Sophie Willan
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- October 21, 1987 (age 39)
- Birthplace
- Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK
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.
Known For
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Filmography
Small Prophets
TV · as Bev · 6 eps
Ed Gamble's Unacceptable!
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
Live from the Lycett Arms
TV · as Self / Pub Manager · 1 ep
Jack Dee's Help Me Tiny Big Brain
TV · as Herself · 2 eps
The Great British Bake Off: Second Helpings
TV · as Self - Guest host · 1 ep
Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Ludwig
TV · as Holly Pinder · 6 eps
The Traitors: Uncloaked
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Late Night Lycett
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer
TV · as Self - Narrator · 6 eps
This Is My House
TV · as Narrator · 10 eps
The Weakest Link
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self - Guest Team Captain, Self - Team Captain · 5 eps
Time
TV · as Maeve Riley · 3 eps
Blankety Blank
TV · as Self - Panellist · 1 ep
Alma's Not Normal
TV · as Alma · 12 eps
Victoria Wood: The Secret List
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV · as Self - Expert · 1 ep
RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV · as Self - Guest Judge · 1 ep
Click & Collect
Movie · as Jessie
The Circle
TV · as Self - Narrator · 62 eps
The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Russell Howard Hour
TV · as Self · 1 ep
House of Games
TV · as Self - Panellist · 5 eps
Taskmaster
TV · as Self · 10 eps
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Still Open All Hours
TV · as Ruby · 7 eps
The Last Leg
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Great British Sewing Bee
TV · as Self - Presenter · 10 eps
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
TV · as Self · 2 eps