Amy Gledhill
Years active2015–
Notable works and roles

Amy Gledhill is a British stand-up comedian. She has been nominated for Best Show at the UK National Comedy Awards and Best Show and Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Early life

Gledhill is from Hull,[1] and as part of her stand-up routine has said she is the youngest of seven children.[2]

Career

2018

In 2018 it was announced on the BBC One programme The One Show that Gledhill was the second winner of the Caroline Aherne Bursary. She received a cash prize and mentoring from a BBC commissioning editor.[3]

2019

As part of the comedy sketch double act The Delightful Sausage, with Chris Cantril, Gledhill was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival’s Comedy Awards for their show Ginsters Paradise.[4]

2021

In 2021 Gledhill appeared as Leslie in the BBC Two and BBC iPlayer comedy series Alma's Not Normal.[5]

2022

At the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival made her solo show debut.[6] Gledhill was nominated for Best Newcomer for her solo show The Girl Before The Girl You Marry in the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. She was also nominated for Best Show as part of her duo The Delightful Sausage.[7] She was the first person to be nominated for involvement in two shows in the same year since Dan Antopolski in 2000.[8]

2023

In 2023 Gledhill embarked on her first solo UK tour. This came after a sold-out run at the Soho Theatre in London.[9] In January 2023 she hosted the BBC Sounds podcast ’Obsessed with…Happy Valley’, alongside fellow comedian Issy Suttie in which they would discuss “fan theories and chat to familiar faces from the cast”.[10][11] In February 2023 Gledhill was nominated at the UK National Comedy Awards in the Best Stand-Up category for her show The Girl Before The Girl You Marry.[12] She appeared in the second series of the Channel 4 comedy Hullraisers.

Personal life

Gledhill lived in Leeds and Manchester before moving to London.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Healy, Rachael (18 November 2022). "The Delightful Sausage: 'Impostor syndrome has propelled us forward'". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 November 2023.
  2. ↑ "Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before the Girl You Marry at Edinburgh festival review — a properly hilarious comedian to watch". The Times.
  3. ↑ "Amy Gledhill wins Caroline Aherne bursary". Chortle.
  4. ↑ "Edinburgh Comedy awards 2019: surrealists, standups and sausage act vie for prize". The Guardian.
  5. ↑ "The hilarious BAFTA winning comedy 'Alma's not Normal' is available now. Northern comedian Amy Gledhill features in episodes 3 & 6 as Lesley". Anthearepresents.com.
  6. ↑ "PREVIEW- Amy Gledhill- The Girl Before The Girl You Marry". Deadlinenews.co.uk.
  7. ↑ "The Week on Stage at Edinburgh Fringe: Amy Gledhill, Colin Hoult, Vir Das, Age Is a Feeling". The Independent.
  8. ↑ "Comedy Awards nominees, Rhys Nicholson, Sam Campbell - Mark Muldoon's Fringe Diary". Comedy.co.uk.
  9. ↑ "Amy Gledhill: The Girl Before the Girl You Marry at Edinburgh festival review — a properly hilarious comedian to watch". Comedy.co.uk.
  10. ↑ "13 podcasts we can't wait to listen to in 2023, from Love, Janessa to The Squid Scam". Stylist.co.uk.
  11. ↑ "Everything You Need To Know About Happy Valley's Rhys Connah". Grazia Daily.
  12. ↑ "Joe Lycett and Mo Gilligan to receive National Comedy Awards". Chortle.co.uk.
  13. ↑ "The Delightful Sausage: 'Impostor syndrome has propelled us forward'". The Guardian.
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