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Bridget Christie

Bridget Louise Christie(born 17 August 1971)[1][2]is an English stand-up comedian, actress and writer. She has written and performed comedy tours, in addition to radio and television work. She has been nominated for a BAFTA.

Bridget Christie
Bridget Christie onstage at Crap Comedy Festival, 2017.
Bridget Christie onstage at Crap Comedy Festival, 2017.
Born
Bridget Louise Christie

(1971-08-17)17 August 1971(age 53)
Gloucester,England
EducationAcademy of Live and Recorded Arts(BA)
Occupation(s)Stand-up, actress, writer
Years active2003–present
Spouse
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(m.2006;sep.2021)​
Children2
Websitebridgetchristie.co.uk

Early life and education

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Christie grew up inGloucester,England, the youngest of nine siblings born to parents from the west ofIreland:her father, Peter Christie, was fromBoylein the north ofCounty Roscommon,while her mother, Mary Anne (néeKelly), was fromManorhamiltonin the north ofCounty Leitrim.[3]She attendedSt Peter's Roman Catholic High Schoolin Gloucester.[4]

In 1994, Christie won a three-year scholarship to study drama at theAcademy of Live and Recorded ArtsinWandsworth,London.[5]

Career

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Christie appeared in theatre productions and adverts before she began stand-up in 2004.[5]She was one of the finalists in theFunny WomenAwards that year, won byZoe Lyons.She was described by the show's founder Lynne Parker as "one of the most influential funny women who has ever entered our competition".[6]

Her debutBBC Radio 4series,Bridget Christie Minds the Gap,was broadcast in April 2013.[7]A second series was broadcast in January 2015,[8]followed by a third,Bridget Christie's Utopia,in January 2018. [9]The three series were well received and won the Best Radio award at the 2014 Chortle Awards[10]and the 2014 Rose D'Or International Broadcasting Award.[11]

Her debut book,A Book for Her,was published in July 2015[12]to acclaim fromThe Daily Telegraph[13]andThe List[14]andThe Observer.[15]The paperback was released in February 2016 and the Spanish version in Barcelona in March 2017.[16]

Christie has written forThe Sunday Times,The Times,The IndependentandThe Observer.She had a weekly column inGuardian Weekendmagazine from October 2015 to March 2016.[17]

In 2015, she won aRedMagazineWomen of the Year Award[18]and aMarie ClaireWomen at the Top Award.[19]

In May 2016, Christie recorded her debut screen stand-up special,Stand Up for Her (Live fromHoxton Hall),produced byBaby CowProductions. It was released direct to Netflix on 31 March 2017.[20][21]

She has written and performed 13 solo shows.[22]The majority originated at theEdinburgh Festivaland includeA Bic for Her,An Ungrateful Womanand her Brexit-themedBecause You Demanded It,which wasThe Guardian's No 1 Comedy of the Year 2016.[23]

In 2020, she was a finalist for Best Scripted Comedy (Longform) in the BBC Audio Drama Awards.[5]

Television appearances

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Christie's TV appearances include comedy programmesIt's Kevin(BBC Two),QI,The Omid Djalili Show(BBC One),Harry Hill's Little Cracker(Sky),Anna and Katy(Channel 4),The Culture Show(BBC Two),Mel & Sue(ITV),Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled(Dave). andHave I Got News for You(BBC One) for which she was nominated for a 2014British Comedy Awardfor Best Female TV Comic,[24]theAlternative Comedy Experience(Comedy Central),Room 101(BBC One),Cardinal Burns(Channel 4),Celebrity Squares(ITV),This Week(BBC One) andHarry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule(ITV). In 2020 she appeared in BBC1's comedyGhostsas Annie, a ghost who said four words. She reprised the role in 2022.

Christie was a contestant in series 13 ofTaskmaster(Channel 4), which first aired in April 2022.

The Change

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Christie's first television seriesThe Changewas broadcast onChannel 4from 21 June 2023.[25][26]In the show, Bridget plays Linda, who finds a new lease of life when she learns she is undergoing menopause and heads to the forest on a journey of self-discovery.The Changewas produced by Lisa Mitchell and executive-produced by Christie, Nerys Evans and Morwenna Gordon.[26]

Radio

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Work forBBC Radio 4and others includesAndy Zaltzman'sHistory of the Third Millennium,Miranda Hart's House Party,It's Your Round,Sarah Millican's Support Group,TheFred MacAulayShow,Dan Tetsell'sThe 21st Century for Time Travellers,The Now Show,Kerry’s List,It's Not What You Know,Dilemma,French and Saunders' Christmas Show,andThe Casebook of Max and Ivan.In 2019 she became curator of the museum on the Radio 4 seriesThe Museum of Curiosity.

Mortal

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First broadcast in 2021, her four-part series for BBC Radio 4,Mortal,won the 2022 BBC Audio Drama Award.Mortalwas a series about life and death which she recorded herself from home during Covid lockdown.[27]

Utopia

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In her 2018 BBC Radio 4 showUtopia,Christie addressed world events –Kim Jong-un,the melting polar ice caps, theBrexitnegotiations andNick Knowlessinging a cover ofThe Beatles’ “Here Comes The Sun”.It was recorded in front of a studio audience at theBBC Radio Theatre.Christie was joined by special guests Mike Christie,Leyla Hussein,Sister Agatha & Fran Blockley.[28][29]

Bridget Christie Minds The Gap

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In 2013, Bridget's first BBC radio series was broadcast on Radio 4, covering her personal take on feminism, asking why it became a dirty word and whether women still need it, featuring token manFred MacAulay.The second series was released in 2015,[30]followed by a Christmas Special,Bridget Christie's Christmas List].[31]

Podcasts

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Christie has been guest on the podcastsDanielle Ward'sDo The Right Thing,Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast,Pappy'sFlatshare Slamdown,Jarlath Regan'sAn Irishman Abroad,Stuart Goldsmith’sThe Comedian’s Comedian,The Adam Buxton Podcast,The Penguin PodcastwithRichard E. Grant,Literary Death Match,Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster,and Spotify podcastWe Need to Talk About.

