Sophie Willan

Known for ActingBorn 1987-10-21 (age 38)Bolton, Lancashire, England, UK

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Small Prophets

Taskmaster

The Russell Howard Hour

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Ludwig

Time

Alma's Not Normal

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

RuPaul's Drag Race UK

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer

The Circle

The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer

Blankety Blank

Victoria Wood: The Secret List

Click & Collect

Richard Osman's House of Games

The Weakest Link

Still Open All Hours

The Last Leg

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel

This Is My House

The Traitors: Uncloaked

Late Night Lycett

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store