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 12 Edinburgh Festival Fringe shows and several comedy tours, in addition to radio and television work. She has received multiple British and international comedy awards and is also an award-winning newspaper columnist and author.

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

(1971-08-17) 17 August 1971
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England
NationalityBritish
OccupationStand-up, actor, writer
Years active2003–present
Websitewww.bridgetchristie.co.uk

Early life and education

Christie grew up in Gloucester, England, the youngest of nine siblings born to Irish parents. She attended St Peter's Roman Catholic High School in Gloucester.[3]

In 1994 she won a three-year scholarship to study Drama at the Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in Wandsworth, London.[4]

Career

Christie appeared in various theatre productions and adverts before she began her stand-up career in 2004.[4]

Her debut BBC Radio 4 series, Bridget Christie Minds the Gap, was broadcast in April 2013. A second series was broadcast in January 2015 followed by a third, Bridget Christie's Utopia, in January 2018. The three series were very well received and won several radio awards including Best Radio at the 2014 Chortle Awards,[5] the 2014 Rose D'Or International Broadcasting Award[6] and a nomination for a Radio Academy Award 2014.[7]

Her debut book, A Book for Her, was published by Century Random House in hardback in July 2015 to critical acclaim,[8] from The Daily Telegraph[9] and The List[10] and The Observer.[11] The paperback was released in February 2016 and the Spanish version was launched in Barcelona in March 2017.[12]

Christie has written for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Times, The Independent, and The Observer. She had a weekly column in Guardian Weekend magazine from October 2015 to March 2016[13] for which she gained a Glamour Magazine 2016 award nomination. Christie also won a 2015 Red Magazine Award (Creative) and a Marie Claire Women at the Top Award (2015).

In May 2016 Christie recorded her debut stand-up special, Stand Up for Her (Live from Hoxton Hall), produced by Baby Cow Productions for BBC Worldwide. It was released direct to Netflix on 31 March 2017 making her the first British female stand-up on the streaming service.[14][15][16]

She has written and performed 12 critically acclaimed consecutive solo Edinburgh Festival shows. Her Edinburgh festival shows A Bic for Her, An Ungrateful Woman and her Brexit-themed "Because You Demanded It" topped the British Comedy Guide's List of Best Reviewed Shows at the fringe.

Because You Demanded It was The Guardian's No 1 Comedy of the Year 2016.[17]

Television appearances

Christie has appeared in several TV comedy programmes, including It's Kevin (BBC2), QI, The Omid Djalili Show (BBC1), Harry Hill's Little Cracker (Sky), Anna and Katy (Channel 4), The Culture Show (BBC2), Mel & Sue (ITV), Alan Davies As Yet Untitled (Dave). Have I Got News for You (BBC1) for which she was nominated for a 2014 British Comedy Award for Best Female TV comic,[18] the Alternative Comedy Experience (Comedy Central), Room 101 (TV series) (BBC1), Cardinal Burns (Channel 4), and Celebrity Squares (ITV) and This Week (BBC One) and Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule (ITV).

Radio

Radio work for BBC Radio 4 and others includes Broadcasting House, Andy Zaltzman's History of the Third Millennium, The News Quiz, Miranda Hart's House Party, It's Your Round, Sarah Millican's Support Group, Loose Ends, The Fred MacAulay Show, Dan Tetsell's The 21st Century for Time Travellers, The Now Show, Heresy, Kerry’s List, It's Not What You Know, The Unbelievable Truth, Dilemma, French and Saunders' Christmas Show, Steve Wright in the Afternoon, Radcliffe & Maconie and The Casebook of Max and Ivan. In 2019, she became curator of the museum on the Radio 4 series The Museum of Curiosity

Podcasts

Podcasts include Danielle Ward's Do The Right Thing, Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown, Jarlath Regan's An Irishman Abroad, Stuart Goldsmith’s The Comedian’s Comedian, The Adam Buxton Podcast and The Penguin Podcast with Richard E. Grant, Literary Death Match and Spotify podcast We Need to Talk About.

