
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2025
Clash of the Comics as Self
2025Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet as Self
2025LOL: Last One Laughing UK as Self
2024Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me as Self
2024Battle In The Box as Self
2023Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child as Self
2023Big Brother: Late & Live as Self
2023MAFS UK: It's Official! as Herself
2021Never Mind the Buzzcocks as Self - Panellist
2021Grave New World as Harriet
2021This Is My House as Self
2020Michael McIntyre's The Wheel as Self - Expert
2020Mission: Accessible as Self - Guest
2020Guessable as Self
2020You Build The Thing You Think You Are as Mother
2019Pants on Fire as Self - Challenger
2019Pants on Fire as Self - Guest
2019The Ranganation as Self
2019Hypothetical as Self
2018Roast Battle as Self
2017Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Contestant
2017Richard Osman's House of Games as Self - Panellist
2017The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice as Self
2017Bobby and Harriet Get Married
2016A Load of Croc as Meg Fish
2014Bonobo as Helen
2014Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled as Self
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Self - Contestant
20138 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown as Self
2013The Last Leg as Self
2011Pointless Celebrities as Self - Contestant
2010Comedy Central at the Comedy Store as Self - Host
2007Would I Lie to You? as Self
2007Would I Lie to You? as Self - Panellist
20058 Out of 10 Cats as Self
2004Live at the Apollo as Self - Performer






