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23
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Actor
Sophie Willan
Acting
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Movies: 1Series: 22Crew credits: 1
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: 6.95
Wikidata: Q39001771
Other jobs
Writer (1)
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.
9.7
Small Prophets
as Bev • 6 eps
2026 Series
7.7
Ludwig
as Holly Pinder • 12 eps
2024 Series
4.5
The Traitors: Uncloaked
as Self • 1 eps
2024 Series
4.3
Late Night Lycett
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2023 Series
6.0
The Weakest Link
as Self • 1 eps
2021 Series
7.8
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
as Self - Guest Team Captain • 5 eps
2021 Series
7.6
Time
as Maeve Riley • 3 eps
2021 Series
5.0
This Is My House
as Narrator • 10 eps
2021 Series
7.0
The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer
as Self - Narrator • 6 eps
2021 Series
7.0
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
as Self • 2 eps
2020 Series
5.6
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
as Self - Expert • 1 eps
2020 Series
7.3
Alma's Not Normal
as Alma • 12 eps
2020 Series
7.1
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
as Self - Guest Judge • 1 eps
2019 Series
7.1
The Circle
as Self - Narrator • 62 eps
2018 Series
7.4
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
2018 Series
8.0
The Russell Howard Hour
as Self • 1 eps
2017 Series
6.2
Richard Osman's House of Games
as Self - Panellist • 5 eps
2017 Series
8.3
Taskmaster
as Self • 10 eps
2015 Series
6.0
Still Open All Hours
as Ruby • 7 eps
2014 Series
7.2
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self • 1 eps
2014 Series
5.7
The Last Leg
as Self • 1 eps
2013 Series
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
as Self • 2 eps
2010 Series