Solo Edinburgh Fringe / touring shows
  • 2018: What Now?
  • 2016/2017: Mortal (later re-titled 'Because You Demanded It')
  • 2015: A Book for Her
  • 2014: An Ungrateful Woman
  • 2013: A Bic for Her
  • 2012: War Donkey
  • 2011: Housewife Surrealist
  • 2010: A Ant
  • 2009: My Daily Mail Hell
  • 2008: The Court of King Charles II – The Second
  • 2007: The Court of King Charles II
  • 2006: The Cheese Roll

Appearances in other shows
  • White Rabbit, Red Rabbit, Edinburgh Fringe 2011
  • Celebrity Autobiography, Edinburgh Fringe 2010 and Leicester Square Theatre
  • The School for Scandal, Edinburgh Fringe 2009

Awards
  • Chortle Award for Best Show 2017 for Because You Demanded It – winner[19]
  • Glamour Magazine Award for Best Columnist 2016 for Guardian Weekend columns – nominee
  • Chortle Award for Best Book for A Book for Her (2016) – nominee[20][21]
  • Marie Claire – Women at the Top Awards 2015 – winner[22]
  • Red Magazine Women of the Year Awards 2015 (Creative) – winner[23]
  • British Comedy Awards 2015 – Best Female TV Comic – Nominee
  • Chortle Award for Best Tour for A Bic for Her/An Ungrateful Woman tour (2015) – winner[20]
  • Chortle Award for Best Radio Programme for Minds The Gap Series 2 (BBC R4) (2015) – winner[20][24]
  • Rose D’Or International Broadcasting Award for Best Radio Comedy for Minds The Gap (2014) – winner[25]
  • Chortle Award for Best Radio Series for Minds The Gap (BBC R4) (2014) – winner[20]
  • Hospital 100 Club Award for Performance and Theatre (2014) – winner[6]
  • Chortle Award for Best Show for A Bic For Her (2014) – winner[20]
  • South Bank Sky Arts Award for Best Comedy for A Bic For Her (2014) – winner[26]
  • Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Show with A BIC FOR HER (2013) – winner[27][28]
  • Hospital 100 Club Award for Broadcasting (2013)[29]
  • Chortle Award for Best Breakthrough Act (2009) – nominee[20]
  • Funny Women Best Show Fringe Award for The Court of King Charles II (2007) – winner

Personal life

Christie is married to fellow comedian Stewart Lee, with whom she has two children.[30]

References
  1. "Comedy profile: Bridget Christie", The Guardian, 26 March 2010; accessed 15 April 2013
  2. "International Women's Day 2013: Bridget Christie is trying her hardest to make feminism funny". Telegraph.co.uk. 8 March 2013.
  3. Jarlath Regan (16 January 2016). "Bridget Christie". An Irishman Abroad (Podcast) (122 ed.). SoundCloud. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  4. Christie, Bridget. "What On Earth Is Bridget Christie? | Bridget Christie". www.bridgetchristie.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2016.
  5. Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Bridget does the double at the Chortles: News 2014: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  6. Christie, Bridget. "October | 2014 | Bridget Christie". www.bridgetchristie.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  7. Staff, Radio Today. "2014 Radio Academy Awards: Full Winners". RadioToday. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  8. Christie, Bridget. "Press | Bridget Christie". www.bridgetchristie.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  9. "The 100 best books of 2015". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  10. "Best comedy literature to buy this Christmas". The List. 9 November 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  11. Groskop, Viv (20 July 2015). "A Book for Her by Bridget Christie review – a hybrid of writing and performance". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  12. Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Un libro para ella! : News 2015 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
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  14. "Bridget Christie: Stand Up for Her – Netflix". www.netflix.com.
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  16. "News: Bridget Christie Live Show On Netflix". Beyond The Joke. 1 April 2017.
  17. Logan, Brian. "Bridget tops Brian Logan's top 10 comedy of 2016 | Bridget Christie". www.theguardian.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  18. "The British Comedy Awards – The British Comedy Awards". www.britishcomedyawards.com. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  19. Clarke, Lewis. "Award-winning comedian Bridget Christie is bringing her new show show 'What Now?' to Devon". Devon Live. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  20. Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Chortle Awards : Awards 2014 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  21. Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Chortle Award 2016 winners named : News 2016 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  22. "Women At The Top Awards: Here's What We Learned In One Inspiring Night". Marie Claire. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  23. Lunn, Natasha. "Heroines, Trailblazers, Pioneers: The Red Women Of The Year Winners". Red Magazine. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  24. Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Acaster and Christie do the double: News 2015: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  25. "Awards". BBC Studios. Archived from the original on 11 May 2018. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  26. Osborn, Michael (27 January 2014). "Tracey Emin and Arctic Monkeys win South Bank awards". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  27. Brocklehurst, Steven (24 August 2013). "Bridget Christie wins Foster's Edinburgh comedy award". BBC News. Retrieved 3 January 2017.
  28. "Bridget Christie". Women in Humanities. University of Oxford. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  29. "About". The Hospital Club. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  30. "Take my husband: Stewart Lee". The Guardian 2014.
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