![]() ^ "Scottish Comedian Fern Brady's 'Take No Prisoners' Beauty Routine".^ a b "Fern Brady and life as a stripper".^ "Scottish comic Fern Brady on her Donegal roots, Shaun Ryder and the Edinburgh Fringe".^ "Comedian Fern Brady on anxiety and supporting Autistica".She was misdiagnosed with obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD) at the age of 16, and revealed in 2021 that she has been diagnosed as autistic. In 2023, her memoir, Strong Female Character, was published by Brazen. In June 2022, Brady was confirmed to be a contestant in the 14th series of Taskmaster, which started airing in September 2022. In January 2022, Brady began a 25-date tour of her new show, Autistic Bikini Queen. In late 2021, Brady co-presented the Dave travelogue British as Folk alongside fellow comedians Ivo Graham and Darren Harriott. In 2020, Brady and fellow comedian Alison Spittle started a podcast for the BBC called Wheel of Misfortune. She has appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Seann Walsh's Late Night Comedy Spectacular, The Alternative Comedy Experience, BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, series 3 of Live from the BBC, series 14 of Live at the Apollo and on series 3 of Frankie Boyle's New World Order. She reached the finals of " So You Think You're Funny" at the 2011 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where she was placed joint third the finals of the Piccadilly Comedy Club new act competition in 2012, and the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year in 2013. Her first professional gig was in May 2010. Brady describes the experience as "the push I needed to realise it was what I wanted to do". One of her assignments there was to write an article about a comedy critic trying stand-up. ![]() In 2009, she was an intern at Fest Magazine, a free magazine covering the Edinburgh Festival. Following university, Brady originally trained to become a journalist, although she had been thinking about becoming a stand-up comedian since 2006. ![]() She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Arabic and Islamic History. To finance her university studies, she worked as a stripper. While at the University of Edinburgh, Brady was editor of The Student, a weekly newspaper produced by students. Her father worked at the truck company Scania, and her mother worked at Tesco. Kentigern's Academy, Blackburn in West Lothian. She has written how she has been dealing with the diagnosis in her 2023 memoir Strong Female Character.īrady was born in Bathgate, West Lothian, where she grew up. She has been active within the field of Autism education since learning of her diagnosis. In 2020 she became a podcaster when she co-created a podcast entitled Wheel of Misfortune.īrady was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum in 2021, as an adult. As a result of her success as a stand-up she was invited on to comedy panel shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats. She achieved notoriety as a stand-up comedian by entering stand-up competitions such as at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Before becoming a stand-up comedian Brady worked as a journalist. Fern Marie Brady (born ) is a Scottish comedian, podcaster, and writer. ![]()
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