Roisin Conaty
Roisin Marcella Conaty ( ; born 26 March 1979) is an English actress, comedian and writer. She won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival in 2010 for her show "Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar". She played Jo in Channel 4 sitcom "Man Down" from 2013 to 2017. In early 2014, the pilot of the sitcom "GameFace", of which she is the writer, lead actress and executive producer, aired on Channel 4. The first full series aired in 2017 on both E4 and Hulu in the US. The second series aired on Channel 4 and Hulu in July 2019. Conaty  won the 'Heat Unmissables' Comedian of the Year award in 2019. She played Roxy in the first two seasons of the Ricky Gervais Netflix comedy-drama series "After Life". Early life. Conaty was born in Camden, London. Her parents were both from Ireland but met in London. Her father, from Virginia, County Cavan, worked for Aer Lingus and her mother, from Dromcolliher, County Limerick, was a nurse. Conaty grew up in Camden with her younger sister, Siobhan, and spent summers in Ireland in County Kerry and County Cork. She studied film at Middlesex University and had several office jobs before  starting her comedy career at the age of 24. Life and stand-up. In 2010, Conaty won the Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Festival for her show "Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar". In April 2011, she performed her show at the Melbourne Comedy Festival. She followed that show up with "Lifehunter" in 2013. Television stand-up. In November 2010, she appeared on series 3, episode 4 of "Russell Howard's Good News". Other stand-up performances include "The Angina Monologues", alongside Victoria Wood, Jo Brand, Andi Osho, Isy Suttie and Katy Brand for Sky Television, "Russell Howard's Stand Up  Central" on Comedy Central and "Live at the Apollo" in December 2015. In 2016, she was a guest on the "Jonathan Ross Show". Conaty has appeared on a number of panel shows, including "Have I Got News for You", "8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown", "Insert Name Here", "A League of Their Own", "Would I Lie to You?", "Hypothetical", and "Room 101". She starred in the BBC Three version of "Impractical Jokers". She was one of the original cast of comedians in series 1 of "Taskmaster" on Dave. "Taskmaster" creator and co-host Alex Horne said of Conaty, that  she was "the worst. But also one of my favourites." Conaty appeared on the "Big Fat Quiz Of Everything" on 7 January 2021 on a team with Rob Beckett. Acting. Conaty played Jo in the Channel 4 sitcom "Man Down", alongside Greg Davies, from 2013 to 2017; and in Ricky Gervais' film "". In March 2019, she featured in the Netflix comedy-drama series "After Life" as Daphne/Roxy. Conaty created, wrote and starred in two seasons of "GameFace". Writing. In 2014, she wrote and starred in the pilot of her sitcom "GameFace", in which she plays a struggling actor named  Marcella. The pilot aired on Channel 4 in April 2014, following which a full series was commissioned, which premiered on E4 in October 2017. The second series debuted in July 2019 with critical acclaim.