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.
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.
External links
IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/nm5624453
Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q63436808
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Filmography (Movies)
Hamleys: Top 100 Toys of All Time
Character:Self
Release Date:22/12/2025
Clash of the Comics
Character:Self
Release Date:28/11/2025
Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me
Character:Self
Release Date:15/08/2024
Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child
Character:Self
Release Date:12/10/2023
You Build The Thing You Think You Are
Character:Mother
Release Date:20/07/2020
Bonobo
Character:Helen
Release Date:05/12/2014
Television Appearances
Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet
Character:Self
LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Character:Self
Battle In The Box
Character:Self
Out of Order
Character:Self - Guest
Big Brother: Late & Live
Character:Self
MAFS UK: It's Official!
Character:Herself
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character:Self - Panellist
Grave New World
Character:Harriet
This Is My House
Character:Self
Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
Character:Self - Expert
Mission: Accessible
Character:Self - Guest
Guessable
Character:Self
Pants on Fire
Character:Self - Challenger
Pants on Fire
Character:Self - Guest
The Ranganation
Character:Self
Hypothetical
Character:Self
Roast Battle
Character:Self
Richard Osman's House of Games
Character:Self - Contestant
Richard Osman's House of Games
Character:Self - Panellist
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
Character:Self
Bobby and Harriet Get Married
Character:
A Load of Croc
Character:Meg Fish
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Character:Self
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Character:Self - Contestant
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
Character:Self
The Last Leg
Character:Self
Pointless Celebrities
Character:Self - Contestant
Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
Character:Self - Host
Would I Lie to You?
Character:Self
Would I Lie to You?
Character:Self - Panellist
8 Out of 10 Cats
Character:Self
Live at the Apollo
Character:Self - Performer
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