Bella Hull | |
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 Bella Hull at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe | |
| Education | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Bella Hull is an English comedian and writer who has taken solo stand-up shows to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and made appearances on BBC and ITV television comedy shows.
Hull grew up in London and spent some time in Henley during holidays, after her parents separated. Her father is Indian. [1] Hull studied History of Art at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, from 2016-2019, where she was a member of Footlights. [2] [3]
Hull first performed at an open mic event at the age of 17, in a pub in London. She did some comedy while at Cambridge university, and was on the Footlights committee in 2018-2019, alongside Ania Magliano, and others. [4] She turned her attention to stand-up comedy in London after graduating. In 2019, Hull won the competition for the Yellow Comedy 'young comedian of the year', [5] and she continued doing some open mic work during the Covid pandemic. [6] In 2022, Hull took her show Babycakes to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time. This later ran at the Soho Theatre. [7]
In 2024 Hull took her show Piggie around the UK and then to the Edinburgh Fringe. [1] [8] Her 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show Doctors Hate Her won favourable reviews for its 'sharp writing and precise performance'. [9] The Standard declared her show to be 'hugely entertaining' with a 'superb closing pay-off'. [10] One of her jokes was rated as one of the funniest of the 2025 fringe. [11]
Hull has supported acts including Phil Wang and Russell Howard on tour, and has appeared on the Stand up sketch show on ITV2 and on Stand up for live comedy. [12]
In November 2025, Hull made her debut on the long-running BBC comedy show Have I Got News For You , with Richard Ayoade as host. [13]