Harriet Kemsley
Acting
Kemsley began stand-up in 2011 and within months won the Funny's Funny contest. In 2012, she won Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and Brighton Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and was named by Rhod Gilbert as one of the Ten Must See Comics of 2012. Her autobiographical solo show, Slutty Joan, was reviewed positively in The Guardian. She hosts a podcast, Why Is Harriet Crying?, with fellow comedian Sunil Patel. Kemsley has appeared on Sam Delaney's News Thing, Roast Battle, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She and then-fiancé Bobby Mair appeared on a Viceland reality show in 2017, entitled Bobby & Harriet Get Married, featuring their wedding, officiated by comedian Romesh Ranganathan. As an actress, she has appeared in the film Bonobo and on TV on Damned and Doctor Foster. She also provided the voice of Nashandra, the final boss of the video game Dark Souls II.
TV Shows(30)
Wagging Rights
Self
2026
Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet
Self
2025
Battle In The Box
Self
2024
Out of Order
Self - Guest
2024
Big Brother: Late & Live
Self
2023
MAFS UK: It’s Official! With Lucinda Light
Herself
2023
The Weakest Link
Self - Contestant
2021
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Panellist
2021
Grave New World
Harriet
2021
This Is My House
Self
2021
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Self - Expert
2020
Mission: Accessible
Self - Guest
2020
Guessable
Self
2020
Pants on Fire
Self - Challenger
2019
The Ranganation
Self
2019
Hypothetical
Self
2019
Roast Battle
Self
2018
Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant
2017
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Self
2017
Bobby and Harriet Get Married
2017
A Load of Croc
Meg Fish
2016
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self - Contestant
2013
The Last Leg
Self
2013
The Jonathan Ross Show
Self
2011
Pointless Celebrities
Self - Contestant
2011
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
Self - Host
2010
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005
Live at the Apollo
Self - Performer
2004
