Katy Brand started her comedy career writing and performing with live sketch shows, including the acclaimed Ealing Live collective of character comedians.

It led to her one-woman show, Celebrities Are Gods, which she took to Edinburgh in 2005, and the following year he wrote and performed her own Channel 4 Comedy Lab, Slap!

In 2007, Brand was given her own ITV2 programme Katy Brand's Big Ass Show, which earned her the best female newcomer award at the 2008 British Comedy Awards.

She has also made brief appearances in Peep Show, Hyperdrive, Tittybangbang and Casualty.