Selina Mosinski

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Selina Mosinski
Born
Selina Fay Mosinski

(1981-09-16) 16 September 1981 (age 42)
Derby, Derbyshire, England
Years active2014–present
Known forCharity Shop Sue

Selina Fay Mosinski (born 16 September 1981)[1][2] is an English comedian, actress and internet personality. She is best known for portraying the fictional charity shop manager Sue Tuke, better known as Charity Shop Sue. Mosinski first appeared as the character in the online web series Charity Shop Sue which was filmed in 2014 and distributed in October 2019 set in a fictional charity shop in Bulwell, Nottingham. Since the show's success, the character has become popular within the LGBT community, as an internet personality and has made several television appearances including on RuPaul's Drag Race UK and MTV Cribs UK as well as appearing in an online comedy segment for Strictly Come Dancing.

Career

In 2014, Mosinski starred in Charity Shop Sue, an online comedy web series created by Stuart Edwards, Timothy Chesney and Matthew Chesney.[3][4] It is set in the fictional charity shop Sec*hand Chances in Bulwell, Nottingham in which Mosinski plays the role of Sue Tuke, a former fashion stylist in her thirties who previously worked for multiple celebrities in Paris and Milan and is now a domineering, power-hungry and borderline sociopathic manager who is constantly coming up with new ideas in an attempt to boost the failing shop's image and custom, and is often undermining her co-workers Vera Goodard (Joyce Townsley) and Kersch Callahan (Sherrie Johnson) whilst having a manipulative hold over assistant Viki Wilson (Nicola Harness).[5] The series follows Charity Shop Sue inviting a cameraman in to film the goings on in the shop and her attempts to make money.[6] The final episode sees Sue refuse to partake in any further filming.[7] The character began gaining online popularity as far back as 2017, due to the character uploading comedy videos on social media sites such as Instagram and Twitter, with one clip where Sue exclaims "Scuse me laydeh, you're supposed to be on the bloody till" to her assistant Viki.[2] In 2017, a Christmas special was filmed which featured a cameo from actress Vicky McClure, who also hails from Nottingham.[8][9] Such was the character's popularity, the online series was posted to YouTube in October 2019, which featured eighteen episodes.[10]

Mosinski has made several television appearances as Charity Shop Sue. In November 2019, she was one of the celebrities to join Rylan Clark-Neal during his 24-hour Ka-RY-oke challenge for Children in Need.[11] She also attended the wrap party of first series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK[12] and In March 2021, hosted the final VIQ private screening with the finalists of the second series where Lawrence Chaney was revealed as the winner. In the third series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK, drag queen Krystal Versace, who went on to win the series, portrayed Mosinski in character as Charity Shop Sue in the Snatch Game.[13][14][15] The following episode, Mosinski herself appeared as the character as part of the charity shop chic runway challenge.[16][17][18] In July 2020, she appeared on the Comedy Central series Dragony Aunts, hosted by Crystal Rasmussen and Candy Warhol.[19][20] In August 2021, she appeared on MTV Cribs UK, showing viewers around her home in Nottingham.[21][22]

Charity Shop Sue is popular with the LGBT community and has become a staple of gay culture.[2] Mosinski appears as the character annually at Nottinghamshire Pride.[23] In 2021 and 2022, she appeared at the "Mighty Hoopla" event at Brockwell Park.[24] In June 2022, she appeared at the Victoria Centre in Nottingham to celebrate its 50th anniversary.[25][26] She also appeared at that years' Manchester Pride,[27][28] performing on the Alan Turing stage on 28 August.[29]

Filmography

As Charity Shop Sue
Year Title Notes Ref
2017, 2019 Ey Up Notts Notts TV series [30]
2017 Charity Shop Sue's Christmas Sky TV special [31]
2019 Charity Shop Sue Internet miniseries [2]
2019 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 1, episode 9 [12]
2020 Dragony Aunts Comedy Central series [32]
2020 At Home with Hayley Sky TV series [33]
2021 RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3, episode 7 [18]
2021 MTV Cribs Series 3, episode 3 [21]

