Siobhan Thompson

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Siobhan Thompson
Born
Anna Siobhan Thompson

(1984-07-29) 29 July 1984 (age 40)
NationalityBritish
Citizenship
  • British
  • American [1]
Occupation(s)Comedian, writer
Years active2010–present
Website siobhanthompson.com

Siobhan Thompson [2] (born 29 July 1984) is a British-American comedian and writer. She is known for her work on the CollegeHumor Originals web series and for her roles on Dropout's Dimension 20 . [3] She has appeared in other programs such as Adam Ruins Everything and Broad City . She was also a staff writer for Adult Swim's Rick and Morty and as of 2024 a writer on Krapopolis . [4] [5]

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Biography

Thompson originally moved from England to the United States to be an archaeologist, but soon found herself drawn to comedy. [6] She began taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade in 2010, and is a member of their Maude team Alamo. [7] She is also the former host of the BBC America web series "Anglophenia", the co-host of the sketch comedy podcast Left Handed Radio, and has appeared in multiple television shows. [8] [9]

She first appeared in a CollegeHumor sketch in May 2015, [10] and left the company at the end of 2016, before returning in late 2017.[ citation needed ]

In June 2018, it was announced that Joss Whedon would produce a comedy TV series created by Thompson and Rebecca Drysdale to air on Freeform. [11]

Thompson is also a player on Dimension 20 , a Dungeons & Dragons actual play show which premiered September 2018 on the Dropout streaming service. Her characters include Adaine Abernant (Fantasy High series), Misty Moore/Rowan Berry (The Unsleeping City), Princess Ruby Rocks (A Crown of Candy), Iga Lisowski (The Unsleeping City: Chapter II), Riva (A Starstruck Odyssey), Princess Rosamund Du Prix (Neverafter), Imelda Pulse (Mentopolis), and a young stoat named Jaysohn (Burrow's End). [3] [12] In addition, she has guested on other Dropout programs such as Game Changer , as well as Not Another D&D Podcast as Apple Scrumper [13] and the Rotating Heroes Podcast as Astrid Starborn.

In November 2023, Thompson announced via Instagram that she had become a United States citizen. [1]

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