| Andi Osho | |
|---|---|
 Andi Osho in 2013 | |
| Birth name | Yewande Morenike Osho |
| Born | 27 January 1973 Plaistow, London, England |
| Medium | Stand-up, television |
| Years active | 2003–present |
| Website | andiosho |
Yewande "Andi" Osho (born 27 January 1973) is a British stand-up comedian, actress and television presenter. [1]
Osho was born in Plaistow, East London, [2] to Nigerian parents.
After working in television production, Osho turned to acting in 2003. By 2006, she decided to go into stand-up comedy. [3] Osho spent a number of years working as a receptionist by day, while improving her stand-up comedy routines in the evenings.
In 2006, Osho starred as Alma in American playwright Dael Orlandersmith's drama Yellowman at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre. Other theatre work includes a performance in the title role of Medea (Barons Court Theatre, 2005), Amanda in Cigarettes, Coffee and Paranoia (King's Head Theatre, 2005) and Zimbabwean exile Faith in the devised piece Qabuka (Oval House Theatre, 2005).
Osho's television roles include Lin Colvin in Casualty , Adeola Brooker in Doctors , Dr Rogers in Footballers' Wives: Extra Time and Angela Parker in Sea of Souls . She has also appeared in Waking the Dead , EastEnders , Comedy Central's @midnight , Night and Day , Kiri , and Russell Brand and Friends for Channel 4. [4] In 2020 she appeared in Death in Paradise . [5]
Osho is also a playwright and one of the founding members of the London writers' group, Vowel Movement. She has contributed to News Review at London's Canal Cafe Theatre and in 2008, she co-devised a scratch performance of the stage play Up the Café de Paris for the Pulse Fringe Festival. In 2007, Osho wrote the comedy CSI: Nigeria, in production for BBC Three.
Osho has performed at various comedy clubs and festivals across Britain, including Jongleurs, the Comedy Store, the Reading Festival, the Pleasance Dome, the Chuckle Club, the Leicester Festival (Summer Sundae), the Comedy Café, the Shoreditch Comedy Festival, Comedy Camp and the Hackney Empire. [6]
Osho won the 2007 Nivea Funny Women award. [7] [8]
Osho co-hosted Tonightly on Channel 4 and appeared in an E4 pilot, The Andi O Show. [9] She has also appeared on Mock the Week , Ask Rhod Gilbert , and is a regular performer on Stand Up for the Week . [10]
On 26 February 2011, Osho participated in Let's Dance for Comic Relief , performing a dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Bad". Despite positive comments from the judges, she did not progress to the final round after a public vote. [11]
Osho has won two episodes of Celebrity Mastermind . In 2011, she won the Comic Relief episode with The Matrix trilogy as her specialist subject and then in 2012, she took part in a regular episode choosing host John Humphrys as her specialist subject. Osho also takes an occasional presenting role for the comedy club section on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
On 19 June 2012, Osho made her debut in the BBC television medical drama Holby City as medical student Barbara Alcock for three episodes. In July 2014, she appeared in Finding Carter as Susan Sherman. Between 2016 and 2018 she presented Supershoppers with Anna Richardson on Channel 4, being replaced with Sabrina Grant. She took part and won £7,000 for charity in a celebrity edition of The Chase on ITV. [12]
Osho appears in David F. Sandberg's Lights Out and Shazam! as the same character, a social worker named Emma Glover. [13] [14] [15]
In 2021, Osho appeared in the sixth series of the police procedural drama series Line of Duty as journalist and investigative reporter Gail Vella, a murder victim whose case is supervised by DCI Joanne Davidson (Kelly Macdonald). [16]
