Andi Osho

British comedian (born 1973)

Andi Osho

Osho in 2013

Birth name| Yewande Morenike Osho
Born|  (1973-01-27) 27 January 1973 (age 51)
Plaistow, London, England
Medium| Stand-up, television
Years active| 2003–present
Website| andiosho.co.uk

Yewande "Andi" Osho (born 27 January 1973) is a British stand-up comedian, actress and television presenter.[1]

## Life and career

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Osho was born in Plaistow, East London,[2] to Nigerian parents.

After working in television production, Osho turned to acting in 2003. By 2006, she decided to go into stand-up comedy.[3] Osho spent a number of years working as a receptionist by day, while improving her stand-up comedy routines in the evenings.

In 2006, Osho starred as Alma in American playwright Dael Orlandersmith's drama Yellowman at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre. Other theatre work includes a performance in the title role of Medea (Barons Court Theatre, 2005), Amanda in Cigarettes, Coffee and Paranoia (King's Head Theatre, 2005) and Zimbabwean exile Faith in the devised piece Qabuka (Oval House Theatre, 2005).

Osho's television roles include Lin Colvin in Casualty, Adeola Brooker in Doctors, Dr Rogers in Footballers' Wives: Extra Time and Angela Parker in Sea of Souls. She has also appeared in Waking the Dead, EastEnders, Comedy Central's @midnight, Night and Day, Kiri, and Russell Brand and Friends for Channel 4.[4] In 2020 she appeared in Death in Paradise.[5]

Osho is also a playwright and one of the founding members of the London writers' group, Vowel Movement. She has contributed to News Review at London's Canal Cafe Theatre and in 2008, she co-devised a scratch performance of the stage play Up the Café de Paris for the Pulse Fringe Festival. In 2007, Osho wrote the comedy CSI: Nigeria, in production for BBC Three.

Osho has performed at various comedy clubs and festivals across Britain, including Jongleurs, the Comedy Store, the Reading Festival, the Pleasance Dome, the Chuckle Club, the Leicester Festival (Summer Sundae), the Comedy Café, the Shoreditch Comedy Festival, Comedy Camp and the Hackney Empire.[6]

Osho won the 2007 Nivea Funny Women award.[7][8]

Osho co-hosted Tonightly on Channel 4 and appeared in an E4 pilot, The Andi O Show.[9] She has also appeared on Mock the Week, Ask Rhod Gilbert, and is a regular performer on Stand Up for the Week.[10]

On 26 February 2011, Osho participated in Let's Dance for Comic Relief, performing a dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Bad". Despite positive comments from the judges, she did not progress to the final round after a public vote.[11]

Osho has won two episodes of Celebrity Mastermind. In 2011, she won the Comic Relief episode with The Matrix trilogy as her specialist subject and then in 2012, she took part in a regular episode choosing host John Humphrys as her specialist subject. Osho also takes an occasional presenting role for the comedy club section on BBC Radio 4 Extra.

On 19 June 2012, Osho made her debut in the BBC television medical drama Holby City as medical student Barbara Alcock for three episodes. In July 2014, she appeared in Finding Carter as Susan Sherman. Between 2016 and 2018 she presented Supershoppers with Anna Richardson on Channel 4, being replaced with Sabrina Grant. She took part and won £7,000 for charity in a celebrity edition of The Chase on ITV.[12]

Osho appears in David F. Sandberg's Lights Out and Shazam! as the same character, a social worker named Emma Glover.[13][14][15]

In 2021, Osho appeared in the sixth series of the police procedural drama series Line of Duty as journalist and investigative reporter Gail Vella, a murder victim whose case is supervised by DCI Joanne Davidson (Kelly Macdonald).[16]

Osho's debut novel, Asking for a Friend, was first published in 2021.[17][18]

## Filmography

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Key  †  | Denotes projects that have not yet been released

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### Film

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Year  | Film  | Role  | Notes

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2003  | The N7 | Jemma  | Short film
2009  | U Be Dead | FSS Scientist  | TV film
2011  | Swinging with the Finkels | Nurse Franklin  |
2013  | Scenes from Django Unchained | Django | Short film
2015  | The Grid | Anna Pascal  | Short film
That's Me Mr. Fantastic | Sally  | Short film
2016  | Lights Out | Emma  |
2017  | Daipool | Doctor Rhiannon Llewellyn Jones  | Short film
2019  | Shazam! | Ms E.B. Glover  |
Jane |  | Short film
2020  | Max Cloud | Sofia  |
2021  | A Castle for Christmas | Maisie  |
TBC  | The Stranger in Our Bed†  | Paula  | Post-production

### Television

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Year  | Film  | Role  | Notes