Solo stand-up shows

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  • Who Am I? (2021/2023)
  • What Now? (2018)
  • Mortal (2016/2017)
  • A Book for Her (2015)
  • An Ungrateful Woman (2014)
  • A Bic for Her (2013)
  • War Donkey (2012)
  • Housewife Surrealist (2011)
  • Bridget Christie / A Ant (2010)
  • My Daily Mail Hell (2009)
  • The Court of King Charles II – The Second (2008)
  • The Court of King Charles II (2007)
  • The Cheese Roll (2006)

Appearances in other shows

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Television appearances

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Awards

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  • Marie Claire– Women at the Top Awards 2015 – winner[19]
  • Redmagazine Women of the Year Awards 2015 (Creative) – winner[18][32]
  • South Bank Sky Arts Award for Best Comedy forA Bic for Her(2014) – winner[33]
  • Edinburgh Comedy Awardfor Best Show withA Bic for Her(2013) – winner[34][35]
  • Funny Women Best Show Fringe Award forThe Court of King Charles II(2007) – winner[36]

Personal life

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Christie is aCatholic.[37][38][39]She suffers fromtrypophobia.[40]

Christie and comedianStewart Leemarried in 2006,[41][1][42]and had two children[42]before separating amicably in 2021.[43][44]

References

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  2. ^Brand, Katy(8 March 2013)."International Women's Day 2013: Bridget Christie is trying her hardest to make feminism funny".The Daily Telegraph.Retrieved17 June2022.(subscription required)
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  11. ^"Newsletter – October 27th 2014…".www.bridgetchristie.co.uk.Retrieved17 June2022.
  12. ^Christie, Bridget (July 2015).A Book for Her.Random House.ISBN978-0099590842.
  13. ^McLaren, Iona (20 November 2015)."The 100 best books of 2015".The Daily Telegraph.Retrieved17 June2022.(subscription required)
  14. ^"Best comedy literature to buy this Christmas".The List.9 November 2015. Archived fromthe originalon 4 January 2017.Retrieved3 January2017.
  15. ^Groskop, Viv (20 July 2015)."A Book for Her by Bridget Christie review – a hybrid of writing and performance".The Guardian.ISSN0261-3077.Retrieved17 June2022.
  16. ^"Un libro para ella!".Chortle.26 June 2015.Retrieved17 June2022.
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  18. ^abLunn, Natasha (12 October 2015)."Heroines, trailblazers, pioneers: the Red Women of the Year winners".Red Magazine.Retrieved17 June2022.
  19. ^ab"Women At The Top Awards: Here's What We Learned In One Inspiring Night".Marie Claire.2 October 2015.Retrieved17 June2022.
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  23. ^Logan, Brian (13 December 2016)."Brian Logan's top 10 comedy of 2016".The Guardian.Retrieved17 June2022.
  24. ^"Winners 2014".The British Comedy Awards.Retrieved17 June2022.
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  26. ^ab"Watch The Change | Stream free on Channel 4".www.channel4.com.Retrieved26 July2023.
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  30. ^"Go Faster Stripe".www.gofasterstripe.com.Retrieved26 July2023.
  31. ^"BBC Radio 4 - Bridget Christie's Christmas List".BBC.Retrieved26 July2023.
  32. ^"Acaster and Christie do the double".Chortle.16 March 2015.Retrieved17 June2022.
  33. ^Osborn, Michael (27 January 2014)."Tracey Emin and Arctic Monkeys win South Bank awards".BBC News.Retrieved17 June2022.
  34. ^Brocklehurst, Steven (24 August 2013)."Bridget Christie wins Foster's Edinburgh comedy award".BBC News.Retrieved17 June2022.
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  38. ^"Interview: Bridget Christie On New Series The Change".Beyond The Joke.14 June 2023.Retrieved26 July2023.
  39. ^Christie, Bridget."Bridget Christie - Comedian, Actress, Mother, Clown. | Housewife Surrealist".www.bridgetchristie.co.uk.Retrieved26 July2023.
  40. ^"Quantity and Quality".QI.Season Q. 7 February 2020.BBC.
  41. ^Hanning, James (9 March 2014)."Stewart Lee: Beware – this man may be only joking".The Independent on Sunday.Retrieved17 June2022.
  42. ^abLogan, Brian (19 August 2014)."Take my husband: Stewart Lee, Bridget Christie and the rise of comedy couples".The Guardian.Retrieved17 June2022.
  43. ^Bennett, Steve."Stewart Lee and Bridget Christie have split".www.chortle.co.uk.Retrieved6 August2023.
  44. ^Woodcock, Zara (8 August 2023)."Stewart Lee splits from wife after 20 years as he 'moves on' with younger comic".The Mirror.Retrieved23 February2024.
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