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Urooj Ashfaq Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 16, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth24 August 1995

Age25 (as in 2020)

ProfessionComedian, YouTuber, Comedy-Writer

NationalityIndian

Marital statusUnmarried

FamilyMother - Rubina Ashfaq; Father - Name not known

Urooj Ashfaq Biography

Urooj Ashfaq is an Indian stand-up comedian, writer and YouTuber known for dark, absurd comedy. She has written and performed for several web series and TV

Early life and background
Urooj Ashfaq was born on 24 August 1995 and grew up in Abu Dhabi before moving to Mumbai at age 12. She attended Delhi Public School in Navi Mumbai and Ryan International School in Mumbai. For higher education she studied at Jai Hind College and completed a graduation degree in psychology. Ashfaq lists reading among her hobbies.

Career
After finishing college, Ashfaq explored stand-up comedy during a gap year and quickly became part of Mumbai’s emerging comedy scene. She has worked as a comedy writer and performer, contributing to shows and web series and writing for established comedy teams and programmes. Early writing and on-screen credits include a two-month writing internship with All India Bakchod in 2016 and an appearance in an AIB video, “If Apps Were People,” in May 2017, which helped raise her profile.

Ashfaq has performed across India at clubs and competitions. She won the open-mic competition FemaPalooza in Mumbai in April 2017 and has been a winner of several other stand-up contests in the city. On television, she was among the top three contestants on TLC’s Queens of Comedy and made a TV debut with that show in 2017.

Her acting and writing work extends to streaming platforms. She played the character Tara in the Amazon Prime Video series Pushpavalli, which premiered in December 2017. In 2018 she wrote for the Amazon Prime web series Die Trying. In 2019 she co-hosted season 2 of the stand-up competition show Comicstaan alongside Abish Mathew and also served as an off-screen mentor to contestants.

Ashfaq has worked with Abish Mathew on his talk show Son of Abish and continues to be active on YouTube, where she has built a subscriber base and posts comedy content. Her stand-up is often described by her as absurd and dark, touching on offbeat and provocative subjects.

Public profile
Urooj Ashfaq is recognized as part of a new generation of Indian comics. Her stage persona has been shaped by a class-clown childhood and a taste for provocative, boundary-pushing material. She has collaborated with peers from the Indian comedy circuit, including roles alongside other well-known comics in ensemble video projects.

Personal details
Ashfaq identifies as Indian and lists her hometown as Navi Mumbai. She has described herself as an atheist. Her family includes her mother, named Rubina Ashfaq; her father’s name is not provided in the available details. She is unmarried. Physical details reported include a height of approximately 163 cm (about 5 ft 4 in) with black eyes and black hair. She follows a non-vegetarian diet and has indicated that she drinks alcohol. Favourite personal tastes mentioned are Nutella and beef, and she has cited the book India After Gandhi by Ramachandra Guha and the TV series Big Mouth among her interests.

Controversies
Publicly available information notes that Ashfaq participated in an anti-CAA rally in Mumbai and has been the subject of criticism for social-media comments that some considered insensitive. Those incidents have been part of her public record in news coverage.

Latest updates
Ashfaq continues to perform stand-up across India, create YouTube content and contribute to writing and hosting projects in the comedy space. Her visible roles on streaming shows and comedy series, along with appearances on televised and online comedy platforms, have kept her active in the Indian comedy circuit.

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Recent Work

Pushpavalli

Played the character Tara in the Amazon Prime Video original series, premiered December 2017.

2017
Die Trying

Wrote for the Amazon Prime web series starring Kenny Sebastian.

2018
Comicstaan (Season 2)

Co-hosted the stand-up competition show and mentored contestants off-screen alongside Abish Mathew.

2019
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Career Highlights

  1. Winner of FemaPalooza (April 2017)
  2. Top three contestant on TLC’s Queens of Comedy
  3. Writer and performer in AIB’s viral video “If Apps Were People” (2017)
  4. Played Tara in Amazon Prime’s Pushpavalli (2017)
  5. Co-hosted Comicstaan Season 2 and mentored contestants (2019)
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