Harriet Kemsley

Actor / Comedian

Photographer - Michael Shelford

Biography

Harriet is an award winning comedian, writer and actress. She has starred in the Viceland reality sitcom Bobby and Harriet: Get Married which she co-created and co-wrote with her husband Bobby Mair, to huge critical acclaim. She can also be seen on Dave’s Hypothetical, ITV’s Hey Tracey, Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, and is a recurring guest on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. Her other credits include hosting the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Club, The Radio 1 Comedy Lounge, BBC3’s Comedy Marathon, The One Show (Edinburgh Special) and Kevin’s Hart’s LOL Live.

Harriet’s awards include the Leicester Mercury New Act of the Year Finalist, Funny’s Funny Winner, Up The Creek New Act of the Year Winning and Leicester Square New Act of the Year Finalist.  She has been described by Time Out as ‘a very funny rising star’ and as one of Rhod Gilbert’s ‘Ten Comics to See’ in the Mail on Sunday.

Harriet Kemsley: Floozy (Work in Progress) at Edinburgh 2026

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Credits

Stage

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Harriet Kemsley: Honeysuckle Island (2022) Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2022
Harriet Kemsley: Slutty Joan (2018) Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2018
Harriet Kemsley: Bad At Doing (2017) The Caves, Edinburgh Festival
Harriet Kemsley: The Girl on The Wrong Train (2016) The Caves, Edinburgh Festival
Just for Laughs Montreal, Kevin Hart's LOL Live (2016)
Isy Suttie: The Actual One (2016) Tour Support
Latitude Festival (2015)
Festival No6 (2015)
Citadel Festival (2015)
Harriet Kemsley: Puppy Fat (2015) Pleasance Courtyard
Katherine Ryan: Kathbum (2015) Tour Support
Stewart Francis (2015) Tour Support
Oslo Comedy Festival (2014)
Katherine Ryan: Glam Role Model (2014) Tour Support
Latitude (2014)
Sky Cat Laughs Kilkenny Comedy Festival (2014)
Kerry Godliman (2014) Tour Support
Stephen Merchant: Hello Ladies (2013) Tour Support
Doc Brown Tour Support (2013) Tour Support
BBC3 Comedy Marathon (2012)

Radio

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BBC Radio 4's Comedy Club Presenter BBC
James Acaster’s Perfect Sounds BBC
Backchat BBC STUDIOS
Comedy Catalysts BBC

Television

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Comedians Giving Lectures DAVE
Live At The Apollo COMEDY CENTRAL
Undeniable COMEDY CENTRAL
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown ZEPPOTRON LTD
The Ranganation ZEPPOTRON LTD
As Yet Untitled PHIL MCINTYRE ENTERTAINMENT
Stand Up Sketch Show SPIRIT MEDIA
Hypothetical HAT TRICK PRODUCTION LTD
Mission Accessible with Rosie Jones ROCKERDALE STUDIOS LTD
Guessable Tuesday’s Child
Hey Tracey DR PLUTO FILMS
Greatest Toys of the 70s, 80s and 90s and Greatest Toys at Christmas BIG DEAL FILMS LTD
I Bet You Don`t Know CPL PRODUCTIONS LIMITED
8 Out of 10 Cats Zeppotron
Roast Battle UK Comedy Central
Love in the Countryside BBC

Biography

Harriet is an award winning comedian, writer and actress. Recently, she starred in the Viceland reality sitcom Bobby and Harriet: Get Married which she co-created and co-wrote with her husband Bobby Mair, to huge critical acclaim. She also performed on Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, Jo Brand’s Channel 4 series Damned, appeared on the most recent season of Doctor Foster for BBC and is a recurring guest on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. Her other credits include The Radio 1 Comedy Lounge, BBC3’s Comedy Marathon, The One Show (Edinburgh Special) and Kevin’s Hart’s LOL Live.

Harriet’s awards include the Leicester Mercury New Act of the Year Finalist, Funny’s Funny Winner, Up The Creek New Act of the Year Winning and Leicester Square New Act of the Year Finalist.  She has been described by Time Out as ‘a very funny rising star’ and as one of Rhod Gilbert’s ‘Ten Comics to See’ in the Mail on Sunday.

Credits

Television

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THE GIRL WHISPERER Actress Giles Alderson Figi Productions
A LOAD OF CROC Meg Fish Matthew Hightop Turtle Canyon Comedy
GRAVE NEW WORLD Harriet Stuart Laws Turtle Canon Comedy
JOHNNY PELHAM'S COMEDY SHORT Harriet Simon Neal Yellow Door Productions
DOCTOR FOSTER Waitress Jeremy Lovering Drama Republic
BOBBY & HARRIET GET MARRIED Harriet Rockerdale Studios
DAMNED Daisy Ronson Ian Fitzgibbon What Larks!/ Channel 4
THE ONE SHOW EDINBURGH SHOWCASE Herself BBC
LAWS OF FUNNY (PILOT) Herself Gary Monaghan Zodiac
SAM DELANEY'S NEWS THING Herself 30 Billion

Short Film

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FLU & ME Beastly Boss Eliot J Fallows YouTube

Other

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HABITS Donna Ted Wilkes YouTube
THE BOY WHISPERER (Online) Emma Giles Anderson Little Rock
PUPPY FAT (Short Film) Self MJ Delaney Princess Productions
LAUGHTER TRACK SITCOM (Rehearsed Reading) Suni Paul Ashton BBC
HARRIET'S GUIDE TO COOL ( Short Film - Pilot) Self Rebecca Papworth Princess Productions/BBC
THE TWO GENTLEMEN OF VERONA Julia Lotte Wakeham The Rose Theatre, Kingston

Stage

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DON’T DROP THE EGG Kate Edinburgh Fringe Festival
THE PECULIAR CASE OF KEMSLEY AND TODD Self / Creator Edinburgh Fringe Festival
STOVEPIPE Ensemble Michael Longhurst The Bush Theatre/Hightide
THE REVENGER'S TRAGEDY The Duchess Frank Whately and Jo Horton The Rose Theatre
THE CHERRY ORCHARD Madame Ranyevskya Jamie Harper Rose Theatre Studio
MOTHER COURAGE Frankie Kirsty Housley The National Theatre Studio
TRACES Various Tessa Walker Paines Plough
JAKE'S WOMEN Mollie Gigi Robarts The White Bear Theatre
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST Cecily Stuart Watson Putney Arts Theatre
THE MYSTERY PLAYS Virgin Mary Kevin Wood Canterbury Cathedral
YOU LOOK TASTY! Sue David Mercatali Supporting Wall

Film

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BONOBO Helen Matthew Knott Fable Films Ltd

Biography

Harriet is an award winning comedian, writer and actress. She has starred in the Viceland reality sitcom Bobby and Harriet: Get Married which she co-created and co-wrote with her husband Bobby Mair, to huge critical acclaim. She can also be seen on Dave’s Hypothetical, ITV’s Hey Tracey, Comedy Central’s Roast Battle, and is a recurring guest on 8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. Her other credits include hosting the BBC Radio 4 Comedy Club, The Radio 1 Comedy Lounge, BBC3’s Comedy Marathon, The One Show (Edinburgh Special) and Kevin’s Hart’s LOL Live.

Harriet’s awards include the Leicester Mercury New Act of the Year Finalist, Funny’s Funny Winner, Up The Creek New Act of the Year Winning and Leicester Square New Act of the Year Finalist.  She has been described by Time Out as ‘a very funny rising star’ and as one of Rhod Gilbert’s ‘Ten Comics to See’ in the Mail on Sunday.

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