Katherine Ryan

Katherine Ryan
Ryan in 2014
Born (1983-06-30) 30 June 1983
Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
Nationality Canadian, Irish
Children 1
Website www.katherineryan.co.uk

Katherine Ryan (born 30 June 1983) is a Canadian-Irish comedian, writer, presenter and actress, based in the United Kingdom.[1] 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,[2][3] BBC Two sitcom Episodes[4] and Don't Sit in the Front Row with Jack Dee.[4]

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.[5] In February 2017, Netflix released Katherine Ryan: In Trouble which features one of her live stand-up performances on a recent UK tour.[6][7]

Early life

Ryan's father, Finbar[8], is a draftsman and owner of an engineering company, who originally emigrated from Ireland to Canada. Her mother is Canadian and owns an IT Consulting company.[9] Ryan and her two younger sisters were born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario.[10] The three siblings spent time in Cork, Ireland visiting their paternal grandparents.[11]

Her parents split up when she was 15. When she was 18 years old, she decided to leave home and chose to study city planning at the University of Toronto. While attending university, she worked at Hooters and then began training other waitresses. She was fired from Hooters for writing on a board "club sandwiches not seals".[12] In her spare time she undertook open mic nights as an alternative form of personal entertainment and by graduation had developed a basic comedic routine.[9]

Career

After graduation, Ryan continued working for Hooters as a corporate trainer, travelling around Canada to train other waitresses, and helping to open the only UK branch in Nottingham. Her partner at the time wanted to explore London, so she agreed to do so for an initial month from summer 2007, moving there permanently from January 2008.[9][1]

As a comedian

Ryan performing stand-up in 2012

Ryan first appeared on television as herself on Channel 4's 8 Out of 10 Cats in 2012. She had previously appeared in the cast of Channel 4's Campus. On 23 February 2013, she appeared as a celebrity contestant on BBC One's Let's Dance for Comic Relief as Nicki Minaj dancing to "Starships". Ryan reached the final, and finished in fourth place. Ryan was later featured on the Whitney Cummings Just for Laughs 2013 Gala that was taped before a live audience on 28 July 2013.[13][14] She has since taken new routines to the Edinburgh Festival.[9]

In 2015, Ryan replaced Steve Jones as the presenter of Hair on BBC Two. Also in 2015, Ryan became a panellist for Tinie Tempah's team on Sky 1's music/comedy panel show Bring the Noise and on the ITV2 show, Safeword. In 2016, Ryan appeared on series 2 of Taskmaster. She beat Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Richard Osman and Jon Richardson, to win the entire series.[15]

She also went on a comedy tour in 2016, called Kathbum. In February 2017, Netflix released Katherine Ryan: In Trouble, featuring one of her stand-up comedy live performances on a recent UK tour.[7]

She joined Jimmy Carr in 2017, to host two series of the reboot of Your Face or Mine?

Other work

Ryan wrote a weekly column in the British entertainment magazine NME.[16]

On 6 June 2014, YouTube comedy duo Jack and Dean released a music video for their song "Consent", featuring Ryan in an acting role.[17]

In 2016, Ryan provided the voice of the stuck up white, odd-eyed cat and leader of The Sunshine Circle for Cats Ranceford in Disney XD and Teletoon's animated television series Counterfeit Cat.

Personal life

Ryan has a daughter by an ex-boyfriend.[18] She has faced two bouts of skin cancer.[19][20] She and her daughter live in Crouch End, London.[21] On season 1 episode 6 of Comedy Central's Roast Battle, Ryan announced that she was dating one of the contestants, fellow comedian Alex Edelman. Later, in UK tabloid The Sun she said "I don't see him but he's allegedly my boyfriend. We've been on-and-off for three years, so he's in some of my stories and then he's not. But he's definitely the best one I've ever dated."[22] Ryan can speak fluent French. [23]

References

  1. 1 2 "New Interview: Katherine Ryan". Beyond The Joke.
  2. ↑ Mellor, Louisa (12 April 2011). "Campus episode 2 review: The Culling Fields". Den of Geek. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  3. ↑ "Channel 4 goes off Campus : News 2011". Chortle. 29 June 2011. Retrieved 10 December 2012.
  4. 1 2 "Slipping makes her smile – Arts and Comedy". The News. 1 February 2013. Retrieved 1 February 2013.
  5. ↑ "Funny Women Awards head to Bath for talent show heat". BBC News. 4 May 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  6. ↑ "Katherine Ryan Doesn't Bite Her Tongue". pastemagazine.com. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  7. 1 2 "Cheeky Comedy Doesn't Get Katherine Ryan into Too Much 'Trouble' For Netflix". Decider | Where To Stream Movies & Shows on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Instant, HBO Go. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  8. ↑ "Series 6, Episode 7". Room 101: Extra Storage. 7 September 2018. BBC1.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Viv Groskop (7 August 2014). "Meet the queen of confessional comedy: Katherine Ryan". Evening Standard.
  10. ↑ "Comedy review: Katherine Ryan – News". Scotsman.com. 2 March 2011. Retrieved 4 December 2012.
  11. ↑ Was It Something I Said? (Series 1, Episode 4)
  12. ↑ mistervincenoir (7 January 2017), The Big Fat Quiz of Everything 2017, retrieved 23 May 2018
  13. ↑ Duguay, Denise (29 July 2013). "Just for Laughs closes with ... sex". Montreal Gazette. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  14. ↑ "Whitney Cummings Gala Press Release". Hahaha.com. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 2 August 2013.
  15. ↑ "Richard Osman will take on Katherine Ryan in Taskmaster". Digital Spy. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  16. ↑ "Katherine Ryan, Author at NME". NME. Retrieved 26 February 2017.
  17. ↑ Jack and Dean (6 June 2014), Consent – JACK AND DEAN, retrieved 26 October 2017
  18. ↑ "Katherine Ryan: In Trouble | Netflix Official Site". www.netflix.com. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  19. ↑ Harding, Oscar. "Exclusive interview with Katherine Ryan". What Culture. Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  20. ↑ "Comic Katherine Ryan looks on the bright side". Reading Chronicle. Berkshire Media Group. 23 February 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2014.
  21. ↑ Moore-Bridger, Benedict; Groskop, Viv (7 August 2014). "TV comedian Katherine Ryan gives her cheating boyfriend a star role in new show". London Evening Standard. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
  22. ↑ "Katherine Ryan chats working in Hooters and not being ashamed of her cosmetic surgery". The Sun. 5 August 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  23. ↑ "Romesh Talks To Katherine Ryan".
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