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Fern Brady

Fern Brady

Former comedy reviewer Fern Brady first tried stand up after the magazine she worked for suggested she write an article where she 'faked it' as a comedian. She enjoyed it so much that one year on, she embarked on a career as a stand-up, making the final of So You Think You're Funny at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2011, where she was placed joint third.

In 2021, her stand-up special Power & Chaos aired on BBC One and she also presented the Dave travelogue British as Folk alongside fellow comedians Ivo Graham and Darren Harriott.

She was a contestant in the 14th season of Taskmaster in 2022 and is author of the bestseller Strong Female Character, which in 2024 won the first Nero book award for non-fiction.

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Fern Brady tipped for the big time in the US

Comic makes Deadline's 'future of funny' list

Fern Brady has been named one of the top 15 comedians ‘on the verge of a big break’ by US-based entertainment industry website Deadline.

Reporters there quizzed sources to come up with the names they thought might hit the top of the industry in the coming years.

While Brady – the only UK act on the list - is well-known here, the release of her  first Netflix special, Autistic Bikini Queen, earlier this year is seen as a springboard to American success. 

Deadline said she is ‘known for her caustic wit, along with her exceptional writing and stagecraft’,while drawing attention the the success of her 2023 autobiography Strong Female Character, discussing everything from her Catholic upbringing and homelessness to her autism diagnosis.

The website said of its Future Of Funny list: ‘Generally speaking, our focus was on original voices, written material over crowd work, and comics who have not had their moment on one of these lists in years past.’

The other names on the list were: Chanel Ali, Jeff Arcuri, Katherine Blanford, Nico Carney, Aaron Chen (the only Australian on the list), Dina Hashem, Jordan Jensen, Matt Mathews, Chloe Radcliffe (who has had successful Edinburgh Fringe runs), Becky Robinson, Casey Rocket, KC Shornima, Gianmarco Soresi and René Vaca.

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Published: 18 Dec 2024

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Products

Book (2026)
High Energy Unpleasant by Fern Brady

Past Shows

Edinburgh Fringe 2013

Lunchtime Special 2013

One of Us Might Be Famous


Edinburgh Fringe 2014

Fern Brady and Peter Brush - Free


Edinburgh Fringe 2015

Fern Brady: People Are Idiots


Edinburgh Fringe 2016

Fern Brady: Male Comedienne


Edinburgh Fringe 2017

Fern Brady: Suffer, Fools!


Edinburgh Fringe 2019

Fern Brady: Power and Chaos


Edinburgh Fringe 2021

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen (Work in progress)


Edinburgh Fringe 2022

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen


Edinburgh Fringe 2024

Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk to Drink


Tour

Fern Brady: Autistic Bikini Queen

Fern Brady: I Gave You Milk To Drink

Fern Brady: Power and Chaos


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