Helen Bauer

Helen Ann Bauer (born 25 March 1991) is an English actor, comedian and writer known for her stand-up comedy in the UK and Berlin, Germany. She was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2019.

Early life Bauer is the middle of three children born in Wandsworth, London to Ann and Michael Bauer. and is of German heritage. Her mother ran a drama school from their home, which Helen attended. She attended Court Moor School in Fleet, Hampshire and Sixth Form College, Farnborough.

Career Bauer moved to Germany at 23 and began her stand-up career there.

In 2018, she shared a bill at the Pleasance Dome during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She debuted her first hour-long show, "Little Miss Baby Angel Face", at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019 and was nominated for the Best Newcomer award. Her subsequent shows have included Madam Good Tit in 2022 and Grand Supreme Darling Princess in 2023. Bauer toured her show Bless Her in 2025, for which she was nominated for the Next Up Biggest in Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Bless Her, as a work in progress, won Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards in 2025.

Bauer has appeared on Extraordinary, Am I Being Unreasonable?, Live at the Apollo, The Emily Atack Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Comedy Central Live, and Hypothetical. She created and starred in a sitcom pilot, Small Doses, for BBC Three. She starred as Pat in Sam Campbell's Channel 4 comedy series Make That Movie (2026).

Bauer co-hosted the Daddy Look at Me podcast with Rosie Jones. She currently hosts the Helen's Log podcast.

Influences Bauer has named Julia Davis as her comedy hero.

Filmography Acting

As herself Year Title Role Notes Ref2021 Hypothetical Panellist Series 3, episode 6 The Emily Atack Show Sketch ensemble Series 2, episode 3 2025 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Panellist Series 27, episode 12 Madam Good Tit Grand Supreme Darling Princess