THE Kardashians, Holly Willoughby, stars of Love Island and Bradford's Kimberley Walsh have all made a good impression on a Bingley-born comedian.
Steff Todd has built up a strong audience on social media with her impressions of a host of famous faces, especially since the start of the pandemic as her work switches from the stage to online videos.
She has used lockdown to produce a series of videos of her impressions of the celebrities she likes and also providing unique voiceovers for them.
One of the most popular has been Yorkshire Kylie Jenner where Steff gives the reality TV star an accent like her own from God's Own County.
Yorkshire Kylie Jenner is back! pic.twitter.com/w1P9T2x5F3
— Steff Todd (@SteffTodd) September 28, 2020
The videos so far have seen Yorkshire Kylie get ready for a night out and make hamburgers in a This Morning parody.
Steff was born in Bingley and has memories of performing at Bingley Arts Centre, walking along the River Aire to go to school and having tap dance lessons in Shipley.
After she moved to Settle in North Yorkshire aged 10, Steff later went to Leeds and moved to London nearly two years ago to pursue her comedy career.
Steff honed her comedy skills at a host of gigs in her native Bradford district and fondly remembers gigs in Saltaire.
The lockdown has curbed the number of live stand-up comedy gigs Steff has been able to do, limited to a series of socially-distanced outdoor shows in London during the summer. The pandemic even saw her appearances at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival cancelled in August.
She hopes to set up a stand-up comedy tour when the restrictions on entertainment venues allow. Steff has previously supported comedians including Sara Pascoe, Dave Gorman, Rob Delaney and Iain Stirling.
The former Bingley Harriers runner said: "It's fun to do the videos and get to edit them on my phone too.
"On Instagram and Twitter it is a really good, especially with videos, they are a really good way of getting people to know you as well.
"My impressions of Love Island contestants were the first thing that people enjoyed. I was doing the Kardashians then.
"I do impressions of people that I'm interested in. I do a lot of people from pop culture. I do Melania Trump as well, it's just fun and lighthearted.
The Kardashians react to KUWTK ending! (impressions) #KUWTK #Kardashian pic.twitter.com/irYg9NSZzL
— Steff Todd (@SteffTodd) September 10, 2020
"I do about two or three videos a week. I have been doing Tik Tok things too.
"Since lockdown I have had a chance to do more sketches rather than just me doing impressions stood against a wall.
I do really like gigging in the north, it helped me develop
Steff also made her acting debut last year, appearing as Jess in BBC sitcom Scarborough, starring Jason Manford and former Coronation Street actress Catherine Tyldesley.
She says her comedy influences growing up were Joan Rivers, French and Saunders and she was also a fan of 1990s BBC sitcom Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.
Steff added: "Jennifer Saunders shared some of my impressions on Twitter last year. She was my comedy idol when I was growing up."
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