Here is my list of the top ten best and funniest British female comedians. It is for entertainment purpose and based on my opinion. You can feel free to disagree in the comment section by suggesting a British female comedian who would have made the list a complete one.
1. Kate Smurthwaite
- Born: 9 December 1975
- Movies: One Rogue Reporter
- Genres: Satire, Political satire, News satire, Observational comedy
- Mediums: Stand-up comedy, Television
Kate Smurthwaite is a British comedian and political activist who is best known for performing stand-up around the UK and overseas including an annual comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe. She is a patron of Humanists UK. Smurthwaite is also known to have toured internationally, appearing in several countries including but not limited to Stockholm, Sweden, Tampere, Finland, and has appeared several times at the Malmö Comedy Festival in Sweden. Smurthwaite also teaches stand-up comedy through the City Academy in London.
2. Sarah Millican
- Born: 9 December 1975
- Movies: One Rogue Reporter
- Genres: Satire, Political satire, News satire, Observational comedy
- Mediums: Stand-up comedy, Television
English comedian Sarah Jane Millican has won the comedy award for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and was listed in Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour’s list of the 100 most powerful women in the United Kingdom. Millican has performed on numerous tours mainly throughout the United Kingdom over the years. She is the recipient of several accolades including the if.comedy award 2008 (Best Newcomer), Edinburgh Comedy Award 2010 (Best show nomination), and British Comedy Award.
3. Gina Yashere
- Born: 6 April 1974
- Mediums: Stand-up comedy, Television, Film
- Genre: Stand-up comedy, Satire
Gina Obedapo Iyashere has made many appearances on both British and American television. Yashere is known to be the first Briton to perform on Def Comedy Jam, an HBO television series produced by Russell Simmons. She became the newest British Correspondent for The Daily Show in 2017. She has appeared various television programmes, including in the comedy series The Lenny Henry Show, Married Single Other.
4. Jo Brand
Born: 23 July 1957
Height: 1.62 m
Spouse: Bernie Bourke (m. 1997)
Children: Eliza Bourke, Maisie Bourke
Josephine Grace Brand has been appearing in the list of the funniest acts in British comedy since 2003. Brand has appeared in several stand-up comedy series including but not limited to “The Brain Drain”, “Jo Brand Through the Cakehole”, “Getting On” and various television appearances including as a regular guest on ‘QI’, ‘Have I Got News for You’ and ‘Would I Lie to You?’.
5. Andi Osho
- Born: 27 January 1973
- Height: 1.69 m
- Movies: Lights Out, Shazam!, The Grid, Brit.I.Am, Amber, Max Cloud
- Mediums: Stand-up comedy, Television
Andi Osho whose real name is Yewande “Andi” Osho, is a British stand-up comedian, actress and television presenter. Osho is known to be the only person to have won more than one episode of Celebrity Mastermind, a British television quiz show broadcast by BBC television. She won the Nivea Funny Women award in 2017 and has performed at various comedy clubs and festivals across Britain.
6. London Hughes
- Born: 7 June 1989
- Education: Kingston University
- Medium: Television
London Hughes has won the Funny Women Award at the Comedy Store (London) in 2009. She also performed her stand-up show “To Catch a Dick” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and has appeared on The Stand Up Sketch Show on ITV2 and BBC2’s Mock the Week. Hughes moved to Los Angeles in February 2020 to focus on her Netflix projects, ‘Laughing Out Loud’. She has appeared in the list of BBC UK, women comedians.
7. Catherine Tate
- Born: 12 May 1968
- Height: 1.7 m
- Children: Erin Johanna Clark
Catherine Jane Ford is an English actress, comedian and writer who is the recipient of numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (2004–2007), as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and seven BAFTAs.
8. Ellie Taylor
- Born: 28 November 1983 (age 37 years), Brentwood, United Kingdom
- Height: 1.8 m
- Spouse: Phil Black (m. 2015)
- Education: University of York
Taylor is known to have written and performed 5 stand-up comedy shows: Elliementary (2015), Infidelliety (2016), This Guy (2017–2018), Cravings (2019), and Don’t Got This (2019–2020). Following her success, Taylor has been featured as a regular host on the BBC TV stand-up-comedy programme Live at the Apollo.
9. Sara Pascoe
- Born: 22 May 1981
- Spouse: Steen Raskopoulos (2020)
- Books: Animal: The Autobiography of a Female Body
English comedian and actress Sara Patricia Pascoe has appeared on TV programmes such as “8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown”, “QI”, “Stand Up for the Week”, “The Thick of It”, “Mock the Week”, and Taskmaster for the digital channel Dave. Pascoe’s six-part comedy series “Out Of Her Mind” has premiered on BBC Two in October 2020, as well as her new three-part BBC Two series called Last “Woman on Earth with Sara Pascoe” on 27 December 2020.
10. Rosie Jones
- Born: 24 June 1990
- Education: National Film & Television School (NFTS)
Rosie Jones is a British comedian and actress whose stand-up comedy relates to disability and sexuality, and has been described as dark comedy. She has ataxic cerebral palsy, which is the reason behind the slow speech pattern her comedy. Jones has described her style as “cheeky”, stating that she makes jokes that able-bodied people could not.
Source: Maggrand.com
