Fern Brady
Fern Brady

Fern Brady

  • 37 years old
  • Scottish
  • Writer, stand-up comedian and actor

Press clippings

Fern Brady special Autistic Bikini Queen on Netflix from 22nd April

Stand-up special Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen will be launched on Netflix on 22nd April.

British Comedy Guide, 18th March 2024

The stand-ups turning their autism into a comedy superpower

From Fern Brady to Hannah Gadsby, a host of comedians have discovered that they have autism. What is it about stand-up that lends itself so well to neurodivergent people?

Rachel Aroesti, The Guardian, 15th March 2024

Chortle Awards 2024 results

Paddy Young, Sam Campbell, Lorna Rose Treen, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, John Kearns, James Acaster, Joe Lycett, Munya Chawawa, Fern Brady and Taskmaster are amongst the winners of the Chortle Awards 2024.

British Comedy Guide, 4th March 2024

Chortle Awards 2024 nominees announced

Julia Masli, Ian Smith, Ahir Shah, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Paddy Young and Sam Campbell are amongst the comedians nominated in the 2024 Chortle Awards.

British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2024

Fern Brady wins Nero Book Awards prize

Fern Brady's book Strong Female Character is the Non-Fiction category winner in the inaugural Nero Book Awards.

British Comedy Guide, 30th January 2024

Tim Harding's comedy diary

Chortle, 26th January 2024

Fern Brady: 'Why are female comics always expected to speak out?'

The fierce, feminist star of Taskmaster has been nominated for an award for her memoir about her late autism diagnosis. She tells Helen Brown about how others have responded to her book, predators in comedy, what TV execs thought of her stripping sitcom and why she's happy for people to know she's had Botox.

The Independent, 21st January 2024

The Skinny's comedy forecast for 2024

The Skinny's Comedy Team reveal their hot picks for 2024.

The Skinny, 10th January 2024

Fern Brady: 'Bloody everyone says they are bisexual now'

The ​author of the award-nominated memoir​ Strong Female Character on her early ambition to be a spy​ and why she'd never do a film about being autistic.

Jude Rogers, The Observer, 31st December 2023

Joke Books: 2023's best comedy books

2023 has been an absolute doozy when it comes to comedy books. We list the ones you need to unwrap this December.

Ben Venables, The Skinny, 15th December 2023