Wendy Wason

A Scottish actress and comedian, Wendy launched her comedy career in 2004, getting to the final of Funny Women and semi-finals of So You Think You’re Funny at the Edinburgh Fringe the following year. She was already an established actress with roles in Coupling and the IT Crowd working with everyone from Chris O’Dowd and Nicholas Lyndhurst to Johnny Depp and John Malkovich. February 2014 saw Wendy nominated for best actress in Hollywood for British Hustle, the Toscars spoof. Whilst her acting career continues, her comedy career has taken off. 2008 saw Wendy in America on NBC’s Last Comic Standing and was also the year she did her first one-woman show at The Edinburgh Festival: Things I Didn’t Know. Her charisma and wit ensured packed houses. After the success of that she returned with three further solo shows culminating with this year’s knock out show, Hotel California. She has performed in all the major UK clubs such as Just the Tonic, The Glee Club, The Comedy Store, The Stand, and Laughter House in Dublin. In 2012 she was invited to the New York Comedy Festival and charmed audiences there too. She currently performs as part of The Cutting Edge at The Comedy Store in London and has written and stars in her own sitcom for BBC Scotland – Half My Age Plus Seven, due for broadcast in October 2014 and she writes for the Huffington Post. FILM OUTCAST Fantastic Films, Dir, Colm McCarthy 2010 THE LIBERTINE / Dolly Mr Mud Productions, Dir. Lawrence Dunsmore 2004 CLUB LE MONDE / Lizzie Outlaw Films, Dir. Simon Rumley 2002 THE CAMERO / Laura (lead) Dir. Jack Lothian 2002 PIPEDREAMS / Amelia (lead) Westminster Films, Dir.Nick Tanner 2001 THE TRUTH GAME / Kate Screen Prods, Dir Simon Rumley 2000 RESURRECTING BILL / Julia (lead) St Moritz Prods, Dir. Faye Jackson 1999 TELEVISION SHERLOCK Hartswood Films for BBC1 2013 AFTER YOU’VE GONE / Stella BBC 2008 DAN CLARK’S GUIDE TO WORKING Brown Eyed Boy 2007 MIDSOMER MURDERS Bentley Productions for ITV1 2006 BROKEN NEWS BBC 2005 THE IT CROWD Talkback for Channel 4 2005 TITTY BANG BANG Pett Productions for BBC3 2005 COUPLING BBC2 2002 VELVET SOUP BBC2 2002 FUN AT THE FUNERAL PARLOUR BBC3 2001