Katherine Ryan
| Katherine Ryan | |
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Ryan in 2014
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| Born |
June 30, 1983 Sarnia, Ontario, Canada |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Children | 1 |
| Website | www |
Katherine Ryan (born June 30, 1983) is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter and actress, based in London, UK. She has appeared on British panel shows including Mock the Week, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, A League of Their Own, 8 Out of 10 Cats, Would I Lie to You?, QI, Just a Minute, Safeword , and Have I Got News For You. In 2015, she replaced Steve Jones as the presenter of Hair on BBC Two. As an actress, she has appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Campus,BBC Two sitcom Episodes and Don't Sit in the Front Row with Jack Dee.
As a stand-up comedian, Ryan has appeared on the BBC's Live at the Apollo, both as a featured act and as a lead act. For her work, Ryan won the Nivea Funny Women Award, and was also runner-up in the Amused Moose Laugh-Off competition in 2008. In February 2017, Netflix released "Katherine Ryan: In Trouble" which features one of her live stand-up performances on a recent UK tour.
The daughter of an Irish-immigrant draughtsman father who owns an engineering company and a Canadian-born mother of Irish/English descent who owns an IT Consulting company. Ryan and her two younger sisters were born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario. The three siblings spent time in Cork, Ireland visiting their paternal grandparents.
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