Ashley Storrie

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Ashley Storrie
Born
Ashley Jane Storrie

(1986-04-19) 19 April 1986 (age 38)
Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation(s) Standup comedian, actress, writer, radio personality
Years active1990–present
Relatives Janey Godley (mother)

Ashley Jane Storrie (born 19 April 1986) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, presenter on radio and television, actress, and writer. [1] [2] [3] [4]

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Early life

Born on 19 April 1986[ citation needed ] in Glasgow, Scotland, to Sean Storrie, a pub landlord, and Janey Godley, an actress, writer and comedian. Storrie grew up in Calton, Glasgow. Her parents ran The Weavers Inn, a public house, [5] and Storrie's earliest memory of performing is singing The Deadwood Stage there. [6] [7] When they moved from the pub, the family relocated to the affluent West End of Glasgow, where Storrie attended Laurel Bank School in the Hillhead neighbourhood. [8] She was privately educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, in Glasgow. [9] Storrie's childhood is described in Godley's autobiography, Handstands in the Dark. [10]

Aged four, Storrie appeared in a Ken Loach-directed advertisement for Fairy. [11] In 1997, she appeared in a short film Wednesday's Child as the title character, and in 1999 appeared in her own Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, What Were You Doing When You Were 13?. [12]

Career

Since 2018, Storrie has presented a late night music and chat show on BBC Radio Scotland on Fridays, between 10pm and 1am. [13] [14] [15]

She has appeared on radio shows including The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4, Breaking the News on BBC Radio Scotland and The Funny Life Of show on BBC Radio Scotland [16] [17]

In 2016, Storrie received online recognition for her sketch videos, such as If Harry Potter Was Scottish. Storrie explained that when LADbible bought the video, it received 25 million views. When it was posted again the following year, it received 3 million views a day. [18] [19] If The Handmaid's Tale Was Scottish also went viral on Twitter; it was retweeted by Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale . [20] [21]

Storrie’s stand-up material tackles mental health, especially women’s issues (such as smear tests), aiming to reduce isolation through openness. In her 2019 Edinburgh Fringe show Hysterical Storrie used humour to address these topics, encouraging solidarity and connection among her audience. [22]

From 2019-20, Storrie copresented a BBC Scotland television show Up For It with comedians Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Rosco McClelland, with a series of challenges and skits. [23] [24]

Storrie was a 2020 Scottish Comedy Awards winner for best radio comic. [25]

2023-2024, Storrie recounted her lifestory in a twelve-episode comedy show on BBC Radio 4, What's the Story, Ashley Storrie?. The programme has been recommissioned by the BBC for a second series. [26] [27] [28] [29]

In 2023, Storrie co-presented a four-part BBC Scotland television series, Janey and Ashley Get A Real Job. Storrie and her mother, Janey Godley, challenged each other working in various industries, including jobs at a dairy farm, a construction site, in a factory, and at an airport check-in. [30] [31]

Dinosaur

In 2021, Storrie co-created the BBC Three comedy television series Dinosaur with Matilda Curtis. The show aired six full episodes in April 2024. [32] [33]

At the 2024 BAFTA Scotland Awards, Storrie was nominated for Best Actress - Television as Nina in Dinosaur . She was also nominated for Best Writer - Film/Television alongside Matilda Curtis. The show also received two other nominations: Best Scripted Television, and Best Director for Niamh McKeown, for four in total. [34] Storrie was also shorlisted for the audience favourite Scot award, voted for online by the public. [35] Storrie and Curtis shared the writer award. She had the most public online votes for the 'Favourite Scot on Screen. [36] [37] A few days later it was announced that Dinosaur would be a second series. [38]

Personal life

Storrie is autistic, but was not diagnosed until later in life. She has spoken about how this affected her growing up. [39] [40]

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