Sophie Willan
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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Filmes (1)
Séries (29)
Jack Dee's Help Me Tiny Big Brain
2026 · Herself
The Great British Bake Off: Second Helpings
2026 · Self - Guest host
Live from the Lycett Arms
2026 · Self / Pub Manager
Ed Gamble's Unacceptable!
2026 · Self - Guest
Pequenos Profetas
2026 · Bev
Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet
2025 · Self
Ludwig
2024 · Holly Pinder
The Traitors: Uncloaked
2024 · Self
Late Night Lycett
2023 · Self - Guest
The Weakest Link
2021 · Self
Blankety Blank
2021 · Self - Panellist
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021 · Self - Guest Team Captain, Self - Team Captain
Prisão e Redenção
2021 · Maeve Riley
This Is My House
2021 · Narrator
The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer
2021 · Self - Narrator
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
2020 · Self
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020 · Self - Expert
Alma's Not Normal
2020 · Alma, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 · Self - Guest Judge
The Circle
2018 · Self - Narrator
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 · Self - Guest
The Russell Howard Hour
2017 · Self
House of Games
2017 · Self - Panellist
Taskmaster
2015 · Self
Still Open All Hours
2014 · Ruby
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014 · Self
The Great British Sewing Bee
2013 · Self - Presenter, Presenter
The Last Leg
2013 · Self
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
2010 · Self