Her career has been very successful, earning her numerous awards and acknowledgments.  She has won three Canadian Comedy Awards for Best Stand-Up Newcomer and Best Female Stand-Up twice.  She is also the first stand-up in either the male or female category to win the best-stand up award twice. 

You have seen Nikki Payne in Last Comic Standing, Video on Trial, Comedy Inc., and The Next Big Thing.  She is a graduate of the comedy program at Humber College.