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Andi Osho‌

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Andi Osho

Plaistow, London, England, UK

Andi Osho

Plaistow, London, England, UK

Gender

Female

Birthday

calendar1973-01-27

Popularity

star1.2

Biography

Andi was born in Stratford, East London and attended Sarah Bonnell Comprehensive School. She studied drama at Barking College of Technology where peers included Razaaq Adoti (Amistad (1997), Black Hawk Down (2001)), Sarah Webb, lead singer of acid jazz group D Influence and Idris Elba (Pacific Rim (2013), The Wire (2002)). She later went on to study TV production at Ravensbourne College of Design after which she took several roles at TV post production companies. Andi also worked in TV broadcasting at Walt Disney Television International and was the technical ops manager at new media start up, Where-It's-At. After working as a post production supervisor on ITV soap Night & Day (2001) Andi retrained as an actor at The Academy Drama School in London. She made her stage debut in 2003 and went on to appear at several renowned fringe and off-West End venues including The Arts Theatre, Riverside Studios, Kings Head and Liverpool Everyman. 2005 saw her "powerful" (Time Out) performance in Medea and as jazz singer, Dolly Rathebe in Who Killed Mr Drum? Andi ended the year with a No. 1 tour of Dael Orlandersmith's Pulitzer nominated play, Yellowman which received critical praise. Andi's TV debut was in long-running BBC soap EastEnders (1985). In 2007 Andi began performing stand up comedy and in July of that year won the coveted Funny Women award at London's Comedy Store. She went on to be runner up at Hackney Empire New Act of The Year and Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year. This launched a successful television career which saw Andi make regular appearances on popular panel shows including Mock the Week (2005) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996). She has also made two appearances on Jack Dee Live at the Apollo (2004) as well as three sell out tours of her solo stand up shows, All The Single Ladies and Afroblighty. She performed live, in front of a 15,000 strong audience at London's O2 arena for the Channel 4 Great Ormond Street Comedy Gala. She made her feature debut in Swinging with the Finkels (2011) opposite Sherlock (2010) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) star Martin Freeman. Andi is an accomplished writer (The One Lenny (2011) and Stand Up for the Week (2010) (in which she also appeared). Andi is also developing her own film and television projects. She has written for Fox US and BBC TV and Radio and for several newspapers including The Times and The I and is a regular blogger. In 2014 Andi wrote and produced Brit.i.am (2014), a crowd-sourced short film about Britishness which went on to win three awards and was officially selected for ten festivals. She recently completed her second short, The Grid (2015), a sci thriller starring newcomer Stony Blyden and Eastenders alumni Troy Titus-Adams.

Movie Credits

A Castle for Christmas

A Castle for Christmas‌
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calendar 2021

Max Cloud

Max Cloud‌
star4.9
calendar 2020

The Stranger in Our Bed

The Stranger in Our Bed‌
star5.9
calendar 2022

The Grid

The Grid‌
star4.0
calendar 2015

Lights Out

Lights Out‌
star6.4
calendar 2016

The Angina Monologues

The Angina Monologues‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

Shazam!

Shazam!‌
star7.0
calendar 2019

Jane

Jane‌
star0.0
calendar 2019

Michael McIntyre: In His Own Words

Michael McIntyre: In His Own Words‌
star10.0
calendar 2021

Tv Credits

The Graham Norton Show

The Graham Norton Show‌
star7.2
calendar 2007

Blue Lights

Blue Lights‌
star7.5
calendar 2023

Waking the Dead

Waking the Dead‌
star7.3
calendar 2001

Good Omens

Good Omens‌
star8.0
calendar 2019

Kiri

Kiri‌
star6.2
calendar 2018

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

@midnight with Chris Hardwick‌
star5.1
calendar 2013

Room 101

Room 101‌
star6.3
calendar 1994

Curfew

Curfew‌
star5.6
calendar 2019

The Sandman

The Sandman‌
star7.9
calendar 2022

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

Never Mind the Buzzcocks‌
star7.0
calendar 1996

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

Let's Dance for Comic Relief‌
star6.7
calendar 2009

On the Edge

On the Edge‌
star7.0
calendar 2018

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store‌
star0.0
calendar 2010

Pandora

Pandora‌
star5.4
calendar 2019

Payback

Payback‌
star6.2
calendar 2023

Bill Nye Saves the World

Bill Nye Saves the World‌
star3.6
calendar 2017

You & Me

You & Me‌
star7.7
calendar 2023

Death in Paradise

Death in Paradise‌
star7.5
calendar 2011

I May Destroy You

I May Destroy You‌
star7.4
calendar 2020

Between the Covers

Between the Covers‌
star5.5
calendar 2020

Breeders

Breeders‌
star7.0
calendar 2020

Pointless Celebrities

Pointless Celebrities‌
star6.1
calendar 2011

Sex Education

Sex Education‌
star8.2
calendar 2019