Sofie Hagen

Edinburgh Best Newcomer winner, multi‑podcast creator & award‑winning author Sofie Hagen exploded onto the UK comedy scene with her debut Edinburgh Fringe show Bubblewrap, winning the Edinburgh Fringe Best Newcomer in 2015 and securing both the Chortle Best Newcomer (2014) and Laughing Horse New Act of the Year (2013) awards. She followed up with acclaimed solo shows Shimmer Shatter (2016), Dead Baby Frog (2017), The Bumswing (2019), Fat Jokes (2022), and Banglord (2024).

An award‑winning podcaster, Sofie has hosted BBC Sound's Bad People, Made of Human and several other successful podcasts. Her new comedy podcast with Abby Wambaugh is called Help Hole and launched in January 2024.

Her debut book, Happy Fat (2019), received widespread praise for intersecting memoir and social commentary. In May 2024, she released Will I Ever Have Sex Again?.

On TV, Sofie has appeared on Comedy Central Live (2019), Roast Battle, Live from the BBC and Russell Howard’s Stand Up Central..

With over 181K followers on Instagram, they have grown a huge social media following and is a much in demand speaker and comedian. As a vocal activist for fat acceptance and LGBTQ+ rights, Sofie blends sharp wit, personal vulnerability, and political insight in all her work—onstage, in print, and across podcast and media platforms.