Acting credits
26
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Consistent number of acting credits.
Actor
Sophie Willan
Acting
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Movies: 1Series: 25Crew credits: 2
TMDB ID: 1785481
IMDb ID: nm8139654
Known for: Acting
Born: October 21, 1987
Age: 38
Place of birth: Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
Gender: Female
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 2010 - 2026
Years active: 17
Average TMDB rating: 7.08
Wikidata: Q39001771
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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.
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Movie credits linked with Sophie Willan.
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sophie Willan.
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Unacceptable
2026 • Series
as Bev • 6 eps
Small Prophets
2026 • Series
as Holly Pinder • 12 eps
Ludwig
2024 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Traitors: Uncloaked
2024 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
Late Night Lycett
2023 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Weakest Link
2021 • Series
as Self - Panellist • 1 eps
Blankety Blank
2021 • Series
as Self - Guest Team Captain • 5 eps
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
2021 • Series
as Maeve Riley • 3 eps
Time
2021 • Series
as Narrator • 10 eps
This Is My House
2021 • Series
as Self - Narrator • 6 eps
The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer
2021 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
2020 • Series
as Self - Expert • 1 eps
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020 • Series
as Alma • 12 eps
Alma's Not Normal
2020 • Series
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
2019 • Series
as Self - Narrator • 62 eps
The Circle
2018 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
2018 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Russell Howard Hour
2017 • Series
as Self - Panellist • 5 eps
Richard Osman's House of Games
2017 • Series
as Self • 10 eps
Taskmaster
2015 • Series
as Ruby • 7 eps
Still Open All Hours
2014 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 3 eps
The Great British Sewing Bee
2013 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Last Leg
2013 • Series