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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 21, 1987
Place of Birth
Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Sophie Willan
1.0 Popularity
Biography
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.
Known For
7.6
Holly Pinder
Ludwig
2024
4.5
Self
The Traitors: Uncloaked
2024
4.3
Self - Guest
Late Night Lycett
2023
6.0
Self
The Weakest Link
2021
7.8
Self - Guest Team Captain
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
7.8
Self - Team Captain
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
7.6
Maeve Riley
Time
2021
5.0
Narrator
This Is My House
2021
7.0
Self - Narrator
The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer
2021
7.0
Self
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
2020
Credits
Ludwig
as Holly Pinder
2024
7.6
The Traitors: Uncloaked
as Self
2024
4.5
Late Night Lycett
as Self - Guest
2023
4.3
The Weakest Link
as Self
2021
6.0
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Guest Team Captain
2021
7.8
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Team Captain
2021
7.8
Time
as Maeve Riley
2021
7.6
This Is My House
as Narrator
2021
5.0
The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer
as Self - Narrator
2021
7.0
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
as Self
2020
7.0
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
as Self - Expert
2020
6.3
Alma's Not Normal
as Alma
2020
7.3
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge
2019
7.1
Click & Collect
as Jessie
2018
6.6
The Circle
as Self - Narrator
2018
7.1
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest
2018
7.4
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self
2017
8.0
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Panellist
2017
6.0
Taskmaster
as Self
2015
8.2
Still Open All Hours
as Ruby
2014
6.0
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self
2014
7.1
The Last Leg
as Self
2013
5.7
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
as Self
2010
0.0