Helen Lederer
- 69 years old
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
Press clippings
Helen Lederer receives 2024 Bath Plug Award
Bath Comedy Festival has bestowed its Bath Plug Award for outstanding services to comedy to Helen Lederer.
British Comedy Guide, 23rd April 2024Helen Lederer: "Rik Mayall warned me not to crash his laughs"
Wandering hands, obscene hecklers, strict rationing of parts for funny women - in her new book, Helen Lederer recalls what it was like to be a female comedian in the 80s.
Helen Lederer, i Newspaper, 17th April 2024Helen Lederer calls out "perplexed" Ed Balls as he "keeps finishing her sentences" in "awkward" GMB chat
During the latest episode, hosts Susanna Reid and Ed Balls spoke to Absolutely Fabulous icon Helen, 69, about her recent stint in Coronation Street as Ken Barlow's love interest Elspeth and also about her new memoir Not That I'm Bitter. However, as chat got underway, Helen appeared to spot a show trend as she called out host Ed, 57. Answering a question from Ed, who kept firing questions at her, Helen said: "You keep finishing my sentences, which is good, because I'm probably being quite slow!"
Olivia Wheeler, The Mirror, 17th April 2024Helen Lederer: "There was no room for more women on TV in the 80s and 90s, the slots were taken"
Her stink bombs put a whole class in detention, but when the comedian and actress bombed on The News Quiz it left her with bigger regrets.
Adrian Lobb, The Big Issue, 14th April 2024Helen Lederer: 'I was paid £70k for a day-and-a-half of work'
Comedian Helen Lederer on lucrative paydays and wardrobe investments.
Richard Barber, The Telegraph, 14th April 2024"I cheated on Harry Enfield then he cast me as a sex worker", admits Helen Lederer
Helen Lederer has opened up about her former relationship with Harry Enfield in the mid 80s which ended when he discovered she had been cheating on him.
Jane Warren and Sanjeeta Bains, The Mirror, 6th April 2024Helen Lederer joins Coronation Street
Helen Lederer is to join Coronation Street - as a love interest for Ken Barlow.
Chortle, 17th March 2024Adrian Edmondson films Bottom documentary
Adrian Edmondson has now filmed his contributions to Bottom: Exposed, a new documentary looking at the classic sitcom he created with Rik Mayall.
British Comedy Guide, 9th February 2024Helen Lederer to guest star in Coronation Street
Helen Lederer, 69, will play a never-before-seen character in the scenes which will air in April.
Ellie Henman, The Sun, 29th January 2024Helen Lederer writes her memoirs
Not That I'm Bitter covers the early years of alternative comedy.
Chortle, 29th August 2023