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Holly Walsh

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.

More biography details
Gender
Female
Nationality
England

Awards

  • Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2011 - Best Newcomer: Nominee
  • Chortle Awards 2008 - Best Newcomer: Winner
  • So You Think You're Funny? 2006 - Main Prize: Nominee
Born
Saturday 8th November 1980 (40 years-old)

Known for

Motherland. Image shows from L to R: Liz (Diane Morgan), Julia (Anna Maxwell Martin), Kevin (Paul Ready). Motherland - Writer
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
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
2021 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 25
  1. E4 - Episode Four
  2. E1 - Episode One
 Guest
2021 Frankie Boyle's New World Order - Frankie Boyle's 2020 New World Order
  1. Frankie Boyle's 2020 New World Order
 Guest
2020 Motherland - Series 3 Announced Writer
2020 Motherland - Series 3 Announced Executive Producer
2020 Motherland - Christmas Special Writer
2020 Motherland - Christmas Special Executive Producer
2020 Live At The Apollo - The One About...
  1. Special - Celebrity
 Guest
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. Special - Highlights Special
  2. Special - Rejoice!
  3. Special - Highlights Special
  4. E6 - Ridiculous
  5. E5 - Rubbish
  6. 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 BBC New Comedy Award - 2018
  1. E1 - Heat 1 - London
 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 (Channel 4: Series 12)
  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 (Channel 4: Series 9)
  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 (Channel 4: Series 7)
  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 (Channel 4: Series 7)
  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 (Channel 4: Series 6)
  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
2013 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 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - 2013 Specials
  1. Special - 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Deal Or No Deal
 Self
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
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

Non-comedy TV and film credits might be found here:
Holly Walsh on IMDb

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