Susie Youssef

Susie Youssef (born 1984 in Sydney) is an Australian writer, actor and comedian who works in television, on radio and on stage. She is best known for her appearances in the television series The Project, Whose Line Is It Anyway? Australia and Rosehaven, and has performed stand-up comedy at various Australian and international festivals. The daughter of Lebanese immigrants, she grew up with five sisters and often uses her family for comedy inspiration.

Youssef began comedy writing in high school, where she wrote her own plays, and initially studied education to become a teacher. After a friend took her to an improvisational comedy show at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney, she developed a more serious interest in comedy, quit college, and attended iO Chicago in the United States to study improvisational performance. She began her career as a writer for The Ronnie Johns Half Hour in 2006 and made her acting debut in the short film Clicked in 2011.

On stage, Youssef made her solo debut with the sketch show Sketchual Chocolate and brought her stand-up show Check Youssef Before You Wreck Youssef to London and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2016. She has had recurring television roles in How Not to Behave, No Activity and Rosehaven, and in 2020 was selected as one of ten comedians to compete on Last One Laughing Australia, hosted by Rebel Wilson. In August 2024 she co-hosted the second series of Julia Zemiro's Great Australian Walks, and she appears in the Australian adaptation of The Office, scheduled to premiere on Amazon Prime Video in October 2024.