Siobhan Thompson

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Siobhan Thompson
Born
Anna Siobhan Thompson [1]

(1984-07-29) 29 July 1984 (age 41)
Frome, England
Citizenship
  • England
  • United States [2]
OccupationsComedian, writer
Years active2010–present
Website siobhanthompson.com

Siobhan Thompson (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 programmes 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]

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 , an actual play show that 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), a young stoat named Jaysohn (Burrow's End), and Vanellope 'Van' Chapman (Cloudward, Ho!). [3] [12] In addition, she has guested on other Dropout programs such as Game Changer . She has also been a guest player character on Not Another D&D Podcast as Apple Scrumper [13] and the Rotating Heroes Podcast as Astrid Starborn.[ citation needed ]

In November 2023, Thompson announced via Instagram that she had become a United States citizen. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Thompson, Siobhan (2 July 2024). "Video by Siobhan Thompson". TikTok . Retrieved 2 July 2024.
  2. 1 2 @vornietom; (16 November 2023). "Swore a binding oath today and was actually very chill about it nbd" . Retrieved 23 November 2023– via Instagram.
  3. 1 2 Heim, Bec (2 January 2023). "Dimension 20: All Intrepid Hero Campaigns, Ranked". ScreenRant. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Cooke, Bruno (6 September 2021). "Who is Siobhan Thompson, Ricky and Morty season 5 writer?". TheFocus. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  5. ↑ Boyle, Michael (11 August 2021). "On season 5 of 'Rick and Morty,' the future is certainly female". Mic. Retrieved 7 September 2021.
  6. ↑ Donahue, Helen (September 2014). "Interview with Anglophenia's Siobhan Thompson, Part 1". BBC America . Archived from the original on 25 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Siobhan Thompson". Upright Citizens Brigade .
  8. ↑ Nelson, Jenny (22 August 2014). "Inside Siobhan Thompson's Twitter and Tweeting What's In Your Brain". Vulture.com . Archived from the original on 8 December 2018. (Originally appeared on Splitsider.com)
  9. ↑ Reghay, Nayomi (20 August 2015). "'Radiolab' gets the pitch-perfect parody it deserves". The Daily Dot . Archived from the original on 1 December 2017.
  10. ↑ What Happens When You Tell People You Can't Eat Gluten. CollegeHumor. 13 May 2015 – via YouTube.
  11. ↑ Otterson, Joe (5 June 2018). "Joss Whedon to Produce Freeform Female Detective Comedy Series From Siobhan Thompson, Rebecca Drysdale (EXCLUSIVE)". Daily Variety . Archived from the original on 7 September 2018.
  12. ↑ Tyrrell, Caitlin (12 October 2023). "Siobhan Thompson Talks Dimension 20 Burrow's End & Fantasy High Junior Year". ScreenRant. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
  13. ↑ "Ep. 32: The Getaway (The Cutthroat Chronicles with Siobhan Thompson) | Not Another D&D Podcast". naddpod.com. Retrieved 23 May 2024.
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