Maisie Adam | |
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 Adam in 2023 | |
| Born | Maisie Elizabeth Adam 24 January 1994 Pannal, North Yorkshire, England |
| Education | East 15 Acting School (BA) |
| Occupation | Comedian |
| Years active | 2016–present |
| Spouse | Mike Dobinson (m. 2023) |
| Website | maisieadam |
Maisie Elizabeth Adam (born 24 January 1994) is an English stand-up comedian.
Maisie Adam was born on 24 January 1994. [1] She grew up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, with her parents Phillip and Jill Adam, and her younger brother Daniel. [2] [3] Adam's mother previously worked for Leeds Beckett University [4] [5] and is the founder and executive director of the Louder Than Words Festival in Manchester. [4] [6] [7] [8] In 1999, Adam's parents were charged with felony abuse for leaving their two children unattended in a Florida hotel room for 45 minutes; they spent the night in jail before returning to England. [9] The charges were widely criticized for being unreasonable. [3]
Adam's maternal grandfather, Sir Lawrence Byford, led an inquiry into the failings of the hunt for the "Yorkshire Ripper". [10] Her uncle, Mark Byford, was Deputy Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation and head of BBC Journalism from 2004 to 2011. [3] [11] At 14, Adam was diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy. [12] [13] [14]
Adam attended St Aidan's Church of England High School in Harrogate, [15] [16] where she was Head Girl. [17] She trained with the National Youth Theatre in 2010 and 2012 [18] and went on to study acting at the East 15 Acting School in Southend on Sea. [19] She won a Laurence Marks sitcom-writing mentorship in 2015, [20] and graduated with a BA in Acting & Community Theatre in 2016. [21]
A trained actress, Adam initially planned on acting and writing professionally. [20] [22] [23]
After graduating, Adam did not have an agent and had difficulty finding acting jobs. [24] She moved back in with her parents in Yorkshire and worked various temp jobs. [7] [24] This led her to try stand-up, [25] with her first gig at the Ilkley Literature Festival fringe on 13 October 2016 [4] [7] [26] with a one-hour show called Living on the Edge. [27] In 2017, Adam won the national contest So You Think You're Funny for new stand-up acts at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. [28] Winning the contest led to her getting signed with an agent. [20]
Adam's first full-length Edinburgh solo show, Vague, was nominated for the Best Newcomer Award at the 2018 Edinburgh Comedy Awards. [29] In that year, she won the Amused Moose National New Comic Award. [30] Adam returned to the Edinburgh Fringe in 2019 with her show Hang Fire, which she took on a UK and European tour in 2019/2020. [20]
In March 2024, Adam announced her biggest tour so far, entitled Appraisal. It began at Reading Concert Hall on 17 September.[ citation needed ]
Adam first appeared as a contestant on The Chase while she was a university student in April 2016. [4] There, she was eliminated by Paul Sinha in her head-to-head round with him. [31]
Following her television appearance as a comedian on ITV2's The Stand-Up Sketch Show in February 2019, [32] Adam has appeared on episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats , Mock the Week , QI , Have I Got News for You , Would I Lie To You? , Richard Osman's House of Games , Roast Battle and The Last Leg . [4] [33] [34] She portrayed punk singer Siouxsie Sioux in a 2018 episode of Urban Myths , titled "The Sex Pistols Vs. Bill Grundy". [7]
She has written for Never Mind the Buzzcocks , and in 2019 she was a writer on two episodes of Rob Beckett's Savage Socials on Channel 4. [35] [36]
She narrated the reality show The Cabins, which first aired on 4 January 2021 on ITV2. [33] [37] [38] A second series was renewed and aired on 3 January 2022. In June 2022, ITV announced that The Cabins would not return for a third series.[ citation needed ]
In November 2022, Adam appeared in the new series of Outsiders on Dave. In December 2022, she was on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year as a panellist with Katherine Ryan. [39] She appeared again on The Big Fat Quiz of the Year in 2024, paired with Chris McCausland. [40]
In June 2023, Adam appeared as a contestant on Tipping Point for Soccer Aidwith Brian McFadden and Sam Matterface, which Brian McFadden won. [41]
In February 2024, Adam appeared as a contestant in Celebrity Mastermind alongside Michelle Heaton, Nihal Arthanayake and Aaron Evans. [42]
In July 2025, Adam was announced to be a contestant in the 20th series of Taskmaster along with Ania Magliano, Phil Ellis, Reece Shearsmith and Sanjeev Bhaskar. [43]
In August 2025, Adam was announced as one of the contestants on the second series of LOL: Last One Laughing UK , set to air in 2026. [44]
Since December 2019, Adam has hosted a podcast, That's a First!, with fellow comedian Tom Lucy. [4] [45]
In 2023, Adam became the co-host of Big Kick Energy, with fellow comedian Suzi Ruffell. [46] Launched for the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup, Big Kick Energy now primarily focuses on the Women's Super League Season (WSL). It has been nominated for a Sports Broadcast Award.
Adam has been nominated for or won several awards, including: [34]
As of 2021 [update] , Adam lives in Brighton. [7] [4] She plays for a football team in Brighton and is also a Leeds United fan. [47] She also participated in Soccer Aid 2023, Soccer Aid 2024 and Soccer Aid 2025. While in lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic, she cut her hair to a Chelsea style, which became her signature look at the time. [33] [48] [49] [50] [51]
In December 2021, she became engaged to Mike Dobinson. [52] They married on 10 June 2023.
The inaugural Festival will take place over the weekend: 15th – 17th November 2013, at The Palace Hotel, Manchester.
169. FRINGE: Maisie Adam – Live Stand-Up Thu 13th Oct at 9:30 pm - Ilkley Playhouse - Wharfeside
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