- Lucy Porter
Infobox Celebrity
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name = Lucy Porter
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birth_date = birth date and age|1973|01|27
occupation = Writer / Comedian
website = [http://www.lucyporter.co.uk www.lucyporter.co.uk]
footnotes =Lucy Porter (born 27th January,
1973 ,Croydon ) is an Englishactress ,writer andcomedian .She has performed at the Edinburgh Festival, the
Brighton Festival and many clubs around Britain. She has also a regular voice onBBC Radio 4 in various panel shows, including "Quote... Unquote " and "The Personality Test ".She is petite, and her stand-up style is characterised as chatty and charming while dealing with adult themes from a woman's point of view.
While working as a researcher for
Granada Television , on programmes such as "The Mrs Merton Show ", she began to perform stand-up comedy. Her first performance was at a club inChester , because that was far enough from home that if it went badly no one would know her. [cite web|first=Sabrina|last=George|title=LUCY PORTER CHATS WITH SABRINA - PART 1|work=New Comedy Radio |url=http://www.newcomedyradio.com/shows/show_files/lucyporterchatswithsabrinapart12006052300000052/lucy_porter-part-one.mp3 |format=mp3 |accessdate=2006-12-11]As an actress, she has made brief appearances in "Life's a Pitch" and "Absolute Power". Her first high profile acting role was alongside
Christian Slater in the stage version of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2004. She reprised her role of a nurse for the 2005London production.In 2005, she made regular appearances on "
Broken News " as Claudia Van Sant. [cite web |title=Lucy Porter |work=BBC Comedy Guide |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/guide/talent/p/porter_lucy.shtml |accessdate=2006-12-11]She has been one of the writers for all nine series of "
Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Sections ", appearing as a special guest performer in many editions. Porter also starred in "The Powder Room" alongsideJulia Morris andGina Yashere , which was also broadcast onBBC Radio 2 . [cite web |title=The Powder Room |work=epguides.com |url=http://epguides.com/PowderRoom/ |accessdate=2006-12-11]She is also the script writer for two series of
BBC Three 's cult classic, "".In July 2006 she appeared in the first episode of
Rob Brydon 's "Annually Retentive " panel show-based comedy. She was a panelist on show 7 of satirical news quiz show "Have I Got News For You's" 32nd series, [cite web|title=Have I Got News for You (1990) |work=Episode World |url=http://www.episodeworld.com/show/Have_I_Got_News_For_You |accessdate=2006-12-11] and has appeared on other popular UK panel shows, such as "Never Mind The Buzzcocks " and "Mock the Week ".In May 2007, Porter became host of a "
The Guardian "podcast , "Many Questions " and more recently 'The Heckle'. In June 2007, Porter came second in a celebrity edition of "The Weakest Link ". Porter appeared in 2007 onITV2 's "Comedy Cuts ", a programme showcasing the best of the British stand-up comedy circuit.Lucy Porter has recorded her stand-up show "The Good Life" for a DVD release by independent label Go Faster Stripe, [cite web|title=The Good Life |work=Go Faster Stripe |url=http://www.gofasterstripe.com/cgi-bin/website.cgi?page=videofull&id=4546 |accessdate=2008-06-23] and appeared in the 2008 series of "
Mock The Week ".References
External links
* [http://www.lucyporter.co.uk Lucy Porter's Website]
* [http://www.suchsmallportions.com/pagesfinal/features/lucyporterinterview.html Lucy Porter's Love In, interview from suchsmallportions.com]
* [http://thevoidcomedy.wordpress.com/2007/08/15/fringe-review-lucy-porters-love-in/ the-void.co.uk/comedy review of Lucy Porter at Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2007]
*imdb name|id=0692212|name=Lucy Porter
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