Courtney Gilmour is a Canadian stand-up comedian, whose performances centre on her experiences as a congenital triple amputee.Raju Mudhar, "Comedy champ Courtney Gilmour makes use of what's missing". Toronto Star, May 6, 2018. She is most noted as the joint winner with D.J. Mausner of the annual Homegrown Comics competition for emerging Canadian comedians at the 2017 Just for Laughs festival."For the first time, two women share Just For Laughs comedy title". CTV News, August 1, 2017.
Born in Sarnia, Ontario, and raised in Waterloo, Gilmour was born without forearms and with only one leg.Vanja Mutabdzija Jaksic, "'That's my life': How Courtney Gilmour approaches disability and comedy, and beyond". CBC Comedy, December 3, 2019. She began pursuing comedy while studying at the University of Windsor.
Following her Homegrown Comics win, she performed in 2018 at the Winnipeg Comedy FestivalJill Wilson, "Out on a limb: Comedian has no fear about addressing her missing hands and leg". Winnipeg Free Press, April 9, 2018. and the Halifax Comedy Festival."Ha!ifax Comedy Fest 2018". Halifax Chronicle-Herald, April 25, 2018. In 2019 she premiered the one-woman stage show Congratulations at the Toronto Fringe Festival.Jeff Hicks, "Waterloo comedian Courtney Gilmour prepares for one-woman show in Toronto". Waterloo Region Record, July 1, 2019.
In 2021 she appeared as herself in an episode of Jon Dore's CBC comedy series Humour Resources.Greg David, "Just for Laughs wraps production on Humour Resources for CBC". TV, eh?, October 29, 2020. She has also appeared in The Beaverton, The Stand-Up Show with Katherine Ryan, The Squeaky Wheel: CanadaGreg David, "The Squeaky Wheel: Canada set to debut June 24 on AMI-tv and AMI+". TV, eh?, April 23, 2024. and the web series Space Dragon and Kim.
In 2022, she competed in the second season of Canada's Got Talent and was announced on April 26, 2022, as advancing to the semi-final round.Brent Furdyk, "'Canada's Got Talent': Dance Crew The Renegades Receive Surprise Golden Buzzer As Semi-Finals Acts Revealed". ET Canada, April 26, 2022. She later won the judges' vote to advance to the finale. She also appeared in two episodes of the second season of Roast Battle Canada.Greg David, "CTV COMEDY CHANNEL READIES UP FOR MORE JABS WITH ROAST BATTLE CANADA SEASON 2, BEGINNING JUNE 13". TV, eh?, June 3, 2022.
She voices the character Lizzy in the animated children’s series PAW Patrol and in 2025 it was announced that she has joined the cast of Trailer Park Boys in their upcoming season 13.
Her comedy album Let Me Hold Your Baby received a Juno Award nomination for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2023."Here are all the 2023 Juno nominees". CBC Music, January 31, 2023. In the same year, she was featured in a third-season episode of The New Wave of Standup."TV & Film News – Canada Media Fund opens Canadian Content industry survey". Broadcast Dialogue, March 2, 2023.
Her second album, Wonder Woman, was nominated for a Juno Award for Comedy Album of the Year at the Juno Awards of 2025.
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