Harriet Kemsley

Harriet Kemsley (born 21 June 1987) is an English stand-up comedian.

Early life

Kemsley grew up in Canterbury, Kent. She studied English literature at Kingston University.

Career

Kemsley began stand-up in 2011 and within months won the Funny's Funny contest. In 2012, she won Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and Brighton Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and was named by Rhod Gilbert as one of the Ten Must See Comics of 2012.

Kemsley has appeared on Sam Delaney's News Thing, Roast Battle, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She and then-fiancé Bobby Mair appeared on a Viceland reality show in 2017, entitled Bobby & Harriet Get Married, featuring their wedding, officiated by comedian Romesh Ranganathan.

As an actress, she has appeared in the film Bonobo and on TV on Damned and Doctor Foster.

Kemsley married fellow comedian Bobby Mair in 2017. She used a stand-up set broadcast on 19 April 2024 as part of the last episode of The Now Show and The Jonathan Ross Show on 7 February 2026, S.23, Ep.1, to announce that she had completed her no-fault divorce, and uses the dating app Hinge.