Jessica Fostekew

Jessica Alice Fostekew (born 5 July 1983) is an English actor and stand-up comedian.[1][2][3][4][5]

Jessica Fostekew
Born (1983-07-05) 5 July 1983
Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Alma materLondon School of Economics
Occupations
  • Actor
  • comedian
Years active2008–present
Websitejessicafostekew.com

Biography

Fostekew was born in Sheffield in 1983 and grew up in Langton Matravers, Dorset.[6][7] She is of one-quarter Austrian ancestry. She earned an LL.B. from the London School of Economics.[4]

Fostekew has written for Mock The Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The News Quiz.[8] She has cohosted The Guilty Feminist.[9] In 2019, her show "Hench" was nominated for the Main Award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. In 2019 she appeared on Live at the Apollo and The Museum of Curiosity and in 2020 appeared on QI.[10]

In April 2022 Fostekew published an article in The Guardian criticising an election candidate for expressing opposition to the legality of same-sex marriage, arguing that this amounts to hate speech.[11]

Fostekew is a keen weightlifter and has integrated her hobby into her act.[12]

References
  1. Healy, Rachael (13 January 2020). "Joy of pecs: Jessica Fostekew, the weightlifting comic shredding body fascism" – via www.theguardian.com.
  2. "Q&A: Jessica Fostekew". 22 April 2015. Archived from the original on 18 July 2020. Retrieved 6 July 2020.
  3. Fostekew, Jessica [@jessicafostekew] (5 July 2015). "ITS MY BIRTHDAY SO PLEASE COME TO MY PREVIEWS @museumofcomedy on 17th, 18th & 19th. 2for1 with this code: MOC2FOR1 t.co/iafwzpiw0i" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 September 2021 – via Twitter.
  4. Best, Steve (21 September 2017). Joker Face: Over 450 Comedians Share Their Best One-liners. Unbound Publishing. ISBN 9781783523399 – via Google Books.
  5. Homan, Sidney; Rhinehart, Brian (22 February 2018). Comedy Acting for Theatre: The Art and Craft of Performing in Comedies. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 9781350012783 – via Google Books.
  6. "A Moment's Peace: Dancing Ledge, Dorset". 3 December 2014.
  7. "Hoovering: A Sea Breeze". 10 March 2015.
  8. "About Me".
  9. Frances-White, Deborah (31 December 2019). The Guilty Feminist: You Don't Have to Be Perfect to Overthrow the Patriarchy. Basic Books. ISBN 9781580059534 – via Google Books.
  10. "Stream Jessica Fostekew stand-up comedy". The Home of Stand-Up Comedy | NextUp Comedy. 1 March 2019.
  11. "Maureen from Lewisham doesn't approve of queer parents like me. That's my vote lost | Jessica Fostekew". TheGuardian.com. 24 April 2022.
  12. Logan, Brian (17 August 2019). "Jessica Fostekew review – punchy polemic about gender stereotyping" – via www.theguardian.com.
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