Nikki Payne (Courtesy Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
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Nikki Payne is a Canadian comedian and actress, well known for her lisp. She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-up (2003 & 2005). She is the first stand-up in either the male or female category to win the best stand-up award twice. She is also the first stand-up of either gender to win both a best newcomer and best stand-up award.
She is a graduate of the Comedy program at Humber College and a graduate of The Second City Conservatory Program.
Nikki Payne has appeared in Last Comic Standing, Video On Trial, Buzz, and the NFB documentary The Next Big Thing. She has also appeared in the Canadian sketch comedy show Comedy Inc. (TV series). She is a member of The Sketchersons.
Nikki also claims to have grown up in the trailer park where early seasons of the hit Canadian television show Trailer Park Boys was filmed.