Bekka Bowling

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Bekka Bowling
Bornc. 1988
Margate
Nationality British
Occupation(s)comedian and writer

Bekka Bowling (born c. 1988) is a British stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Early in her career she was a runner-up at the Funny Women awards. She has acted for the BBC and she has been commissioned as a screenwriter. She has collaborated with Charlie Brooker to assist in writing the Netflix series Black Mirror.

Life

Bowling was born about 1988 in Margate.

In 2011 she was runner up at the Funny Women awards. The competition was her first ever attempt at stand up comedy, [1] and she dealt with edgy subjects like incest. [2]

In 2016 she starred in the BBC Comedy "Limbo" as the pink-haired Neck with Ellie White and Sanjeev Bhaskar. [3]

In 2019 she was a lead in the BBC's "Thanks for the memories" [4] and the same year she led the ensemble of BBC film "Masters of Love" as the free-spirited Lily. [5]

In 2020 she stepped back from acting to focus solely on her screenwriting after signing a development deal with a major US network. [6]

In 2021 she was a writer and producer on David Weil's Solos , [7] writing and creating Jenny's story for Constance Wu. [8]

She was commissioned to adapt Beth O'Leary's novel The Switch into a screenplay for Amblin Partners in 2022. [9]

She is credited along with William Bridges, Ella Road and Bisha K. Ali as co-writers of USS Callister: Into Infinity. This is the feature length episode of series seven of the Netflix series Black Mirror. Charlie Brooker is the lead writer [10] and the episode was well received. [11]

References

  1. ↑ Guide, British Comedy (2016-04-18). "Funny Women Awards". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  2. ↑ "Blog | Funny Women". 2011-12-21. Archived from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  3. ↑ "BBC Three - Comedy Feeds, Series 5, Limbo". BBC. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  4. ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Bekka Bowling". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  5. ↑ "Masters of Love review – awkward sex and terrible hangovers". the Guardian. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  6. ↑ "Bekka Bowling". The Artists Partnership. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  7. ↑ "Amazon's new TV show gives actors 'nowhere to hide.' Here's how they did it". Los Angeles Times. 2021-05-21. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  8. ↑ "Helen Mirren among the stars in unsettling Amazon series Solos". Financial Times. 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  9. ↑ "Amblin Partners and Rachel Brosnahan to Make The Switch". www.businesswire.com. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
  10. ↑ "All The 'Black Mirror' Season 7 Episodes, Ranked From Worst To Best". ELLE. 2025-04-22. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
  11. ↑ Abele, Robert (2025-04-10). "How 'Black Mirror's' 'USS Callister' sequel became its 'most ambitious' episode yet". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2025-08-10.


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