Harriet Kemsley

Acting

Harriet Kemsley

Born

1987-01-21 (39)

Place of birth

Canterbury, Kent, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

45 titles

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 co…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 5 titles

Clash of the Comics poster
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The Edinburgh Comedy Award-winning, total sell-out, global cult sensation is coming to the Eventim Apollo for its biggest and most spectacular show yet. CLASH OF THE COMICS is an epic, jaw-dropping night in which the biggest names in comedy really – yes, really – step into the ring, to take on each other and some of the UK’s biggest and best professional wrestlers

Clash of the Comics

2025

Hamleys: Top 100 Toys of All Time poster
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Hamleys throws open its doors for a celeb-packed celebration of the toys that defined generations. From timeless classics to modern icons, we explore the biggest toy crazes of the last 200 years.

Hamleys: Top 100 Toys of All Time

2025

You Build The Thing You Think You Are poster
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In 2018 Joz Norris had a breakdown that made him afraid to leave his own flat. In 2019 he was evicted from that flat and had to say goodbye to the identity he had constructed for himself in the eight years he lived there. You Build The Thing You Think You Are is an absurdist storytelling show about how we construct ourselves, about the accumulation of rubbish both in our heads and in our homes, about feeling more at home in your mind than in your body, and about the struggle to ever share any of this stuff with another human being. It's about a Romanian Troll/Goblin thing who just wants to sing the hits and learn how to dance; about a Van Morrison gig that accidentally came to be the cornerstone of a personality; and about a gong bath so profound that it caused someone's spine to grow by two inches.

You Build The Thing You Think You Are

2020

Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child poster
7.0

In her debut stand-up special, Harriet takes bad aim at being married (for now), motherhood and the beauty industry.

Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child

2023

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me poster
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Ridiculous things always happen to Harriet, but this year it’s out of control. She’s got to rebuild her whole life but she cannot work out which way the building-blocks go. The multi award-winning Harriet Kemsley is back with a new show about break-ups, sloths and trying to think positively while everything descends into absolute chaos.

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me

2024

Series credits

The Last Leg poster
5.7

Adam Hills and co-hosts Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker provide some offbeat commentary on the significant moments of the past seven days.

The Last Leg

2013

8 Out of 10 Cats poster
7.2

A weekly, topical panel show based around a huge series of opinion poll surveys carried out around Britain.

8 Out of 10 Cats

2005

Would I Lie to You? poster
7.8

A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.

Would I Lie to You?

2007

Would I Lie to You? poster
7.8

A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.

Would I Lie to You?

2007

Pointless Celebrities poster
6.3

Alexander Armstrong and Richard Osman present a celebrity version of the general knowledge quiz in which contestants try to come up with the answers that nobody else could think of.

Pointless Celebrities

2011

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster
7.4

Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

2013

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster
7.4

Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

2013

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster
7.4

Jimmy Carr hosts proceedings as the 8 Out of 10 Cats crew take over the words and numbers quiz.

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

2013

House of Games poster
6.1

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

House of Games

2017

House of Games poster
6.1

Each week a group of four famous faces go toe to toe in testing their general knowledge skills in a variety of entertaining games.

House of Games

2017

The Jonathan Ross Show poster
5.2

The Jonathan Ross Show is a British chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. It was first broadcast on ITV on 3 September 2011 and currently airs on Saturday evenings following the conclusion of Ross' BBC One chat show, Friday Night with Jonathan Ross, in July 2010.

The Jonathan Ross Show

2011

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel poster
5.6

Michael McIntyre hosts a gameshow packed with huge stars, big laughs and a giant spinning wheel. Can the contestants, guided by celebrity experts, answer their way to a fortune?

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

2020

The Weakest Link poster
6.0

Romesh Ranganathan takes charge of the back-stabbing big money game show. Can the contestants create a chain of answers and avoid the boot?

The Weakest Link

2021

Big Brother: Late & Live poster
4.2

Big Brother hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best present from a studio just a stone's throw from the Big Brother house, featuring celebrity guests and a live studio audience.

Big Brother: Late & Live

2023

Live at the Apollo poster
6.9

A British stand-up comedy programme performed from the Hammersmith Apollo Theatre in west London.

Live at the Apollo

2004

Guessable poster
5.8

Packed with plenty of take-away trivia, Guessable involves two celebrity teams competing to identify the famous name or object inside a mystery box. Sara Pascoe hosts the show with John Kearns on hand as her assistant. Alan Davies and Darren Harriott are the team captains, in a format that puts a twist on classic family games.

Guessable

2020

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster
7.9

The iconic pop culture panel show featuring host Greg Davies, who is joined by regulars Noel Fielding & Jamali Maddix for music-themed mayhem.

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

2021

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster
7.1

One of Britain’s favourite comedians doing what he does best – being funny. But Alan Davies isn’t on a stage, or behind his QI desk sparring with Stephen Fry, or even wearing his Jonathan Creek duffle coat… instead, Alan is at his most relaxed and most natural – sitting around chatting with some of his best comedian friends.

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

2014

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice poster
5.2

The show that gives fans another bite of Bake Off when one helping just isn't enough. Jo Brand chats to a panel of celebrities about all the action, and meets the latest baker to leave the tent.

