1. Angela Barnes was born on 9 November 1976 and is an English stand-up comedian, mostly known for her appearances on Mock the Week.
15 Facts About Angela Barnes
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Angela Barnes was educated at Invicta Grammar School then, in 1996, the University of Sussex in Brighton.
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Angela Barnes had repeated ear infections as a child, resulting in hearing loss.
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Angela Barnes did a 12-week workshop in Brighton, and a few months later started her stage career.
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Since winning the BBC Radio 2's New Comedy Award 2011, Angela Barnes has continued to be a regular on the stand-up circuit, playing ever bigger venues.
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Angela Barnes has appeared on Weekend Wogan's Children in Need Special and Russell Kane's Whistlestop Tour for BBC Radio 2, written for BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, played on Eddie Izzard's Laughs in the Park on BBC Two, appeared on Russell Howard's Good News on BBC Three, developed her own series with BBC Radio Comedy, and performed at the Latitude Festival, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Radio 2 Live in Hyde Park.
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In June 2013, Angela Barnes became noted for an article in The Guardian that followed a blog post she had written, where she spoke about how she felt society treated people deemed ugly and her feelings as someone who self-identified as such.
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Angela Barnes returned to the subject in 2015 as the subject of her Edinburgh Fringe Show "Come As You Are".
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In November 2013, Angela Barnes joined the cast of the topical show Stand Up for the Week and, in February 2014, appeared on Radio 4's The Now Show.
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Angela Barnes has appeared on Mock the Week and Richard Osman's House of Games, where she was the first ever contestant to win all five days.
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Angela Barnes appeared on episode of Dave's As Yet Untitled alongside Alan Davies, Janet Street-Porter and Michael Ball and in mid-2016 toured New Zealand.
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In December 2018, Angela Barnes was named as one of the hardest working comedians of 2018, having driven 30,000 miles, visited 91 venues and performed over 100 shows.
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In January 2020 Angela Barnes began co-hosting the ongoing "less-than-serious history podcast" We Are History with writer John O'Farrell.
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Angela Barnes taught her a carpe diem approach to life, and the show takes its name from his motto.
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Angela Barnes was diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder in May 2021.