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Sophie Willan
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…
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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.
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2026
Live From The Lycett Arms
TV show Self / Pub Manager
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2026
Unacceptable
TV show Self - Guest
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2026
Small Prophets
TV show Bev
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2024
Ludwig
TV show Holly Pinder
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2024
The Traitors: Uncloaked
TV show Self
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2023
Late Night Lycett
TV show Self - Guest
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2021
The Weakest Link
TV show Self
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2021
Blankety Blank
TV show Self - Panellist
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2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV show Self - Guest Team Captain
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2021
Time
TV show Maeve Riley
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2021
This Is My House
TV show Narrator
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2021
The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer
TV show Self - Narrator
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2020
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
TV show Self
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2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV show Self - Expert
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2020
Alma's Not Normal
TV show Alma
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2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV show Self - Guest Judge
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2018
Click & Collect
Movie Jessie
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2018
The Circle
TV show Self - Narrator
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2018
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV show Self - Guest
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2017
The Russell Howard Hour
TV show Self
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2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV show Self - Panellist
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2015
Taskmaster
TV show Self
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2014
Still Open All Hours
TV show Ruby
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2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV show Self
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2013
The Great British Sewing Bee
TV show Self - Presenter
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2013
The Last Leg
TV show Self
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2010
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
TV show Self
