Rosie Jones
- 34 years old
- English
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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I talk to Rosie Jones
"You forget that actually, disability aside, being a woman and having my own primetime Channel 4 Friday night show, is huge in itself."
Elliot Gonzalez, I Talk Telly, 2nd April 2021Rosie Jones interview
'I hope disabled people can see me on TV and think: if she can do it, I can do it'
Brian Logan, The Guardian, 30th March 2021Rosie Jones joins #FeelLikeCrap emoji campaign
Rosie Jones has teamed up with the Campaign Against Living Miserably (CALM) in their bid to introduce a new 'Unhappy Pile of Poo' emoji, to be used when people just cannot find the words to explain how are why they feel low.
Charlie Herbert, JOE, 24th March 2021Rosie Jones: Covid to prompt change for disabled people
Comic Rosie Jones believes disabled people's experience of the pandemic will bring about a movement as powerful as Black Lives Matter or MeToo. "Six in 10 people who have died of Covid were disabled", she tells us. "There have been a lot of people let down during the pandemic."
Emily Prescott, Evening Standard, 23rd March 2021Where are the disabled people in TV?
Rosie Jones and Deborah Williams discuss television's failure to hire more disabled people.
Rosie Jones & Deborah Williams, Royal Television Society, 8th March 202120 names we'd like to see on Taskmaster
Which comics would you like to see on the show? Here are some name we think would make excellent competitors.
Chortle, 3rd March 2021Comedians feature on fake stamps for charity campaign
Rosie Jones, Lost Voice Guy Lee Ridley and Francesca Martinez have been commemorated on stamps. However, it's nothing to do with the Royal Mail - but a campaign urging the NHS to stop treating people with cerebral palsy like second-class citizens.
Chortle, 26th February 2021BBC Two's Funny Festival Live line-up revealed
Jason Manford, Jo Brand, Sara Pascoe and Kiri Pritchard-McLean will be amongst the hosts of Funny Festival Live, the nightly BBC Two stand-up series which starts on Sunday 7th March.
British Comedy Guide, 24th February 2021Rosie Jones: 'I am proud to be a gay, disabled woman'
Less than five years ago, Rosie Jones made the leap from TV researcher (for panel shows like Would I Lie To You?) to comedian. Why did she quit a job she loved to become a little-known name on a competitive circuit? "Probably my own ego," she laughs.
Wedaeli Chibelushi, ITV, 23rd February 2021Rosie Jones to write two children's books
Hachette Children's Group has signed a two-book deal with stand-up comedian Rosie Jones.
Tamsin Hackett, The Bookseller, 12th February 2021