Laura Smyth
Born
London
NationalityBritish
Occupation(s)English teacher and comedian
Known forwinning the Funny Women award

Laura Smyth is an English comedian and writer notable for winning the Funny Women award in 2019.[1]

Life

Smyth was brought up in East London. She was an English teacher.[2] She entered the Funny Women awards and after proceeding through the heats she won the main stage award in 2019.[3] This was the same award as Thanyia Moore had won the year before.[3]

She appeared on Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club on ITV in the second episode[4] and she was invited to Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled where she joined Alan Davies, Tez Ilyas, Sara Pascoe and Ade Edmondson for a chat.[5]

In 2022 it was announced that the BBC comedy Bad Education was to return for a new series with Jack Whitehall as executive producer and in the first episode. The "breakthrough" writing team[6] included Smyth, Nathan Bryon, Leila Navabi, Priya Hall and Ciaran Bartlett.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Funny Women Awards 2019 winners". British Comedy Guide. 2019-09-20. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  2. ↑ "BBC Radio 4 - Woman's Hour - 'The success feels like a reward for bravery': Five inspirational women who won big in 2019". BBC.
  3. 1 2 "Funny Women Awards". British Comedy Guide. 2016-04-18. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  4. ↑ "Jonathan Ross' Comedy Club Series 1, Episode 2". British Comedy Guide.
  5. ↑ "Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled Series 6, Episode 3". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  6. ↑ "Jon Petrie plans for the future of British comedy on the BBC". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
  7. ↑ Bennett, Steve. "Bad Education to return : News 2022 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-08-08.
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