Harriet Kemsley

Born: 1987-01-21

Kemsley began stand-up in 2011 and within months won the Funny's Funny contest. In 2012, she won Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and Brighton Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and was named by Rhod Gilbert as one of the Ten Must See Comics of 2012. Her autobiographical solo show, Slutty Joan, was reviewed positively in The Guardian. She hosts a podcast, Why Is Harriet Crying?, with fellow comedian Sunil Patel. Kemsley has appeared on Sam Delaney's News Thing, Roast Battle, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She and then-fiancé Bobby Mair appeared on a Viceland reality show in 2017, entitled Bobby & Harriet Get Married, featuring their wedding, officiated by comedian Romesh Ranganathan. As an actress, she has appeared in the film Bonobo and on TV on Damned and Doctor Foster. She also provided the voice of Nashandra, the final boss of the video game Dark Souls II.


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Bonobo

as Helen
Released: 2014-12-05

Judith, an uptight divorcee, is appalled when her daughter Lily quits law school to move into a...

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Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child

as Self
Released: 2023-10-12

In her debut stand-up special, Harriet takes bad aim at being married (for now), motherhood and...

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You Build The Thing You Think You Are

as Mother
Released: 2020-07-20

In 2018 Joz Norris had a breakdown that made him afraid to leave his own flat. In 2019 he was...

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8 Out of 10 Cats

as Self
First aired: 2005-06-03

8 Out of 10 Cats is a British television comedy panel game produced by Zeppotron for Channel 4....

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8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

as Self - Contestant
First aired: 2013-04-12

Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.

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Richard Osman's House of Games

as Self - Contestant
First aired: 2017-09-04

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills...

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Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

as Self
First aired: 2014-06-16

One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies...

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Roast Battle

as Self
First aired: 2018-01-15

It's comedy’s closed thing to a sport – comedians battle it out with the most brutal jokes...

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The Ranganation

as Self
First aired: 2019-05-19

Romesh Ranganathan, joined by celebrity guests and the Ranganation, his very own focus group of...

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Hypothetical

as Self
First aired: 2019-02-06

Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical...

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Comedy Central at the Comedy Store

as Self - Host
First aired: 2010-09-03

Join Comedy Central at The Comedy Store to see Britain's best comics perform at London's best...

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Guessable

as uncredited
First aired: 2020-10-05

Packed with plenty of take-away trivia, Guessable involves two celebrity teams competing to...

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Grave New World

as Harriet
First aired: 2021-03-31

Stuart Laws takes an in-depth look at life after a pandemic and how the familiar we knew has...

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This Is My House

as Self
First aired: 2021-03-24

Fake yourself at home. Four people, three fibbers, one house. Stacey Dooley challenges celebrity...

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Pants on Fire

as Self - Guest
First aired: 2019-10-10

Emma Willis hosts this comedy bluffing show in which three daredevil teams attempt some of the...

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Pants on Fire

as Self - Challenger
First aired: 2019-10-10

Emma Willis hosts this comedy bluffing show in which three daredevil teams attempt some of the...

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Bobby and Harriet Get Married

as uncredited
First aired: 2017-08-02

A Naturally hilarious slice of life mini series, that follows the natural comic genius that is...

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