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2002  | Night and Day | Jo Radcliffe  | Episode: "Black Flowers"
2003  | 40 | Caller  | Mini-series
2004  | Waking the Dead | Policewoman  | Episode: "In Sight of the Lord"
2005  | Sea of Souls | Angela Parker  | Episode: "Omen"
Doctors | Adeola Brooker  | Episode: "In Custody"
Footballers' Wives: Extra Time | Doctor Rogers  | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1"
2006  | Casualty | Lin Colvin  | Episode: "Out of the Past"
2007  | Lewis | Receptionist  | Episode: "Whom the Gods Would Destroy"
Comedy Lab | Various roles  | Episode: "Ain't It Funny Being Coloured"
EastEnders | Midwife  | 3 episodes
2008  | True Heroes | Jackie  | Episode: "Grain Rescue"
2009  | Big Top | Mother  | Episode: "Boyfriend"
Paradox | Sonia  | Mini-series
2010  | Ladies of Letters | Agabatha  | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 10"
2011  | Psychoville | Registrar  | Episode: "Dinner Party"
Life of Riley | Sumi  | Episode: "The Bug"
2012  | Holby City | Barbara Alcock  | Recurring role, 3 episodes
2014  | Finding Carter | Susan Sherman  | Episode: "Pilot"
2015  | Uncle | DJ  | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 6"
Breaking Hollywood: One Actor at a Time | Claridia Fortune  | Series regular
2016  | Grime Town | Chivonne/Mardi  |
2017  | Halloween Comedy Shorts | Kehide/Taiwo  | Episode: "Twin Thing"
2018  | Kiri | Rochelle Akindele  | Series regular
2019  | Curfew | Jenny Donahue  | Series regular
Pandora | Rosa  | Episode: "Hurricane"
2020  | Death in Paradise | Precious Abellard  | Episode: "Now You See Him, Now You Don't"
On the Edge | Bisi  | Episode: "BBW"
I May Destroy You | Carrie  | Recurring role, 2 episodes
2021  | Line of Duty | Gail Vella  | Recurring role, 3 episodes
Stay Close | Simona  | Mini-series
2022  | The Sandman | Miranda Walker  | Recurring role
2023  | Blue Lights | PS Sandra Cliff  | Recurring role
Sex Education | Nicky Bowman  | Recurring role
Good Omens | Sitis  | Episode: "The Clue"
Payback | DI Jean Royce  | 8 episodes

## Awards and nominations

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Year  | Award  | Category  | Nominated work  | Result

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2011  | Screen Nation Award | Best Comedy Performance  | Live at the Apollo | Won
2014  | Aesthetica Short Film Festival Prize  | Best Short Film (with Adam Recht) | Brit.i.am | Nominated
Other Venice Film Festival Award  | Abbot Award (with Adam Recht) | Brit.i.am | Won
Red Dirt International Film Festival Award  | Best Experimental/Art Film (with Adam Recht) | Brit.i.am | Won
Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival  | Crazy Cell Phone (with Adam Recht) | Brit.i.am | Nominated

## References

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1. ^ "Biog". Andi Osho. Archived from the original on 6 January 2014. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
2. ^ In an interview for BBC Radio 4 Extra's MacAuley & Co in 2011 at the Edinburgh Festival, broadcast on 16 August 2011, Osho confirmed her age to be 38 on several occasions.
3. ^ Bindel, Julie (6 July 2007). "Interview: Andi Osho from the Guardian". The Guardian. London. Archived from the original on 7 March 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
4. ^ "Andi Osho: Karushi Management". Archived from the original on 11 June 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
5. ^ Weston, Christopher (27 February 2020). "DEATH IN PARADISE SEASON 9 EPISODE 8 CAST: GUEST STARS FRANCES TOMELTY, ANDI OSHO AND PETER DE JERSEY". Retrieved 1 July 2020.
6. ^ "Andi Osho: Comedy CV". Archived from the original on 26 December 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2009.
7. ^ Whiting, Kate (10 March 2011). "Digital girl stands up to be counted". The Press and Journal. Retrieved 11 March 2011.
8. ^ Guide, British Comedy (18 April 2016). "Funny Women Awards". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 7 August 2022.
9. ^ "British Comedy Guide: The Andi Osho Show". Retrieved 25 January 2009.
10. ^ Sweney, Mark (14 June 2010). "Channel 4 lines up topical standup show hosted by Patrick Kielty". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 18 June 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2010.
11. ^ "Let's Dance for Comic Relief". BBC One. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
12. ^ "Andi Osho on Instagram: "If you like drama I would strooooongly advise you watch the ep of The Chase that we taped tonight. It was INSANE. Great work by my cohorts…"". instagram.com. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
13. ^ "'Shazam!' & Horror Flick 'Lights Out' Share Same Cinematic Universe, Apparently". cbr.com. 9 June 2018. Archived from the original on 17 June 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
14. ^ "Credits | Andi Osho". 29 August 2018. Retrieved 2 November 2018.
15. ^ "r/DC_Cinematic – Comment by u/dauid on 'DISCUSSION: Was "Shazam!" not set to feature a character from "Lights Out" in an Easter Egg Cameo Appearance?'". reddit. 5 April 2019. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
16. ^ "Line of Duty on BBC One: Who plays murder victim Gail Vella? Comedian Andi Osho!". Entertainment Daily. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
17. ^ "Asking for a Friend".
18. ^ "Asking for a Friend – Andi Osho – Paperback".

## External links

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* Official website
* Andi Osho at IMDb
* Andi Osho at British Comedy Guide

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