
Harriet Kemsley
Born
January 21, 1987 (38 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Canterbury, Kent, UK
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.
Known For

LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Self · (6 episodes)
2025

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me
Self
2024

Battle In The Box
Self · (2 episodes)
2024

Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child
Self
2023

Big Brother: Late & Live
Self · (1 episode)
2023

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Self - Panellist · (1 episode)
2021

Grave New World
Harriet · (4 episodes)
2021

This Is My House
Self · (1 episode)
2021
Mission: Accessible
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2020

Guessable
(1 episode)
2020

You Build The Thing You Think You Are
Mother
2020

Pants on Fire
Self - Challenger · (1 episode)
2019

Pants on Fire
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
2019

The Ranganation
Self · (1 episode)
2019

Hypothetical
Self · (3 episodes)
2019

Roast Battle
Self · (1 episode)
2018

Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Contestant · (5 episodes)
2017

Richard Osman's House of Games
Self - Panellist · (5 episodes)
2017

Bobby and Harriet Get Married
(6 episodes)
2017

Bonobo
Helen
2014

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self · (1 episode)
2014

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self - Contestant · (3 episodes)
2013

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Self · (1 episode)
2013

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
Self - Host · (1 episode)
2010

Would I Lie to You?
Self · (1 episode)
2007

8 Out of 10 Cats
Self · (3 episodes)
2005