023|access-date=18 January 2023}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2024 || ''[[Midas Man]]'' || [[Allan Williams]]
|-
| ''[[Man and Witch: The Dance of a Thousand Steps]]'' || Sheep ||
|}

====Television====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1991 || ''[[The Secret Policeman's Balls#VIII and IX: Barf Bites Back and The Big 3-0 (1991)|Barf Bites Back]]'' || Herself || Television special
|-
| 1994 || ''[[Open Fire (1994 film)|Open Fire]]'' || Rich || Television film
|-
| 1995 || ''Aristophanes: The Gods are Laughing'' || [[Socrates]] || Television film
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Tales from the Crypt (TV series)|Tales from the Crypt]]'' || Evans || Episode: "Confession"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 1998 || ''[[Rex the Runt]]'' || Melting Blob Man / Easter Island Head Aliens (voices) || 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Monty Python Live at Aspen]]'' || Herself || Television special
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Python Night – 30 Years of Monty Python]]'' || Herself || Television special
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002 || ''[[Mongrel Nation]]'' || Herself || Television documentary
|-
| data-sort-value="Day in the Death of Joe Egg, A" | ''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg#Film adaptations|A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' || Bri || Television film
|-
| 2003 || ''40'' || Ralph Outen || 3 episodes
|-
| 2006 || data-sort-value="Secret Policeman's Ball, The" | ''[[The Secret Policeman's Ball (2006)|The Secret Policeman's Ball]]'' || Herself || Television special
|-
| 2007 || ''Kitchen'' || Nick Malone || 2-part series
|-
| 2007–2008 || data-sort-value="Riches, The" | ''[[The Riches]]'' || Wayne Malloy / Doug Rich || 20 episodes
|-
| 2008 || data-sort-value="Secret Policeman's Ball, The" | ''[[The Secret Policeman's Ball 2008|The Secret Policeman's Ball]]'' || Herself || Television special
|-
| 2009 || data-sort-value="Day of the Triffids, The" | ''[[The Day of the Triffids (2009 TV series)|The Day of the Triffids]]'' || Torrence || 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2010 || ''Eddie Izzard: Marathon Man'' || Herself || Television special
|-
| data-sort-value="Simpsons, The" | ''[[The Simpsons]]'' || Nigel Bakerbutcher / [[Elizabeth II]] / [[Prince Charles]] (voices) || Episode: "[[To Surveil with Love]]"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2011 || ''[[United States of Tara]]'' || Dr. Hattarras || 8 episodes
|-
| data-sort-value="Good Wife, The" | ''[[The Good Wife]]'' || James Thrush || Episode: "The Death Zone"
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2012 || data-sort-value="Secret Policeman's Ball, The" | ''[[The Secret Policeman's Ball 2012|The Secret Policeman's Ball]]'' || Herself || Television special
|-
| ''[[Treasure Island (2012 TV miniseries)|Treasure Island]]'' || [[Long John Silver]] || Television miniseries
|-
| ''[[Bullet in the Face]]'' || Johann Tannhäuser || 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Mockingbird Lane]]'' || [[Grandpa (The Munsters)|Grandpa]] || Television film
|-
| 2013 || ''[[Meet the Izzards]]'' || Herself || Two episode documentary
|-
| 2013–2015 || ''[[Hannibal (TV series)|Hannibal]]'' || Dr. Abel Gideon || 6 episodes
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Castles in the Sky (TV series)|Castles in the Sky]]'' || [[Robert Watson-Watt]] || Television film
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015|| ''[[Powers (American TV series)|Powers]]'' || "Big Bad" Wolfe || 10 episodes
|-
| data-sort-value="Devil You Know, The" | ''The Devil You Know'' || Thomas Putnam || Pilot
|-
| 2016 || data-sort-value="Big Fat Quiz of Everything, The" | ''[[The Big Fat Quiz of Everything]]'' || Herself || Episode #1.3
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Travel Man]]'' || Herself || Episode: "48 Hours in Ljubljana"
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2019 || data-sort-value="Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance, The" | ''[[The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance]]'' || Cadia (voice) || 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Green Eggs and Ham (TV series)|Green Eggs and Ham]]'' || Hervnick Z. Snerz (voice) || 13 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021 || data-sort-value="Lost Symbol, The" | ''[[The Lost Symbol (TV series)|The Lost Symbol]]'' || Peter Solomon
|10 episodes
|-
|''[[Stay Close]]''
|Harry Sutton
|[[Netflix]] original
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| data-sort-value="Kids in the Hall, The" | ''[[The Kids in the Hall (TV series)|The Kids in the Hall]]''
| Repairman
| Episode 7
|-
|''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (British game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]''
|Herself - contestant
|1 episode
|-
|2023
|''[[Culprits (TV series)|Culprits]]''
|Vincent Hawkes
|Recurring role
|-
|2024
|''[[Kaos (TV series)|Kaos]]''
|Lachy (Lachesis)
|4 episodes
|}

