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Sophie Willan

Skuespiller, Producer, Forfatter

21. oktober 1987 (38 år)
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.

Kendt for

  • Alma's Not Normal
    Alma's Not Normal2 sæsoner
  • Ludwig - Krydsordsdetektiven
    Ludwig - Krydsordsdetektiven2 sæsoner
  • The Circle
    The Circle3 sæsoner
  • Click & Collect
    Click & Collect2018
  • Small Prophets
    Small Prophets1 sæson

Filmografi

2026
Small Prophets · as Bev
2024
Ludwig (2024) · as Holly Pinder
2021
Time (2021) · as Maeve Riley
2021
This is My House · as Narrator
2020
Alma's Not Normal · as Alma
2018
Click & Collect · as Jessie
2013
Still Open All Hours · as Ruby

2025
The Big Fat Quiz of Everything · as Self - Contestant
2024
The Traitors: Uncloaked · as Self
2023
Late Night Lycett · as Self - Guest
2022
Party Island: Summer in Zante · as Self - Narrator
2021
The Weakest Link (2021) · as Self
2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (2021) · as Self - Guest Team Captain
2021
The Celebrity Circle · as Self - Narrator
2021
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable · as Self
2020
Victoria Wood: The Secret List · as Self
2020
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel · as Self - Expert
2020
Between the Covers (2020) · as Self - Panellist
2020
Steph's Packed Lunch · as Self
2019
RuPaul's Drag Race UK · as Self - Guest Judge
2019
The Tez O'Clock Show · as Self
2019
The Lateish Show with Mo Gilligan · as Self
2019
The Ranganation · as Self - Guest
2018
The Circle · as Self - Narrator
2018
The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off · as Self - Guest
2017
The Russell Howard Hour · as Self
2017
Richard Osman's House of Games · as Self - Panellist
2015
Taskmaster · as Self
2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled · as Self
2013
The Great British Sewing Bee · as Self - Presenter
2012
The Last Leg · as Self
2011
The Jonathan Ross Show · as Self - Guest
2007
Would I Lie to You? · as Self - Guest
2006
The ONE Show · as Self
1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks · as Self - Team Captain
1991
Melbourne International Comedy Festival · as Self
1980
Granada Reports · as Self - Stand-Up Comic

2020
Alma's Not Normal · as Executive Producer

2020
Alma's Not Normal

2021
The Celebrity Circle · as Additional Writing
2018
The Circle · as Additional Writing