| Danielle Ward | |
|---|---|
 Ward at Karaoke Circus, 100 club, 2009 | |
| Birth name | Danielle Claire Ward |
| Born | Nottingham, England |
| Medium | Stand up, theatre, radio, television, music |
| Years active | 2006-present |
| Spouse | David Reed |
| Children | 1 |
Danielle Claire Ward is a British stand-up comedian and writer.
Danielle Claire Ward[ citation needed ] was born and raised in Nottingham. [1]
She graduated from university in 2004. [2]
Ward worked as an economic researcher at London's South Korean Embassy before she became a comedian. [3]
In 2006, Ward won the Time Out's Critic's Choice award for Best Newcomer and wrote Take A Break Tales - exaggerated adaptations of women's magazine stories - in which she appeared with Neil Edmond, Emma Fryer and Isy Suttie at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. The next year she co-wrote Psister Psycho, a musical about a killer robotic lesbian nun, with Martin White for the 2007 Edinburgh Festival which was a cult hit and was nominated for the Chortle Award for Best Full Length Show 2008. She was also a regular member of Robin Ince's Book Club where she performed under the guise of Andy McNabb, Heather Mills McCartney, Adam Ant and David Bowie. She has performed five solo stand-up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. [4]
Ward has written for many comedy radio shows including The News Quiz , The Now Show , The Lee Mack Show, Look Away Now , Anna and Katy and Day the Music Died. She has written for TV shows including Horrible Histories , Harry Hill's TV Burp , Not Going Out and Mongrels . [4]
Ward co-presented Dave Gorman's Absolute Radio Sunday morning show from when the show started in October 2009 until its end in November 2012. Her frequent collaborator Martin White was also a long term contributor to the show. [5]
Ward created the BBC Radio 4 comedy panel show Dilemma, which ran for four series 2011-15 and was hosted by Sue Perkins. Danielle appeared several times as a guest on the show. [6]
Ward also hosts "Ward and White's Karaoke Circus", a live music karaoke night at the Edinburgh Festival, The 100 Club and its regular home of The Albany.
An experienced bass player she has released three albums with Cardiff indie band The Loves. She plays guitar in Brighton indie band The Super Wolfgang. [7] [8] [9]
Alongside David Reed, Ward co-presented the weekly Absolute Radio film podcast, Film Fandango . The series began in November 2011. From November 2012, Ward has been in Phyllida Lloyd's all-female-cast stage production of Julius Caesar . In her absence from the Film Fandango podcast, her place was taken by comedian Marek Larwood, though she did appear alongside Reed and Larwood in the final episode of 2012 (episode 60).
Ward also hosted the Sony Award-winning comedy panel-show podcast Do the Right Thing in addition to devising and writing the comedy panel show Dilemma on BBC Radio 4. [10] From 2017 Ward presented a podcast series called Any Stupid Questions where basic or perhaps silly questions people might be embarrassed to ask are posed to expert guests. [11]
Ward is known for her dark and idiosyncratic writing and was the holder of the BBC Radio Comedy Writers Bursary in 2006-2007. Ward featured on Newswipe with Charlie Brooker for BBC Four. For children, Ward has written on Danger Mouse and Minnie The Minx . [12]
In March 2023 Ward was announced to have gained a place on the BBC Writersroom pilot scheme. [13] She wrote episodes of In the Long Run and Brassic . In December 2023, filming began on a Ward-scripted comedy series for BBC Three entitled Daddy Issues and starring David Morrissey and Aimee Lou Wood. [14] The show premiered on August 15th 2024. [15]
Ward is married to David Reed and has a daughter (born September 2017). [16]
| Year | Award | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | BBC New Comedy Award | New Comedy | n/a | Nominated |
| 2006 | Time Out Critic's Choice Award | Best Newcomer | Take A Break Tales | Won |
| 2008 | Chortle Awards | Best Full Length Show | Psister Psycho | Nominated |
| 2012 | Chortle Awards | Best Internet Comedy | Do the Right Thing | Nominated |
| 2012 | Sony Awards | Best Internet Comedy | Do the Right Thing | Nominated |
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