Courtney Gilmour

Courtney Gilmour is a Canadian stand-up comedian, whose performances centre on her experiences as a congenital triple amputee. 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. Born in Sarnia, Ontario, and raised in Waterloo, Gilmour was born without forearms and with only one leg. She began pursuing comedy while studying at the University of Windsor. Following her Homegrown Comics win, she performed in 2018 at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival and the Halifax Comedy Festival. In 2019 she premiered the one-woman stage show Congratulations at the Toronto Fringe Festival. In 2021 she appeared as herself in an episode of Jon Dore's CBC comedy series Humour Resources. She has also appeared in The Beaverton, The Stand-Up Show with Katherine Ryan, and the web series Space Dragon an...