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Angela Barnes
Angela Barnes (born 9 November 1976) is an English stand-up comedian, mostly known for her appearances on Mock the Week.
Barnes was born in Sidcup, London and brought up in Maidstone, Kent. She was educated at Invicta Grammar School then, in 1996, the University of Sussex in Brighton. Barnes had repeated ear infections as a child, resulting in hearing loss. She wears hearing aids.
After leaving university, Barnes trained as a nurse, later working in social care.
As a fan of comedy, Barnes ran comedy nights in Brighton. In the summer of 2008, her father died, who was an important influence on her comedy and had always encouraged her to become a comedian. A year after his death, she decided that life was too short not to pursue it as a career. She did a 12-week workshop in Brighton, and a few months later started her stage career.
Since winning the BBC Radio 2's New Comedy Award 2011, Barnes has continued to be a regular on the stand-up circuit, playing ever bigger venues. She has also appeared on Weekend Wogan's Children in Need Special and Russell Kane's Whistlestop Tour for BBC Radio 2, written for BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, played on Eddie Izzard's Laughs in the Park on BBC Two, appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three, developed her own series with BBC Radio Comedy, and performed at the Latitude Festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park.
In June 2013, Barnes became noted for an article in The Guardian that followed a blog post she had written, where she spoke about how she felt society treated people deemed ugly and her feelings as someone who self-identified as such. She returned to the subject in 2015 as the subject of her Edinburgh Fringe Show "Come As You Are".
In November 2013, Barnes joined the cast of the topical show Stand Up for the Week and, in February 2014, appeared on Radio 4's The Now Show. In November 2014 she appeared on Radio 4's The News Quiz and has become a regular panellist.
She has appeared on Mock the Week and Richard Osman's House of Games, where she was the first ever contestant to win all five days. She appeared on episode of Dave's As Yet Untitled alongside Alan Davies, Janet Street-Porter and Michael Ball and in mid-2016 toured New Zealand.
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Angela Barnes
Angela Barnes (born 9 November 1976) is an English stand-up comedian, mostly known for her appearances on Mock the Week.
Barnes was born in Sidcup, London and brought up in Maidstone, Kent. She was educated at Invicta Grammar School then, in 1996, the University of Sussex in Brighton. Barnes had repeated ear infections as a child, resulting in hearing loss. She wears hearing aids.
After leaving university, Barnes trained as a nurse, later working in social care.
As a fan of comedy, Barnes ran comedy nights in Brighton. In the summer of 2008, her father died, who was an important influence on her comedy and had always encouraged her to become a comedian. A year after his death, she decided that life was too short not to pursue it as a career. She did a 12-week workshop in Brighton, and a few months later started her stage career.
Since winning the BBC Radio 2's New Comedy Award 2011, Barnes has continued to be a regular on the stand-up circuit, playing ever bigger venues. She has also appeared on Weekend Wogan's Children in Need Special and Russell Kane's Whistlestop Tour for BBC Radio 2, written for BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, played on Eddie Izzard's Laughs in the Park on BBC Two, appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three, developed her own series with BBC Radio Comedy, and performed at the Latitude Festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park.
In June 2013, Barnes became noted for an article in The Guardian that followed a blog post she had written, where she spoke about how she felt society treated people deemed ugly and her feelings as someone who self-identified as such. She returned to the subject in 2015 as the subject of her Edinburgh Fringe Show "Come As You Are".
In November 2013, Barnes joined the cast of the topical show Stand Up for the Week and, in February 2014, appeared on Radio 4's The Now Show. In November 2014 she appeared on Radio 4's The News Quiz and has become a regular panellist.
She has appeared on Mock the Week and Richard Osman's House of Games, where she was the first ever contestant to win all five days. She appeared on episode of Dave's As Yet Untitled alongside Alan Davies, Janet Street-Porter and Michael Ball and in mid-2016 toured New Zealand.