Sophie Willan

Sophie Willan

10/21/1987 (38 years old)Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

Sophie Willan is a British stand up comedian, actress and writer. Willan was born in Bolton in 1987 to a heroin addicted mother. Her early life was difficult and she spent time in care. She later worked as an escort, and sex work is chronicled in her show one-woman stand up show, Branded. She became the recipient of the first ever Caroline Aherne Bursary award from the BBC for 2017-'18 and has won several awards for her stand up, including Edinburgh's Best Newcomer in 2017. She narrates Channel 4 reality gameshow The Circle and is a regular in BBC1 sitcom Still Open All Hours, as well as appearing in festive comedy Click and Collect alongside Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry. In 2021, BBC2 broadcast the first series of her BAFTA-winning semi-autobiographical sitcom Alma's Not Normal to critical and commercial acclaim. A second and seemingly final series was aired in 2024.

Filmography (26 titles)

Unacceptable1.0Show

Unacceptable

Self - Guest · 2026

Small Prophets8.4Show

Small Prophets

Bev · 2026

Ludwig7.7Show

Ludwig

Holly Pinder · 2024

The Traitors: Uncloaked4.5Show

The Traitors: Uncloaked

Self · 2024

Late Night Lycett4.3Show

Late Night Lycett

Self - Guest · 2023

The Weakest Link6.0Show

The Weakest Link

Self · 2021

Blankety Blank7.0Show

Blankety Blank

Self - Panellist · 2021

Never Mind the Buzzcocks7.8Show

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Self - Guest Team Captain · 2021

Time7.6Show

Time

Maeve Riley · 2021

This Is My House5.0Show

This Is My House

Narrator · 2021

The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer7.0Show

The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer

Self - Narrator · 2021

Victoria Wood: The Secret List7.0Show

Victoria Wood: The Secret List

Self · 2020

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel5.6Show

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Self - Expert · 2020

Alma's Not Normal7.3Show

Alma's Not Normal

Alma · 2020

RuPaul's Drag Race UK7.1Show

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

Self - Guest Judge · 2019

Click & Collect6.6Movie

Click & Collect

Jessie · 2018

The Circle7.1Show

The Circle

Self - Narrator · 2018

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer7.1Show

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

Self - Guest · 2018

The Russell Howard Hour8.0Show

The Russell Howard Hour

Self · 2017

Richard Osman's House of Games6.1Show

Richard Osman's House of Games

Self - Panellist · 2017

Taskmaster8.3Show

Taskmaster

Self · 2015

Still Open All Hours6.0Show

Still Open All Hours

Ruby · 2014

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled7.2Show

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Self · 2014

The Great British Sewing Bee7.9Show

The Great British Sewing Bee

Self - Presenter · 2013

The Last Leg5.7Show

The Last Leg

Self · 2013

Comedy Central at the Comedy StoreShow

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store

Self · 2010