Sophie Willan

Overview

Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
Oct 21, 1987 (37 years old)

Sophie Willan

Known For

Ludwig
TV Show 2024

Ludwig

John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a quest to discover his whereabouts.

This Is My House
0h 59m
TV Show 2021

This Is My House

Fake yourself at home. Four people, three fibbers, one house. Stacey Dooley challenges celebrity sleuths to nose around and figure out the real owner.

The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer
0h 56m
TV Show 2021

The Celebrity Circle for Stand Up to Cancer

Famous faces move into Britain's best-known apartment block, in aid of Stand Up To Cancer, as they compete to be crowned The Circle's most popular celebrity player

Victoria Wood: The Secret List
1h 0m
TV Show 2020

Victoria Wood: The Secret List

Back in 2009, Victoria wrote a list of her favourite moments from her seminal 80s series, intending to use it as a compilation show of self-selected best bits. The list remained locked away in her personal office until now. It features familiar favourites and often overlooked gems, but as these two programmes explore, the chosen sketches serve as a prediction of what was to come in an unparalleled career that crossed just about every genre of stage and screen.

Alma's Not Normal
0h 29m
TV Show 2020

Alma's Not Normal

Big dreams, no qualifications and always herself. Mum’s been sectioned, Gran’s too busy, but after a messy break-up, wild child Alma aims to break free in Bolton.

Click & Collect
0h 53m
Movie 2018

Click & Collect

To save his daughter's Christmas, Andrew goes on a road trip with Dev, his neighbour from hell, to buy an elusive Sparklehoof the Unicorn Princess.

The Circle
0h 50m
TV Show 2018

The Circle

Players from all walks of life will compete to win up to £50,000. All living in one modern block but separately in individual apartments, the players will never come face-to.face, and can only interact with one another through an specially-designed app called The Circle.

Biography

Sophie Willan is a British stand up comedian, actress and writer. Willan was born in Bolton in 1987 to a heroin addicted mother. Her early life was difficult and she spent time in care. She later worked as an escort, and sex work is chronicled in her show one-woman stand up show, Branded. She became the recipient of the first ever Caroline Aherne Bursary award from the BBC for 2017-'18 and has won several awards for her stand up, including Edinburgh's Best Newcomer in 2017. She narrates Channel 4 reality gameshow The Circle and is a regular in BBC1 sitcom Still Open All Hours, as well as appearing in festive comedy Click and Collect alongside Stephen Merchant and Asim Chaudhry. In 2021, BBC2 broadcast the first series of her BAFTA-winning semi-autobiographical sitcom Alma's Not Normal to critical and commercial acclaim. A second and seemingly final series was aired in 2024.

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