Fern Brady
- 38 years old
- Scottish
- Writer, stand-up comedian and actor
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Chortle Awards 2024 nominees announced
Julia Masli, Ian Smith, Ahir Shah, Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Paddy Young and Sam Campbell are amongst the comedians nominated in the 2024 Chortle Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 8th February 2024Fern Brady wins Nero Book Awards prize
Fern Brady's book Strong Female Character is the Non-Fiction category winner in the inaugural Nero Book Awards.
British Comedy Guide, 30th January 2024Tim Harding's comedy diary
Chortle, 26th January 2024Fern Brady: 'Why are female comics always expected to speak out?'
The fierce, feminist star of Taskmaster has been nominated for an award for her memoir about her late autism diagnosis. She tells Helen Brown about how others have responded to her book, predators in comedy, what TV execs thought of her stripping sitcom and why she's happy for people to know she's had Botox.
The Independent, 21st January 2024The Skinny's comedy forecast for 2024
The Skinny's Comedy Team reveal their hot picks for 2024.
The Skinny, 10th January 2024Fern Brady: 'Bloody everyone says they are bisexual now'
The author of the award-nominated memoir Strong Female Character on her early ambition to be a spy and why she'd never do a film about being autistic.
Jude Rogers, The Observer, 31st December 2023Fern Brady to tour new show I Gave You Milk To Drink
Following international dates, Fern Brady will tour the UK with stand-up show I Gave You Milk To Drink between August and November 2024.
British Comedy Guide, 15th December 2023Joke Books: 2023's best comedy books
2023 has been an absolute doozy when it comes to comedy books. We list the ones you need to unwrap this December.
Ben Venables, The Skinny, 15th December 2023Fern Brady & fellow comedians dominate The List magazine's Hot 100
Comedians dominate Scottish culture magazine The List's Hot 100 creative movers and shakers, with Fern Brady in the number 2 position, Marjolein Robertson at 3 and Kieran Hodgson at 9.
British Comedy Guide, 30th November 2023The List Hot 100 2023 Number 2: Fern Brady
After years building her profile on the stand-up scene allied to a career-boosting turn on Taskmaster, 2023 saw Fern Brady add podcast host and bestselling author to her burgeoning CV.
Kevin Fullerton, The List, 30th November 2023