Harriet Kemsley

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Female

Birthday 1987-01-21 (37 years old)

Place of Birth Canterbury, Kent, UK

Harriet Kemsley

Biography

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.

Known For

Actor

2024
2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks

as Self - Panellist

2021
Grave New World

as Harriet

2021
2020
Mission: Accessible

as Self - Guest

2019
Pants on Fire

as Self - Guest

2019
Pants on Fire

as Self - Challenger

2019
2019
Hypothetical

as Self

2018
Roast Battle

as Self

2017
Richard Osman's House of Games

as Self - Contestant

2014
Bonobo

as Helen

2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

as Self - Contestant

2005

Writer