ZOE LYONS
Bald ambition
ZOE LYONS OPENS UP ABOUT BEING IN HER 50S, NAVIGATING ALOPECIA AND FINDING JOY IN COMEDY
WORDS ELEANOR NOYCE
TV presenter and award-winning comedian Zoe Lyons is back.The host of BBC Two’s Lightning and Live At The Apollo, Zoe is a regular on Have I Got News For You, QI and Mock The Week. A star-studded name in British comedy, her CV is impressive.
With a background in acting, Zoe has always been a performer. Taking to the stage for the first time at an open mic night in London, her life was forever changed. “I knew I wanted to perform, I just didn’t know in what capacity,” Zoe says. “I wrote five minutes of terrible material and I got such a buzz from doing it. I left there and said to my partner, ‘This is what I do now.’ There was no turning back for me.”