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Jo Brand

Acting

Born July 23, 1957 · Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Biography

Josephine Grace Brand is an English comedian, presenter, actress and writer. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on Saturday Live, she went on to appear on The Brain Drain, Channel 4's Jo Brand Through the Cakehole, Getting On and various television appearances including as a regular guest on QI, Have I Got News for You and Would I Lie to You?. She also makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 4 in programmes such as The News Quiz and Just a Minute. From 2014 to 2025 she was the presenter of The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice. In 2003, Brand was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.

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Filmography30 titles

Taskmaster

2015as Self

Peppa Pig: My First Cinema Experience

2017as Mrs. Crocodile (voice)

QI

2003as Self - Panellist (archive footage)

Would I Lie to You?

2007as Self

Absolutely Fabulous

1992as Carmen

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

2012as Self - Contestant

The Graham Norton Show

2007as Self

8 Out of 10 Cats

2005as Self - Panelist

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

2014as Self - Guest

Jo Brand's Cats & Kittens

2017as Self

Gadget Man

2012

Getting On

2009as Nurse Kim Wilde

Mock the Week

2005as Self

Live at the Apollo

2004

Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable

2021as Self

Human Traffic

1999as Reality (voice)

Damned

2016as Rose Denby

Dying Laughing

2016as Self

Travel Man: 48 Hours in...

2015as Self - Guest

Getting On

2013Executive Producer

Ian Cognito: A Life and A Death on Stage

2022as Self

The More You Ignore Me

2018as Sandra

The F Word

2005

Richard Osman's House of Games

2017as Self - Contestant

Celebrity Antiques Road Trip

2011as Self - Participant

Question Time

1979as Self - Panellist

Countryfile

1988

Horrid Henry: The Movie

2011as Demon Dinner Lady

Clubland

2007Writer

The Radleys

2024Writer