Harriet Kemsley

Harriet is an award-winning comedian, writer, and actor celebrated for her distinctive voice and brilliantly unpredictable comedy. The ‘breakout contestant’ (Guardian) of the first series of Prime Video’s Last One Laughing alongside Bob Mortimer, Lou Sanders, Joe Lycett and Richard Ayoade. Recently seen on The Last Leg, Michael McIntyre’s The Wheel, Would I Lie To You, The Jonathan Ross Show, and the Christmas special of Live at the Apollo, she is also a recurring guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

Harriet is a beloved TV comic and has appeared on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Hypothetical, Roast Battle, The Ranganation, Rob Beckett’s Undeniable, Alan Davies As Yet Untitled, Comedians Giving Lectures, Question Team, Stand Up Sketch Show, Richard Osman’s House of Games, Jon & Lucy’s Odd Couple and Comedy Central at The Comedy Store, amongst many more. She was a guest on the final episode of Radio 4’s The Now Show and her first stand-up special can now be heard on BBC Sounds. Her celebrated stand-up show Everything Always Works Out For Me toured the UK last year and was extended twice due to popular demand. She has performed at many prestigious festivals including Sydney Comedy Festival, Montreal’s Just For Laughs, Kilkenny Sky Cat Laughs as well as multiple sell-out shows at the Edinburgh Comedy Festival. Harriet’s awards include the Leicester Mercury New Act of the Year Finalist, Funny’s Funny Winner, Up The Creek New Act of the Year Winning and Leicester Square New Act of the Year Finalist. This autumn, Harriet will be going on tour around the UK with her brand-new show, Floozy.