Rachel Parris


Rachel Sarah Parris is an English comedian, musician, improviser and presenter who stars in The Mash Report on BBC Two.

Career

Parris's stand-up sit-down has been featured on Live at the Apollo, and she has performed solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe, including It's Fun To Pretend, which was expanded into a UK tour for 2018/19.
She presented the fourth series of the Game of Thrones spin-off show Thronecast, and A Girl's Guide to TV, a comic guide to how women can get ahead in television, which first aired on BBC2 on 10 June 2018.
As an actor, Parris was cast in the BBC show BonBon, and also appeared on The IT Crowd, Plebs and Count Arthur Strong.
She has been a panellist on QI, Would I Lie to You? and Mock the Week. In 2017 she was a guest on Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast, in 2018 she was a guest on Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown podcast, and in 2019 Richard Osman's House of Games.
Parris is a regular guest co-host on The Guilty Feminist podcast
Parris was on Apple TV+'s Trying. She was in one episode.

Improvisational comedy

Parris began improv comedy in 2007 with The Oxford Imps and musical comedy in 2010. As part of the Austentatious improv group, she has performed in Edinburgh, London, and on a UK tour, beginning a run at the Fortune Theatre in London from 18 February 2019.
In 2014 Austentatious won the Chortle Award for Best Character, Improv or Sketch Act, and DVDs of their live shows were released by Gofasterstripe in 2015 and 2018.

Awards

In 2019, she was nominated for the BAFTA for Best Entertainment Performance for her work on The Mash Report.
In 2019, Parris won the Chortle Award for Best Music and Variety Act
In 2018, Parris was named Female First's Comedian of the Year, beating Tiffany Haddish, Amy Schumer and Ellen DeGeneres to the prize.
She won runner-up placing in the annual Musical Comedy Awards competition in 2012, and has since headlined shows of theirs each year.

Personal life

Parris attended Loughborough High School. She holds a second-class Music BA from the University of Oxford and a master's degree from the Royal Central School of Speech & Drama for acting.
On 16 September 2019, she married fellow comedian Marcus Brigstocke.

Television and radio credits