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Holly Walsh

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Holly Walsh is an English comedian and comedy writer. Early in her career, she placed runner-up in AmusedMoose LaughOff 2006 at the Edinburgh Fringe, later returning for successful runs in 2007 and 2008 and eventually co-hosting the 2009 competition with Jack Whitehall. In 2011 she was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Best Newcomer Award for a full-length show. More recently, she has appeared on several radio and television programmes such as Just a Minute, QI, and So Wrong It's Right, and has written the successful sitcoms Motherland (which she also executive produces), The Other One, and Dead Boss.

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Awards

  • Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2011 - Best Newcomer: Nominee
  • Chortle Awards 2008 - Best Newcomer: Winner
Gender
Female
Nationality
England
Born
Saturday 8th November 1980 (39 years-old)

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Known for

The Other One. Image shows from L to R: Tess (Rebecca Front), Cathy (Ellie White), Cat (Lauren Socha), Marilyn (Siobhan Finneran). The Other One - Writer
Motherland. Image shows from L to R: Liz (Diane Morgan), Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin), Kevin (Paul Ready). Motherland - Writer
Dead Boss. Helen Stephens (Sharon Horgan). Copyright: BBC. Dead Boss - Writer
TNT Show. Image shows from L to R: Jack Whitehall, Holly Walsh. Copyright: Objective Productions. TNT Show - Host / Presenter

