Katy Brand
| Katy Brand | |
|---|---|
| Born | Katherine Frances Brand 13 January 1979 High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England |
| Alma mater | Keble College, Oxford |
| Occupation | Actress, comedian, television writer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Television | Big Ass Show Mongrels |
Katherine Frances "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.
Early life
Brand was born in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England.[3] She is an alumna of St. Clement Danes School, where she was in the house of Clement. Following a summer holiday in Cornwall at 13 with friends who were evangelical Christians she embraced their faith and attended church five times a week.[3] Motivated to read theology at Keble College, Oxford,[4][5] she then lost her religious beliefs while a student.[6] Interviewed for the Evening Standard in 2007, she commented: "After about a year, I realised it was mostly rubbish and that things are never as simple as they seem when you are 13".[3]
Career
After graduation, Brand did not work as a performer, gaining employment in television production instead, but her social encounters with university contemporaries ultimately convinced her to try working as a comedian.[7]
In 2008, she collaborated with Katherine Parkinson, one of her friends from university,[8] on a BBC Radio 4 series called Mouth Trap.[9]
Brand performed in Katy Brand's Big Ass Tour 2010.[10] She also competed on Let's Dance for Sport Relief in 2010, in which she danced to Beyoncé'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".[11]
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.[12]
In December of that year, she participated in the 2012 Christmas Special of the dance show, Strictly Come Dancing. Her partner was Anton du Beke; they came second to last.[13]
Awards
In 2008 she won "Best Female Newcomer" in the 2008 British Comedy Awards.[14]
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) | Lucy | 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 Beyoncé | |
| Argumental (TV) | Herself | Dave (TV Channel) | |
| The Bubble (TV) | Herself | BBC Two | |
| Mongrels (TV) | Kali | BBC Three | |
| Katy Brand vs...[15] | 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 |
| 2014 | Walking on Sunshine[16] | Lil | Vertigo Films |
| 2015 | Mapp and Lucia (TV) | Hermione Pillson | BBC One |
References
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- ↑ "Stage: What Katy did", Oxford Mail, 20 May 2010
- ↑ "Comedy: Katy Brand at The Cresset", Peterborough Telegraph, 9 April 2010
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External links
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- Articles with unsourced statements from December 2011
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
- English film actresses
- English impressionists (entertainers)
- English radio actresses
- English television actresses
- English television writers
- English voice actresses
- English women comedians
- People educated at St. Clement Danes School
- British women screenwriters
