Sian Gibson


Siân Gibson is a Welsh stand-up comic, actor, impressionist and writer. She has collaborated with Peter Kay, including starring in and co-writing the comedy series Peter Kay's Car Share, for which she won the 2016 BAFTA TV Award for Best Scripted Comedy and the National Television Award for Best Comedy.
Gibson has also appeared as Gemma in the Gold original film series Murder on the Blackpool Express followed by, Death on the Tyne and Dial M for Middlesbrough.

Early life

Gibson was born and raised in Mold, Wales. Her father was a builder and her mother a housewife. She joined the local youth theatre in Theatr Clwyd. She studied performing arts at Salford University where she met fellow students Peter Kay and Steve Edge. Gibson also performed stand-up comedy early in her career. Her subjects of choice include impressions. Her comic influences include Rik Mayall, Cannon and Ball and Ronnie Barker.

Career

Gibson's credits include Peak Practice, Hospital People, Emmerdale and The League of Gentlemen.
From 1998 until 1999 and briefly in 2007 Gibson appeared in four episodes of Hollyoaks playing Tessie Thompson. She also appeared in an episode of Phoenix Nights as the daughter of one of the main characters, Mary. Gibson's character also goes by the name Mary, though several characters during the episode refer to her as "Young Mary", Paddy – who works with Max as security on the door at the Phoenix Club – takes a shine to her and can be seen chatting her up as she works alongside her mother behind the bar during the episode.
In 2006, Gibson, along with Peter Kay, appeared in the music video to the Texas song "Sleep".
Before landing a role in Peter Kay's Car Share in 2015, Gibson had not auditioned for any acting roles for over a year and was working in a call centre in Chester. Kay had received the script from Paul Coleman and Tim Reid, who sought Kay's opinion. Although Kay loved the script he initially had no intention of even appearing in the series. He later asked Gibson if she wanted to work with him and they set to work rewriting the script to fit themselves, since John and Kayleigh as originally scripted were meant to be slightly younger. The success of the series brought Gibson to wider prominence and opened the door for other roles. She returned for the second series of Car Share in April 2017.
In January 2018, she appeared in Inside No. 9 and an episode of Death in Paradise.
In 2019, Gibson participated in the eighth series of Taskmaster.

Personal life

Sian Gibson is married to Ian Gibson, a gasfitter. They have a daughter, Gracie, who was born in 2013.

Filmography

TV