
Sophie Willan is a British stand up comedian, actress and writer. Willan was born in Bolton in 1987 to a heroin addicted mother. Her early life was difficult and she spent time in care. She later worked as an escort, and sex work is chronicled in her show one-woman stand up show, Branded. She became the recipient of the first ever Caroline Aherne Bursary award from the BBC for 2017-'18 and has won several awards for her stand up, including Edinburgh's Best Newcomer in 2017. She narrates Channel 4 reality gameshow The Circle and is a regular in BBC1 sitcom Still Open All Hours, as well as appearing in festive comedy Click and Collect alongside Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry. In 2021, BBC2 broadcast the first series of her BAFTA-winning semi-autobiographical sitcom Alma's Not Normal to critical and commercial acclaim. A second and seemingly final series was aired in 2024.

The Last Leg
TV • 2013

Taskmaster
TV • 2015

The Weakest Link
TV • 2021

Michael McIntyre's The Wheel
TV • 2020

RuPaul's Drag Race UK
TV • 2019

Time
TV • 2021

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV • 2014

Richard Osman's House of Games
TV • 2017

The Russell Howard Hour
TV • 2017

Ludwig
TV • 2024

The Great Celebrity Bake Off for Stand Up To Cancer
TV • 2018

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 2021

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 2021

Still Open All Hours
TV • 2014

Small Prophets
TV • 2026

The Traitors: Uncloaked
TV • 2024

The Circle
TV • 2018

This Is My House
TV • 2021