Credits

 
Year Production Role
2020 Motherland - Series 3 Announced Writer
2020 Motherland - Series 3 Announced Executive Producer
2020 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 24
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2020 The Other One - Series 1 Writer
2020 The Other One - Series 1 Director
2020 The Other One - Series 1 Executive Producer
2020 The Other One Creator
2020 QI - Series R
  1. E6 - Ridiculous
  2. E5 - Rubbish
  3. E3 - Road And Rail
 Guest
2020 Joe Lycett's Obsessions - Series 2
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2019 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 23
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2019 Charlotte And Lillian - Series 2 Writer
2019 Motherland - Series 2 Writer
2019 Motherland - Series 2 Executive Producer
2019 QI - Series Q
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. Special - Highlights Special
  3. E7 - Quests: Part II
  4. E5 - Questions & Qualifications
  5. E2 - Quintessential
 Guest
2019 BBC New Comedy Award - 2019
  1. E2 - Heat 2 - London
 Guest
2019 Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier - Series 2
  1. E6 - People
 Guest
2019 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 22
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2018 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 21
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2018 I'll Get This - Series 1
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Self
2018 Hounslow Diaries Script Editor
2018 QI - Series P
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. E16 - Post
  3. E12 - Procrastination
 Guest
2018 Live At The Apollo - All Girls Live At The Apollo
  1. Special - Part 2
 Guest
2018 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Series 2
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2018 The News Quiz - Series 96 Guest
2018 Room 101 - Series 7
  1. Special - Bonus Bellyaches
  2. E6 - Stephen Mangan, Phil Wang, Holly Walsh
 Guest
2017 Motherland - Series 1 Writer
2017 Motherland - Series 1 Associate Producer
2017 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 19
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2017 QI - Series O
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. Special - Highlights Special
  3. Special - O Christmas
  4. E2 - Organisms
 Guest
2017 The News Quiz - Series 94 Guest
2017 Charlotte And Lillian - Series 1 Writer
2017 The Other One - Pilot Writer
2017 The News Quiz - Series 93 Guest
2017 Don't Ask Me Ask Britain
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2017 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 18
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2017 The News Quiz - Series 92 Guest
2017 Parenting For Idiots
  1. E3 - Rules
  2. E2 - Fun
  3. E1 - Chaos
 Self
2017 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 11
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Self
2016 Live At The Apollo - Series 12
  1. E5 - Frankie Boyle, Jack Carroll, Holly Walsh
 Guest
2016 QI - Series N
  1. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 16
  2. Special - QI VG: Compilation Show 15
  3. E11 - Nonsense
  4. E6 - Night
 Guest
2016 Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit - Series 1
  1. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2016 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 17
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2016 It's Not What You Know - Series 4
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2016 The News Quiz - Series 91 Guest
2016 Motherland - Pilot Writer
2016 Motherland - Pilot Associate Producer
2016 Top Ten Self
2016 Top Ten
  1. E1 - Holly Walsh - Top Ten Reasons To Swipe Left
 Writer
2016 Mock The Week - Series 15
  1. Special - Christmas Special
  2. Special - Highlights Special
  3. E2 - Episode Two
  4. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2016 Just A Minute - Series 75 Guest
2016 The News Quiz - Series 90 Guest
2016 The Rest Is History - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2016 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 8
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2016 The News Quiz - Series 89 Guest
2016 Insert Name Here - Series 1
  1. E5 - Dave
 Guest
2016 The Museum Of Curiosity - Gallery 8
  1. E1 - Meeting Forty-Four
 Guest
2015 Crackanory - Series 3
  1. E6 - Unlucky For Sam & Bob's House
  2. E2 - The Catchment Area & The Frogbeast Of Pontfidd
 Writer
2015 Mock The Week - Series 14
  1. Special - Christmas Special
  2. Special - Highlights Special
  3. E11 - Episode Eleven
 Guest
2015 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 15
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 6
  1. E17 - Episode Seventeen
 Guest
2015 Jest A Minute - Festival Specials
  1. E2 - Jest A Minute at Green Man Festival
 Guest
2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 6
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Self
2015 The News Quiz - Series 87 Guest
2015 Best Behaviour Host / Presenter
2015 The News Quiz - Series 86 Guest
2015 Listomania - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2015 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 5
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Self
2015 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 2
  1. Special - Unseen
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2015 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 14
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2015 Britain Versus The World - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2014 Comedy Central At The Comedy Store - Series 3
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2014 Psychobitches - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Writer
2014 Crackanory - Series 2
  1. E3 - The Surprise & The Crisis Plan
 Writer
2014 The Now Show - Series 44 Self
2014 The Now Show - Series 44 Writer
2014 Mock The Week - Series 13
  1. Special - New Year Special
  2. Special - Christmas Special
  3. Special - Highlights Special
  4. E9 - Episode Nine
 Guest
2014 Just A Minute - Series 70 Guest
2014 Wordaholics - Series 3
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2014 MacAulay And Co - Edinburgh 2014
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
 Guest
2014 Psychobitches - Psychobitches Compilations
  1. Special - Part One
 Writer
2014 Holly Walsh: Never Had It Self
2014 The News Quiz - Series 84 Guest
2014 Cardinal Burns - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Writer (Additional Material)
2014 The Now Show - Series 43 Self
2014 The Now Show - Series 43 Writer
2014 Sweat The Small Stuff - Series 3
  1. Special - Best Bits
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2014 The News Quiz - Series 83 Guest
2014 Just A Minute - Series 68 Guest
2014 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 12
  1. E5 - Episode Five
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2013 Crackanory - Series 1
  1. E5 - Becoming Zoe & My Former Self
 Writer
2013 The Manuscript
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2013 Mock The Week - Series 12
  1. Special - Christmas Special
  2. Special - Highlights Special
  3. E9 - Episode Nine
  4. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2013 Psychobitches - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Writer
2013 Anna & Katy - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Writer
2013 The Matt Lucas Awards - Series 2
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2013 Mock The Week Looks Back At...
  1. E6 - Science And Technology
  2. E2 - Animals
  3. E1 - Health
 Self (Archive Material)
2013 Life: An Idiot's Guide - Series 2
  1. E2 - Facing Your Fears
 Guest
2013 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 10
  1. E6 - Episode Six
  2. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2013 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - 2013 Specials
  1. Special - 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Deal Or No Deal
 Self
2012 The Nick Helm Christmas Spectacular Self
2012 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 14
  1. Special - Best Bits
  2. Special - Best Bits
  3. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2012 Dead Boss Writer
2012 The Mad Bad Ad Show
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2011 So This Is Christmas Self
2011 What's So Funny? - Series 2
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2011 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 25
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2011 Richard Bacon's Beer & Pizza Club - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2011 Mock The Week - Series 10
  1. Special - Christmas Special
  2. E9 - Episode Nine
 Guest
2011 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 12
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2011 Anna & Katy - Pilot
  1. Anna & Katy
 Writer (Additional Material)
2011 Edinburgh Comedy Fest Live - 2011
  1. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2011 Stand Up For Freedom Self
2011 Holly Walsh - The Hollycopter Self
2011 Comedy Gala 2011: In Aid of Waverley Care Self
2011 Wall Of Fame
  1. Special - Uncensored
  2. Special - Unseen
  3. E6 - Episode Six
 Guest
2011 And The Winner Is... - Series 2
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2011 So Wrong It's Right - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2010 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 24
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2010 Dave's One Night Stand - Series 1
  1. E5 - Russell Kane
 Guest
2010 Would I Lie To You? - Series 4
  1. E5 - Episode Five
 Guest
2010 You Have Been Watching - Series 2
  1. E6 - Kids' TV Special
 Guest
2010 So Wrong It's Right - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2010 The Alex Lowe Double Act Writer (Additional Material)
2010 The Now Show - The Vote Now Show 2010 Self
2010 The Now Show - The Vote Now Show 2010 Writer
2010 7 Day Saturday - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2009 Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking - Series 3 Writer (Additional Material)
2009 The News Quiz - Series 69 Guest
2009 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 23
  1. E3 - Episode Three
 Guest
2009 Roy - Series 1
  1. E6 - Roy Band
 Karisma
2009 Mock The Week - Series 7
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
 Guest
2009 You Have Been Watching - Series 1
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
 Guest
2009 Laurence And Gus: Hearts And Minds - Series 2
  1. E6 - Remembering and Forgetting
  2. E5 - Joining In and Opting Out
  3. E4 - Keeping It and Losing It
  4. E3 - Industry and Laziness
  5. E2 - Lying and Honesty
  6. E1 - Beauty and Ugliness
 Writer (Additional Material)
2009 8 Out Of 10 Cats - Series 8
  1. Special - Highlights Special
  2. E2 - Episode Two
 Guest
2009 TNT Show Host / Presenter
2009 TNT Show Writer
2009 Winging It Self
2009 The Now Show - Series 27 Self
2009 The News Quiz - Series 67 Writer (Additional Material)
2009 Broken Arts Writer (Additional Material)
2008 The Now Show - Series 26 Self
2008 Act Your Age - Series 1
  1. E4 - Episode Four
 Guest
2008 Laura Solon: Talking And Not Talking - Series 2 Writer (Additional Material)
2008 Delta Forever Delta Fan
2008 Delta Forever Writer
2007 James Kettle's Skyscraping Ambitions - Making It Big In Business Ensemble Actor

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Holly Walsh on IMDb

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