References

  1. ^ "Selina Fay Mosinski". FreeBMD. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "Meet Charity Shop Sue: Bulwell's answer to Madonna and the Dalai Lama". Gay Times.
  3. ^ "Charity Shop Sue". Spool. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  4. ^ "INDIs Movie Night: Charity Shop Sue - Leeds International Film Festival". Leeds Film Festival. 19 August 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  5. ^ "The Future: Charity Shop Sue".
  6. ^ "Charity Shop Sue: how bazaar".
  7. ^ "INTERVIEW: Social media sensation Charity Shop Sue – when will she return to Bulwell?". I Am Birmingham. 12 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Charity Shop Sue's On Tele". 15 March 2018.
  9. ^ "As a Sky TV comedy about a Bulwell charity shop hits our screens its star Vicky McClure reveals all". nottinghampost.com. 21 December 2017.
  10. ^ "£3.60 with Charity Shop Sue". The Face. 5 November 2019.
  11. ^ "10 reasons Rylan's Great Ka-RY-oke Challenge was so memorable". BBC. 13 November 2019.
  12. ^ a b "RuPaul's Drag Race UK - Series 1 - It's a Wrap!". BBC. 29 November 2021.
  13. ^ "RuPaul's Drag Race UK Series 3: Episode 6". BBC iPlayer. 28 October 2021.
  14. ^ "Drag Race UK viewers react to shocking season 3 elimination". Gay Times. 28 October 2021. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  15. ^ Day, Harvey (26 November 2021). "Drag Race UK winner: 'I'm going to take on the world'". BBC.
  16. ^ "Charity Shop Sue And Steps Among RuPaul's Drag Race UK's Latest Guests". Huffington Post. 27 August 2021.
  17. ^ "Steps, Charity Shop Sue and Jay Revell to make cameos in RuPaul's Drag Race UK season 3". Gay Times. 27 August 2021.
  18. ^ a b "Bring it to the Runway! Steps, Charity Shop Sue, Jay Revell are all confirmed as extra special guest cameos for the forthcoming series of RuPaul's Drag Race UK". BBC Media Centre. 27 August 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2021.
  19. ^ "Dragony Aunts - Charity Shop Sue".
  20. ^ "Dragony Aunts: – 'It depends how you define success – For me of course it's money.'". loverboymagazine.com.
  21. ^ a b "Charity Shop Sue's Nottingham Bungalow - MTV Cribs - MTV UK". 17 August 2021.
  22. ^ "MTV has announced the return of its popular series, MTV Cribs". 15 July 2021.
  23. ^ "My Pride Anthems: Charity Shop Sue". Huffington Post. 21 June 2020.
  24. ^ "CHARITY SHOP SUE'S 2ND HAND BANGERZ". Mighty Hoopla. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  25. ^ "Charity Shop Sue marks Nottingham Victoria Centre's 50th birthday". BBC News. 15 June 2022. Retrieved 17 September 2022.
  26. ^ "Charity Shop Sue promoted to 'specialist' role at Nottingham's Victoria Centre". Nottingham Post. 6 June 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  27. ^ "Manchester Pride 2022 line-up announced, with Melanie C, Nadine Coyle and Bimini". Manchester Evening News. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  28. ^ "Manchester Pride line up announced". Planet Radio. 1 June 2022. Retrieved 1 June 2022.
  29. ^ "Manchester Pride: What's on, line-up and ticket information as event returns for 2022". ITV News. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  30. ^ Gorman, Rachel (19 December 2017). "Watch: Charity Shop Sue walks out of Notts TV interview". Notts TV. Retrieved 18 September 2022.
  31. ^ Gorman, Rachel (21 December 2017). "Sky TV to screen comedy about a Bulwell charity shop tonight". nottinghampost. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  32. ^ Guide, British Comedy. "Dragony Aunts Series 2, Episode 3 - Charity Shop Sue". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 16 July 2020.
  33. ^ "At Home with Hayley - Charity Shop Sue". YouTube. 15 July 2020. Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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