====Theatre====
*''900 Oneonta'' (1994)
*''The Cryptogram'' (1994)
*''[[Edward II (play)|Edward II]]'' (1995)
*''Lenny'' (1999)
*''[[A Day in the Death of Joe Egg]]'' (2001–2002, 2003)
*''Trumbo'' (2003)
*''[[Race (play)|Race]]'' (2010)
*''[[What About Dick?]]'' (2012)
*''Charles Dickens' Great Expectations'' (2022-2023)
*''[[Hamlet]]'' (2024)

====Video games====
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 2000 || ''[[102 Dalmatians: Puppies to the Rescue]]'' || Sgt. Tibbs ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Cars 2 (video game)|Cars 2]]'' || Sir Miles Axlerod ||
|}

===Bibliography===
*''Believe Me: A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens'' (2017), [[Michael Joseph (publisher)|Michael Joseph]], {{ISBN|978-0718181727}}.<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/286737/believe-me/ |title=Believe Me, A Memoir of Love, Death and Jazz Chickens by Eddie Izzard|date=31 May 2018 |access-date=16 May 2020}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Cross-dressing in film and television]]

==Notes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="sydmornher_1">{{cite news|last=Ann Low|first=Lenny|title=Not just a pretty face|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/entertainment/film/not-just-a-pretty-face/2009/01/20/1232213629589.html?page=fullpage|work=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=8 May 2011|date=20 January 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="bono_intrvw">{{cite news|author=Bono|author-link=Bono|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/eddie-izzard-we-need-europe-to-be-a-meltingpot-we-need-to-melt-478359.html |title=Eddie Izzard: 'We need Europe to be a melting-pot. We need to melt' |work=The Independent |location=UK |date=16 May 2006|access-date=17 April 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="indpndnt_sweeney">{{cite news |last=Sweeney |first=Eamon |title=Living the dream: Eddie Izzard |url=http://www.independent.ie/entertainment/day-and-night/living-the-dream-eddie-izzard-1956032.html |work=[[Irish Independent]] |access-date=8 May 2011|date=27 November 2009}}</ref>
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<ref name="nytimes_james">{{cite news|first=Caryn|last=James|title=Eddie Izzard's Master Plan|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/16/arts/television/16jame.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2&ref=arts&oref=slogin|work=The New York Times |date=16 March 2008|access-date=18 April 2008 }}</ref>

<ref name="tlgrph_farndale">{{cite news|last=Farndale|first=Nigel|title=I'm all boy|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3654174/Im-all-boy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/3654174/Im-all-boy.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|work=The Daily Telegraph|location=UK|access-date=8 May 2011|date=30 July 2006}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

<ref name="mirror_neil">{{cite news|last=Neil|first=Beth|title=Eddie, steady, go|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/08/13/eddie-steady-go-115875-21593180/|work=Daily Mirror|location=London|access-date=2 May 2011|date=13 August 2009}}</ref>

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<ref name="latimes_taylor">{{cite news|last=Taylor|first=James C.|title=Eddie Izzard works in 'boy mode'|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/24/entertainment/la-ca-izzard24-2010jan24/2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120715074957/http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jan/24/entertainment/la-ca-izzard24-2010jan24/2|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 July 2012|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=10 May 2011|date=24 January 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="itunes_amstell">{{cite web|last=Izzard|first=Eddie|title=Did You Die On Stage for Years?|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/live-from-london-eddie-izzard/id305338464|work=Live from London: Eddie Izzard|publisher=iTunes Store|access-date=10 May 2011|author2=Simon Amstell|location=Did You Die On Stage for Years?|format=audio|date=11 February 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="thisislondon_dessau">{{cite web|last=Dessau |first=Bruce |title=Going for bust |url=http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-8272409-going-for-bust.do |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130505090725/http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/theatre/article-8272409-going-for-bust.do |url-status=dead |archive-date=5 May 2013 |work=London Evening Standard |location=UK |access-date=10 May 2011 |date=19 December 2003 }}</ref>

<ref name="nytimes_brantley">{{cite news|last=Brantley|first=Ben|title=A New Team Tackles Mamet's Moral Fable of Pride, Prejudice and Susceptibility|url=http://theater.nytimes.com/2010/07/01/theater/reviews/01race.html|work=The New York Times|access-date=9 May 2011|date=30 June 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="telegraph_1">{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4592119/Vanessa-Redgrave-to-star-in-BBCs-The-Day-of-the-Triffids.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/4592119/Vanessa-Redgrave-to-star-in-BBCs-The-Day-of-the-Triffids.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Vanessa Redgrave to star in BBC's The Day of the Triffids |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=11 February 2009 |access-date=17 April 2009|location=London}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

<ref name="hitfix_fienberg">{{cite web|last=Fienberg|first=Daniel|title=Eddie Izzard talks 'United States of Tara' and more|url=http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/the-fien-print/posts/hitfix-interview-eddie-izzard-talks-united-states-of-tara-and-more|work=[[HitFix]]|access-date=8 May 2011|date=2 May 2011}}</ref>

<ref name="guardian_bedell">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/arts/features/story/0,11710,1318280,00.html|title='Mentally, I'm all boy&nbsp;– plus extra girl'|work=The Guardian|location=UK|date=3 October 2004|access-date=17 April 2009|first=Geraldine|last=Bedell}}</ref>

