Jayde Pricilla Gail Adams was born on 26 November 1984 and is a British comedian, actress, writer and opera singer from Bristol.
23 Facts About Jayde Adams
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Jayde Adams is the winner of the 2014 Funny Women Award.
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Jayde Adams moved to Wales in 2004 to study Drama, Theatre and Media at the University of Glamorgan.
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Jayde Adams was the winner of the 2014 Funny Women Award.
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Jayde Adams hosted the 2020 Funny Women Finals at The Comedy Store in London.
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The segment involved Jayde Adams finishing the show by singing Offenbach's Barcarolle.
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Jayde Adams has since been a panellist on Channel 4's comedy quiz shows, 8 Out of 10 Cats and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.
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Jayde Adams was a contestant on Dave's Dara O Briain's Go 8 Bit opposite Simon Gregson and host of Comedy Central's Live at the Comedy Store in 2018.
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Jayde Adams collaborated with Jerry Springer: The Opera writer Richard Thomas for a song in the show called "No More Mrs Nice Jayde".
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Jayde Adams transferred this show in December 2017 to London's West End, Soho Theatre with Thomas joining her every night on piano, for the finale.
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In 2017, Jayde Adams performed stand up on BBC One and appeared on the Red Nose Day broadcast.
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Jayde Adams starred as Julia Petley in the 2019 television adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Good Omens.
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In 2019 Jayde Adams performed "The Ballad of Kylie Jenner's Old Face" at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and won JOE's Best Show award.
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In 2020, Jayde Adams was long-listed for the 2020 Emmy Awards by The Hollywood Reporter columnist Scott Feinberg for "Best Variety Special " for her Amazon Prime Stand up Special Serious Black Jumper.
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Jayde Adams is the host, along with Fred Sirieix from Channel 4's First Dates, of the BAFTA nominated TV show Snackmasters which aired on Channel 4 in 2019.
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In September 2020, Jayde Adams hosted the first episode of BBC Three's Stand Up for Live Comedy filmed in Bristol, with guests Lauren Pattison, Mo Omar and Tom Lucy.
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Jayde Adams appeared in Richard Osman's House of Games, alongside Scott Mills, Rufus Hound and Josie D'Arby.
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Jayde Adams moved to South Wales at the age of 18 and studied drama, theatre and media at The University of Glamorgan.
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In Wales, Jayde Adams performed experimental theatre and contemporary dance at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay.
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In 2015, having performed as an Adele impersonator on the drag scene in London, Jayde Adams was asked to join several other Adele impersonators for a show the BBC were doing about impersonators.
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Jayde Adams is a supporter of the LGBT community and works closely with drag performer Jonny Woo.
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Jayde Adams was in a relationship with fellow comedian Rich Wilson for several years.
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In March 2018, alongside Melanie Blatt, Nicole Appleton and Shaznay Lewis from All Saints, Jaime Winstone and British fashion designer Gareth Pugh, Jayde Adams was a judge on Miss Sink The Pink 2018, an annual drag queen talent competition held at The Roundhouse in Camden.