Osho's debut novel, Asking for a Friend, was first published in 2021. [17] [18]
| † | Denotes projects that have not yet been released |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | The N7 | Jemma | Short film |
| 2009 | U Be Dead | FSS Scientist | TV film |
| 2011 | Swinging with the Finkels | Nurse Franklin | |
| 2013 | Scenes from Django Unchained | Django | Short film |
| 2015 | The Grid | Anna Pascal | Short film |
| That's Me Mr. Fantastic | Sally | Short film | |
| 2016 | Lights Out | Emma | |
| 2017 | Daipool | Doctor Rhiannon Llewellyn Jones | Short film |
| 2019 | Shazam! | Ms E.B. Glover | |
| Jane | Short film | ||
| 2020 | Max Cloud | Sofia | |
| 2021 | A Castle for Christmas | Maisie | |
| TBC | The Stranger in Our Bed† | Paula | Post-production |
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Night and Day | Jo Radcliffe | Episode: "Black Flowers" |
| 2003 | 40 | Caller | Mini-series |
| 2004 | Waking the Dead | Policewoman | Episode: "In Sight of the Lord" |
| 2005 | Sea of Souls | Angela Parker | Episode: "Omen" |
| Doctors | Adeola Brooker | Episode: "In Custody" | |
| Footballers' Wives: Extra Time | Doctor Rogers | Episode: "Series 1, Episode 1" | |
| 2006 | Casualty | Lin Colvin | Episode: "Out of the Past" |
| 2007 | Lewis | Receptionist | Episode: "Whom the Gods Would Destroy" |
| Comedy Lab | Various roles | Episode: "Ain't It Funny Being Coloured" | |
| EastEnders | Midwife | 3 episodes | |
| 2008 | True Heroes | Jackie | Episode: "Grain Rescue" |
| 2009 | Big Top | Mother | Episode: "Boyfriend" |
| Paradox | Sonia | Mini-series | |
| 2010 | Ladies of Letters | Agabatha | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 10" |
| 2011 | Psychoville | Registrar | Episode: "Dinner Party" |
| Life of Riley | Sumi | Episode: "The Bug" | |
| 2012 | Holby City | Barbara Alcock | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| 2014 | Finding Carter | Susan Sherman | Episode: "Pilot" |
| 2015 | Uncle | DJ | Episode: "Series 2, Episode 6" |
| Breaking Hollywood: One Actor at a Time | Claridia Fortune | Series regular | |
| 2016 | Grime Town | Chivonne/Mardi | |
| 2017 | Halloween Comedy Shorts | Kehide/Taiwo | Episode: "Twin Thing" |
| 2018 | Kiri | Rochelle Akindele | Series regular |
| 2019 | Curfew | Jenny Donahue | Series regular |
| Pandora | Rosa | Episode: "Hurricane" | |
| 2020 | Death in Paradise | Precious Abellard | Episode: "Now You See Him, Now You Don't" |
| On the Edge | Bisi | Episode: "BBW" | |
| I May Destroy You | Carrie | Recurring role, 2 episodes | |
| 2021 | Line of Duty | Gail Vella | Recurring role, 3 episodes |
| Stay Close | Simona | Mini-series | |
| 2022 | The Sandman | Miranda Walker | Recurring role |
| 2023 | Blue Lights | PS Sandra Cliff | Recurring role |
| Sex Education | Nicky Bowman | Recurring role | |
| Good Omens | Sitis | Episode: "The Clue" | |
| Payback | DI Jean Royce | 8 episodes | |
| Year | Award | Category | Nominated work | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Screen Nation Award | Best Comedy Performance | Live at the Apollo | Won |
| 2014 | Aesthetica Short Film Festival Prize | Best Short Film (with Adam Recht) | Brit.i.am | Nominated |
| Other Venice Film Festival Award | Abbot Award (with Adam Recht) | Brit.i.am | Won | |
| Red Dirt International Film Festival Award | Best Experimental/Art Film (with Adam Recht) | Brit.i.am | Won | |
| Seoul International Extreme-Short Image & Film Festival | Crazy Cell Phone (with Adam Recht) | Brit.i.am | Nominated | |
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