<ref name="independent_lister">{{cite news|last=Lister|first=David|title=It's never too late in Edinburgh: David Lister stays up well past his bedtime to rub shoulders with the stars and crack jokes with the comics on a tour of festival night-spots|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/its-never-too-late-in-edinburgh-david-lister-stays-up-well-past-his-bedtime-to-rub-shoulders-with-the-stars-and-crack-jokes-with-the-comics-on-a-tour-of-festival-nightspots-1542535.html|work=The Independent|location=UK|access-date=6 May 2011|date=26 August 1992|quote=Eddie Izzard, one of the hottest names on the circuit, is chatting freely about his transvestitism. 'People ask me why I wear women's dresses. But I keep telling them, they're not women's dresses. They're my dresses.'}}</ref>

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<ref name="telegraph_nikkhah">{{cite news |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/7488535/Thousands-prepare-for-mile-run-as-Sport-Relief-raises-record-amount.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220110/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/7488535/Thousands-prepare-for-mile-run-as-Sport-Relief-raises-record-amount.html |archive-date=10 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |title=Thousands prepare for mile run as Sport Relief raises record amount |work=The Daily Telegraph |date=21 March 2010 |access-date=1 April 2010 |location=London |first=Roya |last=Nikkhah}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

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<ref name="indpndnt_burrell">{{cite news |last=Burrell |first=Ian |title=Tears are never far from ruining the make-up of Eddie Izzard |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/tears-are-never-far-from-ruining-the-makeup-of-eddie-izzard-2162947.html |work=The Independent |location=UK |access-date=10 May 2011 |date=16 December 2010}}</ref>

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<ref name="channel4_1">{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-100-greatest-stand-ups/articles/greatest-stand-ups-of-all-time |title=100 Greatest Comedy Stand-ups of All Time! |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130623214118/http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-100-greatest-stand-ups/articles/greatest-stand-ups-of-all-time |archive-date=23 June 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="bbc_19980830">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/161057.stm |title='Luvvies' for Labour |work=BBC News |date=30 August 1998 |access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="bbc_20081213">{{cite news |title=Eddie Izzard given BBC Sports Personality special award |url=http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/8406078.stm |publisher=BBC Sport |date=13 December 2009 |access-date=13 December 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="comicrelief_1">{{cite web |url=http://www.comicrelief.com/donate/eddie |title=Donate and Sponsor |publisher=Comic relief |access-date=1 April 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100307022307/http://www.comicrelief.com/donate/eddie |archive-date=7 March 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="shef_honrdoct">{{cite web |url=http://www.shef.ac.uk/alumni/news/izzard.html |title=Latest News |publisher=Shef.ac.uk |access-date=17 April 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709221800/http://www.shef.ac.uk/alumni/news/izzard.html |archive-date=9 July 2009}}</ref>

<ref name="bbc_20040517">{{cite news |title=Comic Izzard promoting life story |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3720385.stm |publisher=BBC |access-date=10 May 2011 |date=17 May 2004}}</ref>

<ref name="observer_05_2001">{{cite news |last=Garfield|first=Simon|title=Frock tactics|url=https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2001/may/27/features.magazine27|work=The Observer|location=UK|access-date=10 May 2011|date=27 May 2001}}</ref>

<ref name="newsscotsman_hoggard">{{cite news |last=Hoggard|first=Liz|title=Interview: Sarah McGuinness, singer and producer|url=http://news.scotsman.com/features/Interview-Sarah-McGuinness-singer-and.6635412.jp|work=The Scotsman|location=UK|access-date=10 May 2011|date=24 November 2010}}</ref>

<ref name="latimes_brownfield">{{cite news |last=Brownfield|first=Paul|title=Where He'll Stop, Nobody Knows|url=http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jun/11/entertainment/ca-39615/4|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130127171209/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/jun/11/entertainment/ca-39615/4|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 January 2013|work=Los Angeles Times|access-date=10 May 2011|date=11 June 2000}}</ref>

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==Further reading==
*{{cite magazine |author=Heilpern, John |author-link=John Heilpern |date=June 2013 |title=Out to lunch with Eddie Izzard |magazine=Vanity Fair |volume=634 |pages=34 |url=http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/2013/06/eddie-izzard-comedian-world-tour|access-date=18 June 2016}}

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* [http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,6903,1318267,00.html Interview with Izzard] – ''[[The Observer]]'', 3 October 2004
* ''[https://www.theguardian.com/arts/features/story/0,11710,1412342,00.html It's stupid and I love it&nbsp;– the Goon Show and me]'' – ''[[The Guardian]]'', 14 February 2005.
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060613130815/http://news.independent.co.uk/people/profiles/article484984.ece Izzard interviewed by Bono] – ''[[The Independent]]'', 16 May 2006
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101204180519/http://venuszine.com/articles/art_and_culture/staff_favorites/7906/Carolyn_Babbitt_Loves_Eddie_Izzards_Dress_To_Kill Venus Zine Staff Picks: Eddie Izzard, Dress to Kill]

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