Changes: Michelle de Swarte

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This weeks guest on Changes is model turned comedian, now actor and screenwriter, Michelle de Swarte.

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She was scouted in South London aged 19 and moved to New York to begin her modelling career working for the likes of Dolce and Gabbana and Versace. Michelle started doing stand-up comedy in her thirties and eventually moved back to London. Her stand-up routines consist of deadpan, brutally honest razor-sharp observations from a woman in her 40s. She is hugely successful now as a comedian, and her critically acclaimed BBC sitcom ‘Spent’, came out in July. Both written by and starring Michelle, it’s a hilarious, loosely autobiographical story of a bankrupt, ex model navigating the realities of her new life.

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This is a funny yet reflective conversation. Michelle discusses her upbringing being raised by her single mother, her queer grandmother, her time as a model, and what working in the industry was actually like. We also talk about Michelle’s transition into comedy, her relationship with money, and how modelling young taught her the dangers of everyone curating their life on social media today.

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Really hope you enjoy this one! Let us know how you go x

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