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Harriet Kemsley
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 t…
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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.
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2026
Wagging Rights
TV show Self
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2026
Unacceptable
TV show Self - Guest
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2025
Hamleys: Top 100 Toys of All Time
Movie Self
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2025
Clash of the Comics
Movie Self
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2025
Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet
TV show Self
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2025
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
TV show Self
- 2024
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2024
Battle In The Box
TV show Self
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2024
Out of Order
TV show Self - Guest
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2023
Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child
Movie Self
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2023
Big Brother: Late & Live
TV show Self
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2023
MAFS UK: It’s Official! With Lucinda Light
TV show Herself
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2021
The Weakest Link
TV show Self - Contestant
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2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV show Self - Panellist
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2021
Grave New World
TV show Harriet
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2021
This Is My House
TV show Self
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2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV show Self - Expert
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2020
Mission: Accessible
TV show Self - Guest
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2020
Guessable
TV show Self
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2020
You Build The Thing You Think You Are
Movie Mother
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2019
Pants on Fire
TV show Self - Challenger
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2019
The Hit List
TV show Self - Contestant
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2019
The Ranganation
TV show Self
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2019
Hypothetical
TV show Self
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2018
Roast Battle
TV show Self
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2017
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV show Self - Contestant
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2017
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
TV show Self
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2017
Bobby and Harriet Get Married
TV show
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2016
A Load of Croc
TV show Meg Fish
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2014
Bonobo
Movie Helen
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2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV show Self
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2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV show Self - Contestant
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2013
The Last Leg
TV show Self
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2011
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV show Self
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2011
Pointless Celebrities
TV show Self - Contestant
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2010
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
TV show Self - Host
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2007
Would I Lie to You?
TV show Self
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2005
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV show Self
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2004
Live at the Apollo
TV show Self - Performer
