Katy Brand
Katy Brand | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 January 1979 Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
| Occupation(s) | Actress, comedian, television writer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Television | Big Ass Show Mongrels |
Katy Brand (born 13 January 1979)[citation needed] is an English actress, comedian and writer, known for her ITV2 series Katy Brand's Big Ass Show[1][2] and for Comedy Lab Slap on Channel 4.
Personal
Brand was born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England.[3] She is an alumnus of St. Clement Danes School, where she was in the house of Clement. She graduated from Keble College, Oxford, where she studied theology.[4][5]
Career
In 2008, she collaborated with Katherine Parkinson on a BBC Radio 4 series called Mouth Trap.[6]
Brand performed in Katy Brand's Big Ass Tour 2010.[7] She also competed on Let's Dance for Sport Relief in 2010, in which she danced to Beyonce's "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)".[citation needed] Also in 2010, she made a guest appearance on the song "Stop Giving Me Verses" by the Hoosiers, which was an attempt to break the world record for longest single ever released.[citation needed]
In 2011, Brand took part in the BBC Learning project "Off By Heart Shakespeare", where she played the role of Titania from A Midsummer Night’s Dream and delivered a performance of the speech "Out of this wood do not desire to go".[8]
In 2011 she also guest hosted a Children in Need special episode of Never Mind the Buzzcocks.[citation needed]
In 2012 Brand announced she would be writing a book, Brenda Monk is Funny, to be crowd-funded through the publisher Unbound.[9]
Awards
In 2008 she won "Best Female Newcomer" in the 2008 British Comedy Awards.[10]
Filmography
| Year | Project | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Comedy Lab: Slap (TV) | Channel 4 | |
| Tittybangbang (TV) | Various | BBC Three | |
| Hyperdrive (TV) | Alien 2 | BBC Two | |
| Casualty (TV) | Jill Grainger | BBC One | |
| Comedy Cuts (TV) | Various | ITV2 | |
| Under One Roof (TV) | Various | Writer, alongside James Bachman | |
| Peep Show (TV) | Channel 4 | ||
| 2007 | Katy Brand's Big Ass Show (TV) | Various | ITV2 |
| Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive | Debbie | BBC Three | |
| Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor | Various | BBC Three | |
| 2008 | Headcases (TV) | Various | ITV2 |
| Placebo (TV) | BBC Three | ||
| 2009 | Good Arrows | Big Sheila | |
| 2010 | Nanny McPhee and the Big Bang | Miss Turvey | |
| Let's Dance for Sport Relief (TV) | Herself | Danced to "Single Ladies" by Beyonce | |
| Argumental (TV) | Herself | Dave (TV Channel) | |
| The Bubble (TV) | Herself | BBC Two | |
| Mongrels (TV) | Kali | BBC Three | |
| Katy Brand vs...[11] | Herself | ITV2 | |
| Never Mind the Buzzcocks (TV) | Herself | BBC Two | |
| Ask Rhod Gilbert (TV) | Herself | BBC One | |
| 2011 | Alexander Armstrong's Big Ask | Herself | Dave |
References
- ^ TVGuide. "Katy Brand's Big Ass Show at ITV". Tvguide.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ^ Shelley, Jim. "Mirror article". Mirror article. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ^ Dessau, Bruce (2007-10-19). "Is Katy Brand the new Catherine Tate?". standard.co.uk. London Evening Standard. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
- ^ Sherwin, Adam (22 August 2008). "People: Katy Brand; Anne Hathaway; Madonna - Times Online". The Times. Retrieved 2009-04-08.
- ^ "Bright Lights at St James'" (PDF). The Brick. Hilary Term 2002. p. 8.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Chisholm, Kate (31 May 2008). "Space odyssey; ARTS - Radio". The Spectator. p. 54.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Katy Brand's official website". Katybrandlaughs.com. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ^ "Schools - Teachers - Off By Heart Shakespeare: A Midsummer Nights Dream "Out of this wood do not desire to go"". BBC. 2011-03-22. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
- ^ http://www.unbound.co.uk/books/brenda-monk-is-funny
- ^ "British Comedy Awards". www.britishcomedyawards.com. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
- ^ "Katy Brand vs". Itv.com. Retrieved 2011-07-08.
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- English film actors
- English radio actors
- English television actors
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