Bethany Black was born on 24 December 1978 and is an English stand up comedian, actor and writer.
21 Facts About Bethany Black
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Bethany Black attended Manchester Metropolitan University where she got a degree in film, television and cultural studies.
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Bethany Black had a nervous breakdown and attempted suicide on several occasions.
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Bethany Black then came out to her family twice: first as a trans woman, and then as a lesbian.
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However, Bethany Black changed her mind after seeing Josie Long, someone younger than her, perform successfully while using material similar to her own.
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Bethany Black adopted a "Fairy Gothmother" style, performing her routines dressed in black, with black eye shadow and sometimes wearing fetish clothing.
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Bethany Black's career grew when in 2005 she opened the Manchester Pride festival.
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Bethany Black became a supporting act for other comedians such as Mick Miller and attracted positive reviews from other comedians such as Brendon Burns.
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In 2008, Bethany Black started performing her show "Beth Becomes Her", which tells the story of Bethany Black's childhood.
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Bethany Black had previously resisted performing material about her life story for fear of how her audience would react.
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Bethany Black was diagnosed in 2018 with autism, ADHD, OCD, and agoraphobia; these diagnoses were prominently referenced in her show Unwinnable at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe later that year.
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Bethany Black reached the final of "2006 Funny Bones New Comedian of the Year" competition, the Chortle Student Comedy Awards in 2007, and was nominated for the "Best Debut" award at the Leicester Comedy Festival in 2008.
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Many critics believed that Bethany Black would be a successful comedian in the future, and her act was criticized.
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In 2011, Bethany Black came 96th in The Independent on Sunday "Pink List" of influential LGBT Britons.
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Bethany Black performed a new show at the Fringe in 2009 entitled, "Love and a Colt 45", which covered other aspects of her life including her former alcoholism and drug addiction.
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Bethany Black was planning to adapt "Beth Becomes Her" for television with Paul Schlesinger.
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In 2011, Bethany Black co-founded Funny's Funny, a comedy organisation that set out to provide a free-entry comedy competition for female comedians.
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Bethany Black played Helen Brears in Channel 4 series Cucumber, which premiered in January 2015.
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Bethany Black was the protagonist of an episode of the E4 sister series Banana.
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On 14 November 2015, Bethany Black guest starred as 474 in the ninth episode of the ninth season of Doctor Who, "Sleep No More".
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Bethany Black's character was a Grunt; a cloned warrior designed for physical strength rather than intelligence, and identifiable by tattoo-like markings on her face.