Rhona Cameron
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| birth_place = [[Musselburgh]], [[East Lothian]]
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'''Rhona Cameron''' (born [[September 27]], [[1965]] in [[Musselburgh]], [[East Lothian]]) is a [[Scotland|Scottish]] [[comedienne]]. She rose to fame via the stand-up comedy circuit, and became a regular on British TV in the 1990s. She was also a participant in the first series of ''[[I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!]]'', during which she "outed" ex-girlfriend [[Sue Perkins]] as a [[lesbian]]. She was also responsible for one of the highlights of the show, when the tensions in the camp became unbearable for her, she ranted:
[[Image:rhonacameron.jpg|thumb|left|125px|DVD filmed on her UK tour in November 2000.]]
{{cquote|Sometimes I’m patronising. Sometimes I’m sarcastic. Sometimes he’s ([[Nigel Benn]]) hot-headed. Sometimes [[Nell McAndrew|Nell]] says nothing. Sometimes [[Uri Gellar|Uri]] dramatises little things like farts like he’s an alien who’s never seen one before. Sometimes [[Tony Blackburn|Tony]] misses things because he’s slightly slower. Sometimes [[Tara Palmer Tompkinson|Tara]] is like a child who’s never been able to make a cup of tea. Sometimes, sometimes we are all like that, OK? That’s life, that’s personalities.}}
She presented the [[ITV]] game show ''Russian Roulette'' and the [[BBC 2]] show ''[[Gaytime TV]]''. She also co-wrote and starred in a [[BBC2]] [[sitcom]], ''Rhona'', which ran for one six-episode series in [[2000]].
Cameron is performing at [[Gilded Balloon]] as part of the [[Edinburgh Comedy Festival]] in 2008.
She is the author of ''Nineteen Seventy-Nine: A Big Year in a Small Town'', a book about growing up as a lesbian in a small fishing port. Her debut novel ''The Naked Drinking Club'' was published by Ebury Press in 2007.
Cameron is also a [[Patron]] of [[LGBT Youth Scotland]] - Scotland's national agency for [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexuality|bisexual]] and [[transgender]] youth, and a [[Patron]] of [[Pride London]] - the UK's largest [[lesbian]], [[gay]], [[bisexuality|bisexual]] and [[transgender]] Pride event.
== External links ==
* {{imdb name|0131709|Rhona Cameron}}
* {{tv.com person|109512|Rhona Cameron}}
* [http://www.edcomfest.com/shows/rhona_cameron Rhona Cameron at Edinburgh Comedy Festival]
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[[Category:1965 births]]
[[Category:Lesbian actors]]
[[Category:LGBT people from Scotland]]
[[Category:LGBT comedians]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Participants in British reality television series]]
[[Category:People from East Lothian]]
[[Category:Scottish comedians]]
[[Category:Scottish women writers]]
[[Category:Edinburgh Comedy Festival]]