Katherine Ryan
- 41 years old
- Canadian
- Actor, writer and stand-up comedian
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Katherine Ryan hosts new game show pilot
New comedy format Make It Hard will be pilot with Katherine Ryan as host.
British Comedy Guide, 1st September 2022Katherine Ryan pregnant - comedian reveals she's expecting third child
Katherine Ryan has announced that she's pregnant with her third child just 13 months after giving birth to her youngest, Fred, whom she shares with husband Bobby Kootstra.
Niamh Shackleton, OK Magazine, 20th July 2022Katherine Ryan & Joe Wilkinson launch budget holiday show
Joe Wilkinson and Katherine Ryan will host a new factual entertainment series on Channel 4, hunting down the best holidays without breaking the bank.
British Comedy Guide, 7th July 2022Katherine Ryan's £1.1million payday
Katherine Ryan paid herself £1.15million last year, newly published company accounts have revealed. The comic took the amount in dividends from the company set up to deal with her affairs for the year ending in September.
Chortle, 1st July 2022Katherine Ryan: I kept my pregnancy secret from the BBC
She is the straight-talking comedian who isn't afraid to stand up for what she believes in. But Katherine Ryan admits being so terrified of losing work when she was expecting her baby that she lied to TV bosses.
Jane Atkinson, The Sun, 26th June 2022Katherine Ryan and Romesh Ranganathan pictured in Jersey for filming of new comedy
The pair are co-starring in the six-part series, Romantic Getaway, which sees the duo as a couple desperate for a baby, who decide to steal money from their boss in order to pay for IVF.
ITV, 22nd June 2022The new comedy establishment?
I couldn't help noticing recently that a lot of comedians are intertwined. In a fiercely competitve business a lot of solo stand-ups seem to be forming temporary double acts for podcasts and programmes. And the same people keep cropping up, creating what you might want to call, if you were so inclined, the new Comedy Establishment.
Bruce Dessau, Beyond The Joke, 19th June 2022Katherine Ryan claims colleagues on TV show were refused insurance because they were pregnant
Appearing on Lorraine today, Katherine spoke about how being in the industry was a "constant state of vigilance and assessment" and that she hadn't been trying to "name or out anyone".
Rose Hill, The Mirror, 16th June 2022Is comedy the last hiding place for predators?
Anotonia Hoyle investigates Kathryn Roberts, the female stand-up raped by a fellow comic and groping stage comperes.
Anotonia Hoyle, Daily Mail, 15th June 2022How Katherine Ryan's caustic brand of comedy was shaped by Irish craic
Coming from the politically correct landscape of Canada to Ireland for her childhood summer holidays introduced Katherine Ryan to the concept of banter. On those school breaks, the comedian found herself identifying with Cork's particular brand of caustic humour.
Lynne Kelleher, The Independent (Ireland), 12th June 2022