Abi Roberts

Abi Roberts (born 1 June 1970)[1] is a Welsh stand-up comedian and political commentator. She has performed publicly as early as 2007 and has more recently appeared on GB News on numerous occasions.[2]

Abi Roberts
Abi Roberts, taken 2017.
NationalityWales, United Kingdom
Alma materSwansea University
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Moscow Conservatory
Occupation(s)Comedian, political commentator

Early life

Roberts was Born in Cardiff[3] and studied Russian and Italian at Swansea University. Additionally, she also attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and later the Moscow Conservatoire.

Career

She has appeared in a series of comedy sketch shows on the London stage and at the Edinburgh Festival. She has appeared in several satirical comedies, such as: Newsrevue, Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and Jonathan Harvey's stage show, Taking Charlie.

Roberts has been a regular on the stand-up comedy circuit's major clubs since 2011 and has performed across the UK and the US. She has appeared as a guest comedian on several radio stations, and appeared in the films One Under and The Honeymoon for Square Cat Films[4] and Bucketless for Sky Arts.[5]

In February 2016, she became the first UK comic to perform in Russia, and in Russian.[3] She has made several appearances on GB News,[6][7] as well as Good Morning Britain.[8]

Views

In June 2021, Roberts claimed that her agent dropped her for being a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (or TERF).[9] She is a Christian.[10]

References
  1. https://twitter.com/abiroberts/status/1664259205212123138?s=20
  2. BBC (3 May 2007). "Review: The Vagina Monolgues". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
  3. Mainwaring, Rachel (28 January 2016). "Welsh comic Abi Roberts is first UK stand up to perform in Russia - in Russian". Media Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  4. "The Honeymoon short film". UK Film Review. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  5. "The Honeymoon - a short film by Ruth Pickett - cast & crew". Ruth Pickett. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  6. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Uncancelled: Abi Roberts 'dropped for publicly supporting JK Rowling and Laurence Fox. YouTube.
  7. Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Abi Roberts: 'The more middle class a person is, the more they are offended'. YouTube.
  8. Bosotti, Aurora (5 April 2021). "'Didn't realise I was waking up in UKSSR' Abi Roberts erupts at vaccine passports plans". Daily Express. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
  9. GBNews. "Uncancelled: Abi Roberts 'dropped for publicly supporting JK Rowling and Laurence Fox". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
  10. Britain Is Not a Christian Country | feat. @AbiRobertsComedyDiva, retrieved 7 December 2022
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