16 Facts About Fern Brady

Fern Marie Brady was born on 26 May 1986 and is a Scottish comedian, podcaster and writer.

Fern Brady achieved fame as a stand-up comedian at competitions such as the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Fern Brady was then invited on to panel shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats.

Fern Brady has been active within the field of autism education since learning of her diagnosis.

Fern Brady has written about life as an autistic person in her 2023 memoir Strong Female Character.

Fern Brady went to school at St Kentigern's Academy, Blackburn in West Lothian.

Fern Brady is of Irish descent, has family roots in County Donegal, and grew up within the Catholic Church in Scotland.

Fern Brady graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature.

Fern Brady describes the experience as "the push I needed to realise it was what I wanted to do".

Fern Brady reached the finals of "So You Think You're Funny" at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where she was placed joint third; the finals of the Piccadilly Comedy Club new act competition in 2012, and the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2013.

Fern Brady has appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular, The Alternative Comedy Experience, BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, series 3 of Live from the BBC, series 14 of Live at the Apollo and on series 3 of Frankie Boyle's New World Order.

In late 2021, Fern Brady co-presented the Dave travelogue British as Folk alongside fellow comedians Ivo Graham and Darren Harriott.

In January 2022, Fern Brady began a 25-date tour of her new show, Autistic Bikini Queen.

In June 2022, Fern Brady was confirmed to be a contestant in the 14th series of Taskmaster, which started airing in September 2022.

Fern Brady won the non-fiction section of the 2023 Books Are My Bag Readers' Awards, and the non-fiction category in the inaugural Nero book awards.

Fern Brady has said, "an autistic brain [can] provide an escape route from the traditional paths laid out for women".