1. Katherine Louisa Ryan was born on June 1983 and is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, actress and singer.
23 Facts About Katherine Ryan
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Katherine Ryan's father, Finbar, is a draughtsman and owner of an engineering company who originally emigrated from Ireland to Canada.
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Katherine Ryan and her two younger sisters were born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario.
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Katherine Ryan was one of the many dancers in MuchMusic's Electric Circus program.
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Katherine Ryan first appeared on television as herself in episodes of the Canadian music video review show Video on Trial between season one in 2005 and her last appearance in 2008 in season three.
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Katherine Ryan had previously appeared in the cast of Channel 4's Campus.
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Katherine Ryan was later featured on the Whitney Cummings Just for Laughs 2013 Gala that was taped before a live audience on 28 July 2013.
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Katherine Ryan has since taken new routines to the Edinburgh Festival.
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In 2015, Katherine Ryan replaced Steve Jones as the presenter of Hair on BBC Two.
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Katherine Ryan beat Doc Brown, Joe Wilkinson, Richard Osman and Jon Richardson, to win the season.
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Katherine Ryan went on a comedy tour in 2016, called Kathbum, a name her toddler sister used to call her.
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In 2018, Katherine Ryan joined American comedy panel show, The Fix as a team captain.
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Katherine Ryan starred in the Netflix comedy The Duchess, based on a single mother's life in London; she is credited as its writer, executive producer, and creator.
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In 2015 and 2016, Katherine Ryan wrote a weekly column in the British entertainment magazine NME.
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In 2021, Katherine Ryan hosted the six-part reality competition All That Glitters: Britain's Next Jewellery Star on BBC2.
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In November 2022 Katherine Ryan was the subject of an interview in the BBC series Louis Theroux Interviews.
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In January 2023, Katherine Ryan appeared as "Pigeon" on the fourth series of The Masked Singer.
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In 2025, Katherine Ryan is set to act as a judge on the fifth season of Canada's Got Talent.
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Katherine Ryan gave birth to her first child, a daughter, at age 25.
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In 2019, Katherine Ryan entered into a civil partnership with Bobby Kootstra.
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Katherine Ryan's third child, a daughter, was born in December 2022.
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Katherine Ryan was diagnosed with stage II melanoma in her twenties; a mole on her leg was removed.
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Katherine Ryan was diagnosed with another, early, melanoma, on her arm, in 2025 after a mole kept changing.