The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice

2017

Hypothetical poster
6.2

Hosted by Josh Widdicombe and James Acaster, top comedians are posed absurd hypothetical situations and scored on how well they would deal with them. Over three rounds, two teams of comedians must think fast as they are faced with a series of completely made-up scenarios and interrogated on their approach to each one. Host Josh Widdicombe poses the questions and interrogates the guests' methods, whilst James Acaster, as arbiter of the Hypotheticals, deals with the guests quibbles and queries and doles out the points.

Hypothetical

2019

LOL: Last One Laughing UK poster
7.7

Famous for his dark humour, one liners and THAT laugh, Jimmy Carr challenges 10 of Britain’s funniest comics to spend the day together without so much as cracking a smile. The 10 comics use every ounce of their comedic talents to try and break their opponents without cracking up themselves.

LOL: Last One Laughing UK

2025

Roast Battle poster
7.0

Roast Battle is a British roast comedy show that is broadcast on Comedy Central. The show is hosted by Jimmy Carr and features comedians facing each other in roast battles. The show was created by American comedians Jeff Ross and Brian Moses and is based on their Comedy Central series Jeff Ross Presents Roast Battle on which Carr has appeared as a contestant.

Roast Battle

2018

The Ranganation poster
6.9

Romesh Ranganathan, joined by celebrity guests and the Ranganation, his very own focus group of 25 members of the public, takes a funny, topical look at modern Britain.

The Ranganation

2019

The Hit List poster
6.0

Music quiz in which contestants try to recognise as many hit songs and artists as possible, under intense pressure.

The Hit List

2019

Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet poster
5.0

Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet is a studio comedy entertainment show all about the very worst things on the internet (that we're legally able to talk about on broadcast television). Every episode, Iain roasts social clips, posts and trends, with three famous faces - comedians, online celebrities and TV personalities - joining him each week to tackle their own online bugbears.

Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet

2025

This Is My House poster
5.0

Fake yourself at home. Four people, three fibbers, one house. Stacey Dooley challenges celebrity sleuths to nose around and figure out the real owner.

This Is My House

2021

Unacceptable poster
5.1

Competing comedians as they try to convince a live studio audience of their most outrageous and unacceptable opinions. Hosted by Ed Gamble, with team captains Richard Ayoade & Joanne McNally.

Unacceptable

2026

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store poster
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Join Comedy Central at The Comedy Store to see Britain's best comics perform at London's best comedy club.

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store

2010

Out of Order poster
7.0

Host Rosie Jones pits Katherine Ryan and Judi Love's teams against each other in judging 'Rosie's Regulars'. Comedians compete in hilarious rounds, before one of the regulars play for a cash prize.

Out of Order

2024

MAFS UK: It's Official! With Lucinda Light poster
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Fascinators at the ready: it's the official Married at First Sight UK podcast! Get ready for marriage mayhem, wedded bliss and all the drama and gossip from the biggest MAFS UK moments.

MAFS UK: It's Official! With Lucinda Light

2023

Battle In The Box poster
7.0

Jimmy Carr hosts a outlandish game show where pairs of comics and some of the nation's favourite celebrities battle it out for pride, prizes, and floorspace while living in a box.

Battle In The Box

2024

Pants on Fire poster
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Emma Willis hosts this comedy bluffing show in which three daredevil teams attempt some of the stupidest, bravest but often pointless challenges in locations around the globe, and then have to convince a celebrity jury they have been successful - even if they haven't.

Pants on Fire

2019

Pants on Fire poster
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Emma Willis hosts this comedy bluffing show in which three daredevil teams attempt some of the stupidest, bravest but often pointless challenges in locations around the globe, and then have to convince a celebrity jury they have been successful - even if they haven't.

Pants on Fire

2019

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Rosie Jones is on a mission to help disabled people plan fun-filled adventures. With her comedian pals in tow, Rosie visits places across the UK to compile a guide to the accessible British vacation.

Mission: Accessible

2020

Wagging Rights poster
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Follow five celebrities as they attempt to train their pet dogs to become show dogs.

Wagging Rights

2026

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A Load Of Croc is a flatshare sitcom like no other. A walking, talking crocodile is coached through the difficulties of life by Dorito Fish.

A Load of Croc

2016

Grave New World poster
10.0

Stuart Laws takes an in-depth look at life after a pandemic and how the familiar we knew has changed forever. This mini series gets some of the UK's best comedians to ask the questions we've been afraid to ask like "What?", "How?" and "Why?"

Grave New World

2021

Bobby and Harriet Get Married poster
6.0

A Naturally hilarious slice of life mini series, that follows the natural comic genius that is Bobby Mair and Harriet Kemsley, they have found love in each other & they try to plan the perfect wedding. Watch them navigate their finances, wedding plans, Uber addiction, writing the perfect vows, Venue, Dj, Tinder profile, plastic surgery, sex faces, uninvited guests, sabotage, unromantic gestures, Personal Demons & Allergies. Mix it altogether with old inappropriate friends, 2goats, mood swings, a pinch of doubt and a few famous faces. This is a laugh out loud funny look at the very real ups and downs involved in relationships, with hilarious conclusions.

Bobby and Harriet Get Married

2017

Behind the camera