Award-winning stand-up, cultural icon, author and columnist, with countless TV and radio credits (including I'm A Celebrity...). Recent President of Humanists UK (2016-19), Labour supporter, non-driving mother of two, with an honorary doctorate from the University of Winchester where she previously graduated with a drama degree. Her 2016 novel ]Nina is Not OK was the follow-up to her 2009 debut memoir A Beginner's Guide to Acting English. Khorsandi and her family were forced to flee Iran in 1979, seeking asylum and settling in the UK.