Lorna Rose Treen

Lorna Rose Treen (born 10 October 1994) is an English comedian and satirist.

Early life Treen grew up in Redditch before moving to Edinburgh to study philosophy at the University of Edinburgh. Her mother was a prison governor and her father worked in TV as a tech engineer.

Career Treen began performing improvisational comedy while studying at Edinburgh, joining the student group The Improverts. After completing her studies, she worked in journalism but found "she missed being out of her comfort zone" and moved to France to study comedy under master clown Philippe Gaulier at École Philippe Gaulier. In 2023, she won Chortle's Best Newcomer Award and was a finalist in the inaugural Sean Lock Comedy Award. At the 2023 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, she performed her debut character comedy show Skin Pigeon. With this show, she won the Funniest Joke of the Fringe.

In January 2024, the BBC announced that Treen alongside co-writer Jonathan Oldfield had been commissioned by BBC Radio 4 for Time of the Week, a comedy show which parodied women's current affairs and talk shows. Time of the Week premiered 6 June 2024 as a four-episode series and won the British Comedy Guide's Best Radio Sketch Show in February 2025. In November 2024, the BBC announced Time of the Week was recommissioned and it returned for series two in 2025.

In March 2024, she won Chortle’s Sketch, Variety or Improv Award.

Treen features in several episodes of No Rolls Barred, a YouTube channel about board gaming, as a guest participant.

In March 2026, it was announced that Treen was part of the inaugural writing team for Saturday Night Live UK.

Treen performed at the 2026 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where she headlined One Joke, an new event asking “how many comedians can tell one joke each, in an hour?". With this show, she won the Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize alongside producers Liebenspiel (Benjamin Alborough and Ellie BW) and compere Jonathan Oldfield.

Personal life Treen's partner is actor/director Jonathan Oldfield, who directed Skin Pigeon. Treen has dyslexia.

Awards and nominations Year Award Category Result Ref. 2022 Funny Women Awards Stage Award Funny Women Awards Shorts Award 2023 Chortle Awards 2023 Best Newcomer Sean Lock Comedy Award Dave's Funniest Joke of the Fringe 2024 Chortle Awards 2024 Best Sketch, Variety or Improv Award 2026 Edinburgh Comedy Awards Panel Prize