Liz Kingsman

Liz Kingsman
Kingsman in 2022
Born	Liz Kingsman Sydney, Australia
Alma mater	University of Durham
Occupation(s)	Comedian, actress
Years active	2015–present

Liz Kingsman is an Australian comedian and actress.

Career

Comedy

In the mid-2010s she was in the improv trio Massive Dad alongside Stevie Martin and Tessa Coates. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

She first performed her show One Woman Show in 2019, and later performed it at the Vault Festival in 2020, before a run at the Soho Theatre from October 2021, and then the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where she was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Award. ^{[4] [5]}

She went on to perform One Woman Show in the West End and won The Times Breakthrough Award at the South Bank Sky Arts Awards, and was also nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Entertainment or Comedy Play. She took the show to the Sydney Opera House and in New York. ^{[1] [6]}

Acting

Kingsman after university began working as a runner on film productions, where her jobs included being a stand-in for Natalie Portman on Thor and Felicity Jones on The Invisible Woman . She was cast in British political comedy series Ballot Monkeys in 2015 and reprised her role in spin-off comedy series Power Monkeys . ^{[5] [7]}

She appeared in two series of the British Channel 5 2016 mockumentary series Borderline , ^[8] as well as British comedy series Pls Like , King Gary and Timewasters , and the French comedy series Icon of French Cinema. ^{[9] [10]}

She also appeared in Rose Matafeo comedy series Starstruck . ^[11] She appeared as an English parliamentary assistant in the pan-European comedy series Parlement . ^{[2] [1]} The second series of which won the Comedy Drama and Sitcom Rose d'Or Award in November 2023. ^[12]

In 2024, she was confirmed in the cast for UKTV show I, Jack Wright . ^[13] That year, she had a guest role as Baroness Von Louth in Apple TV comedy series The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin . ^[14]

In 2025, she played the role of Lisbeth Bampton in the film F1 the Movie.

Personal life

From Sydney, Australia, the daughter of graphic designers, she has a British mother with whom she would watch British comedies when she was growing-up. She attended Durham University in England, where she studied English and History and took-up sketch comedy. She later moved to London, and then Dorset. ^{[2] [1] [5]}

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Double Date	Laura	Feature film
	Flatshare: Comic Relief	Jo	Short film; also scriptwriter
2018	Down from London	Billy	Short film; also scriptwriter
2019	Man-Spider		Short film
2025	F1	Lisbeth Bampton	Feature film
2026	Project Hail Mary	Annie Shapiro	Feature film; upcoming

Television series

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Ballot Monkeys	Ruby Hughes	Recurring role; 5 episodes'
2016	Comedy Playhouse	Lucy	Episode: "Hospital People"
	@Elevenish	Herself	2 episodes
	Massive Dad	Various roles	4 episodes; also showrunner and scriptwriter
	Power Monkeys	Ruby Hughes	Recurring role; 6 episodes
2016–2017	Borderline	Andy Church	Main role; 12 episodes
2017	Timewasters	Victoria	Recurring role; 12 episodes
2018	So Beano Comedy: Astonishing Tales	—	Scriptwriter; 6 episodes
	Tonightly with Tom Ballard	—	Scriptwriter; 15 episodes
2019	Comedians Giving Lectures	Herself	Episode no. 6
	Down from London	Billy	Main role; miniseries; 3 episodes; also scriptwriter
	Four Weddings and a Funeral	Clementine	Miniseries; episode: "We Broke"
	Small Town Politics	Daisy Adams	Main role; miniseries; 3 episodes
2020	King Gary	Val	Episode: "Pass to Abboussi"
2020–2025	Parlement	Rose Pilkington	Main role; 37 episodes
2021	The Brilliant World of Tom Gates	Delia Gates	Recurring role; voice; 10 episodes
	Pls Like	Hannah the Director	Episide: "Arts & Culture"
	Starstruck	Liz	Episode: "Autumn"
2022	Wedding Season	Mary Delaney	Episode no. 1
2023	Hijack	Sheena	Recurring role; 5 episodes
	Icon of French Cinema	Kristin	Main role; 6 episodes
2024	The Completely Made-Up Adventures of Dick Turpin	Baroness von Louth	Episode: "The Unrobbable Coach"
2025	I, Jack Wright	Katie Jones	Main role; 6 episodes

Video games

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2019	Another Eden	Chiyo	Voice; English dubbing; original version released in 2017

References

1. Armistead, Claire (27 November 2022). "Liz Kingsman: 'Who is this woman who feels she can go on stage and make people laugh?'". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
2. Lloyd, Kate (23 November 2022). "Meet Liz Kingsman, The New Queen Of British Comedy". Vogue. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
3. Logan, Brian (13 January 2015). "Massive Dad review – sketch trio sling gags from unexpected angles". The Guardian. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
4. Lewis, Isobel (10 December 2022). "Liz Kingsman: 'At first, I got really hung up on people misinterpreting One Woman Show'". The Independent. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
5. Vernon, Polly (4 February 2022). "Liz Kingsman: the new queen of comedy". The Times . Retrieved 10 September 2024.
6. McHenry, Jackson (28 June 2023). "Liz Kingsman Is Getting Famous for Being Not Famous". Vulture.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
7. "Channel 4's new satirical comedy 'Power Monkeys' will be made in one day". Cultbox. 3 June 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
8. "Channel 5 orders Borderline Series 2". Comedy.co.uk. 25 August 2016. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
9. "Timewasters". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
10. Richardson, Jay (8 November 2022). "Liz Kingsman joins Parisian comedy series Icon of French Cinema". Comedy.co.uk. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
11. Chapman, Wilson (13 June 2022). "'Starstruck' Renewed for Season 3 at HBO Max". Variety. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
12. "Jamie Demetriou wins Rose d'Or Award". Comedy.co.uk. 28 November 2023. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
13. Creamer, John (11 March 2024). "Further cast for Federation's I, Jack Wright for Alibi". Televisual. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
14. Bibby, Daniel (6 March 2024). "The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin Cast & Character Guide". Screen Rant. Retrieved 10 September 2024.

External links

• Liz Kingsman at IMDb