Harriet Kemsley
Acting
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
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tvOut of Order
2024
Self - Guest
tvThe Weakest Link
2021
Self - Contestant
tvNever Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
Self - Panellist
tvGrave New World
2021
Harriet
tvMichael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
Self - Expert
Mission: Accessible
2020
Self - Guest
tvGuessable
2020
Self
tvPants on Fire
2019
Self - Challenger / Self - Guest
tvRichard Osman's House of Games
2017
Self - Contestant / Self - Panellist
movieBonobo
2014
Helen
tv8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013
Self - Contestant / Self
tvPointless Celebrities
2011
Self - Contestant
tvComedy Central at the Comedy Store
2010
Self - Host
tvWould I Lie to You?
2007
Self / Self - Panellist
tvLive at the Apollo
2004
Self - Performer