Harriet Kemsley

Harriet Kemsley

1/21/1987 (39 years old)Canterbury, Kent, UK

Kemsley began stand-up in 2011 and within months won the Funny's Funny contest. In 2012, she won Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and Brighton Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and was named by Rhod Gilbert as one of the Ten Must See Comics of 2012. Her autobiographical solo show, Slutty Joan, was reviewed positively in The Guardian. She hosts a podcast, Why Is Harriet Crying?, with fellow comedian Sunil Patel. Kemsley has appeared on Sam Delaney's News Thing, Roast Battle, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She and then-fiancé Bobby Mair appeared on a Viceland reality show in 2017, entitled Bobby & Harriet Get Married, featuring their wedding, officiated by comedian Romesh Ranganathan. As an actress, she has appeared in the film Bonobo and on TV on Damned and Doctor Foster. She also provided the voice of Nashandra, the final boss of the video game Dark Souls II.

Filmography (37 titles)

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Wagging Rights

Self · 2026

Hamleys: Top 100 Toys of All TimeMovie

Hamleys: Top 100 Toys of All Time

Self · 2025

Clash of the ComicsMovie

Clash of the Comics

Self · 2025

Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet5.0Show

Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet

Self · 2025

LOL: Last One Laughing UK7.6Show

LOL: Last One Laughing UK

Self · 2025

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For MeMovie

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me

Self · 2024

Battle In The Box7.0Show

Battle In The Box

Self · 2024

Out of Order7.0Show

Out of Order

Self - Guest · 2024

Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child7.0Movie

Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child

Self · 2023

Big Brother: Late & Live4.2Show

Big Brother: Late & Live

Self · 2023

MAFS UK: It’s Official! With Lucinda LightShow

MAFS UK: It’s Official! With Lucinda Light

Herself · 2023

The Weakest Link6.0Show

The Weakest Link

Self - Contestant · 2021

Never Mind the Buzzcocks7.8Show

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Self - Panellist · 2021

Grave New World10.0Show

Grave New World

Harriet · 2021

This Is My House5.0Show

This Is My House

Self · 2021

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel5.6Show

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

Self - Expert · 2020

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Mission: Accessible

Self - Guest · 2020

Guessable5.7Show

Guessable

Self · 2020

You Build The Thing You Think You AreMovie

You Build The Thing You Think You Are

Mother · 2020

Pants on FireShow

Pants on Fire

Self - Challenger · 2019

The Ranganation6.8Show

The Ranganation

Self · 2019

Hypothetical6.2Show

Hypothetical

Self · 2019

Roast Battle7.3Show

Roast Battle

Self · 2018

Richard Osman's House of Games6.1Show

Richard Osman's House of Games

Self - Contestant · 2017

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice5.3Show

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

Self · 2017

Bobby and Harriet Get Married6.0Show

Bobby and Harriet Get Married

2017

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A Load of Croc

Meg Fish · 2016

Bonobo4.9Movie

Bonobo

Helen · 2014

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled7.2Show

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

Self · 2014

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown7.3Show

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

Self - Contestant · 2013