Harriet Kemsley
Acting • Born 1987-01-21
Biography
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.
Filmography
40 credits
Bonobo
Movie • 2014
Helen
Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child
Movie • 2023
Self
Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me
Movie • 2024
Self
You Build The Thing You Think You Are
Movie • 2020
Mother
Clash of the Comics
Movie • 2025
Self
Hamleys: Top 100 Toys of All Time
Movie • 2025
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV • 2013
Self - Contestant
Hypothetical
TV • 2019
Self
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV • 2014
Self
The Ranganation
TV • 2019
Self
Grave New World
TV • 2021
Harriet
Guessable
TV • 2020
Self
Mission: Accessible
TV • 2020
Self - Guest
Pants on Fire
TV • 2019
Self - Guest
Pants on Fire
TV • 2019
Self - Challenger
Roast Battle
TV • 2018
Self
This Is My House
TV • 2021
Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV • 2017
Self - Contestant
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
TV • 2010
Self - Host
8 Out of 10 Cats
TV • 2005
Self
Bobby and Harriet Get Married
TV • 2017
Battle In The Box
TV • 2024
Self
Big Brother: Late & Live
TV • 2023
Self
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV • 2013
Self
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 2021
Self - Panellist
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
TV • 2017
Self - Panellist
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
TV • 2025
Self
Pointless Celebrities
TV • 2011
Self - Contestant
A Load of Croc
TV • 2016
Meg Fish
Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet
TV • 2025
Self
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
TV • 2017
Self
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV • 2020
Self - Expert
The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self
MAFS UK: It's Official!
TV • 2023
Herself
Would I Lie to You?
TV • 2007
Self - Panellist
Live at the Apollo
TV • 2004
Self - Performer
Out of Order
TV • 2024
Self - Guest
The Weakest Link
TV • 2021
Self - Contestant
The Jonathan Ross Show
TV • 2011
Self