Acting · Canterbury, Kent, UK · Born January 21, 1987
Kemsley began stand-up in 2011 and within months won the Funny's Funny contest. In 2012, she won Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and Brighton Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and was named by Rhod Gilbert as one of the Ten Must See Comics of 2012. Her autobiographical solo show, Slutty Joan, was reviewed positively in The Guardian. She hosts a podcast, Why Is Harriet Crying?, with fellow comedian Sunil Patel. Kemsley has appeared on Sam Delaney's News Thing, Roast Battle, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She and then-fiancé Bobby Mair appeared on a Viceland reality show in 2017, entitled Bobby & Harriet Get Married, featuring their wedding, officiated by comedian Romesh Ranganathan. As an actress, she has appeared in the film Bonobo and on TV on Damned and Doctor Foster. She also provided the voice of Nashandra, the final boss of the video game Dark Souls II.
Wagging Rights
2026
as Self
MovieHamleys: Top 100 Toys of All Time
2025
as Self
MovieClash of the Comics
2025
as Self
TVIain Stirling's Roast The Internet
2025
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TVLOL: Last One Laughing UK
2025
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MovieHarriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me
2024
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TVBattle In The Box
2024
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TVOut of Order
2024
as Self - Guest
MovieHarriet Kemsley: Woman Child
2023
as Self
TVBig Brother: Late & Live
2023
as Self
TVMAFS UK: It’s Official! With Lucinda Light
2023
as Herself
TVThe Weakest Link
2021
as Self - Contestant
TVNever Mind the Buzzcocks
2021
as Self - Panellist
TVGrave New World
2021
as Harriet
TVThis Is My House
2021
as Self
TVMichael McIntyre's The Wheel
2020
as Self - Expert
Mission: Accessible
2020
as Self - Guest
TVGuessable
2020
as Self
MovieYou Build The Thing You Think You Are
2020
as Mother
TVPants on Fire
2019
as Self - Challenger
TVThe Hit List
2019
as Self - Contestant
TVThe Ranganation
2019
as Self
TVHypothetical
2019
as Self
TVRoast Battle
2018
as Self
TVRichard Osman's House of Games
2017
as Self - Contestant
TVThe Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice
2017
as Self
TVBobby and Harriet Get Married
2017
A Load of Croc
2016
as Meg Fish
MovieBonobo
2014
as Helen
TVAlan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014
as Self
TV8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013
as Self - Contestant
TVThe Last Leg
2013
as Self
TVThe Jonathan Ross Show
2011
as Self
TVPointless Celebrities
2011
as Self - Contestant
TVComedy Central at the Comedy Store
2010
as Self - Host
TVWould I Lie to You?
2007
as Self
TV8 Out of 10 Cats
2005
as Self
TVLive at the Apollo
2004
as Self - Performer
