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Factsheet

• Wanted to be a comedian since the age of 6.
• Played lacrosse while at Downe House.
• Influences include Eric Morecambe; Tony Hancock; Joyce Grenfell; and French and Saunders.
• First gained notice as a stand-up comedian at Scotland's Edinburgh Festival and on the London circuit.
• Broke through to public acclaim in Britain in 2008 with her old-school BBC comedy series Miranda.
• Supports Comic Relief, where she used to work as a personal assistant to the grants director.
• Transitioned to drama with the BBC/PBS series Call the Midwife.