Quick Facts
Biography
Roisin Conaty (/ˈroʊʃiːn ˈkɔːnətiː/; born 26 March 1979) is an English comedian and actress. She first performed stand-up on TV on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three. Since then, she has won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival.
Live and stand-up
In 2010, Conaty won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival for her show Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar, becoming one of only five women to receive an Edinburgh Comedy award in 30 years. In April 2011, she performed her show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.
Television stand-up
On 11 November, 2010, she appeared on series 3, episode 4 of Russell Howard's Good News. Her other stand-up performances include 'The Angina Monologues' with Victoria Wood, Jo Brand, Andi Osho, Isy Suttie and Katy Brand for Sky Television, Russell Howard's Stand Up Central on Comedy Central and Live at the Apollo in December 2015. In 2016, she was a guest on the "Jonathan Ross Chat Show" alongside Richard Gere, Jack Black and Berry Gordy.
Conaty has appeared on a number of panel shows including Have I Got News for You, 6 times, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Insert Name Here 'A League of their own", Would I Lie to You? and "Room 101". She starred in the BBC Three version of Impractical Jokers. She was one of the original cast of comedians in series 1 of "Taskmaster" on Dave.
Acting
Conaty plays Jo in the Channel 4 sitcom "Man down" alongside Greg Davies, Mike Wozniac, Isy Suttie and Stephanie Cole. In 2016, Conaty appeared in Ricky Gervais' David Brent: Life on the Road.
Writing
In 2014, she wrote and starred in the pilot of her sitcom GameFace, in which she played a struggling actress named Marcella which was aired on Channel 4. A full series of Gameface has been commissioned and will air in 2017.
