Ashley Storrie
| Ashley Storrie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Ashley Jane Storrie 19 April 1986 Glasgow, Scotland |
| 🏫 Education | Laurel Bank School |
| 💼 Occupation | Standup comedian, actress, writer, radio personality |
| 📆 Years active | 1990–present |
| 👴 👵 Parent(s) |
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Ashley Jane Storrie (born 19 April 1986)[1] is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actress, and writer.[2]
Early life
Ashley Jane Storrie was born on 19 April 1986 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Sean Storrie, a former pub landlord, and Janey Godley, an actress, writer, and comedian. Storrie grew up in Calton, Glasgow, where her parents ran a public house then called "The Weaver's Inn". The family later moved to the West End of Glasgow, where Storrie attended Laurel Bank School in the Hillhead neighborhood.[3]
Storrie has performed from an early age, appearing in a Ken Loach-directed advertisement for Fairy at age 4. In 1999, she starred in her own Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, What Were You Doing When You Were 13?, becoming one of the youngest performers in the festival's history.[4]
Career
Storrie presents her own weekly show on BBC Radio Scotland and has appeared on shows like The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4 and Breaking the News on BBC Radio Scotland.[5]
She gained online recognition for sketch videos such as If Harry Potter Was Scottish and If The Handmaid's Tale Was Scottish.[6]
In 2019, Storrie began presenting the BBC Scotland television show Up For It.[7] She was nominated for an Outstanding Contribution to Scottish Comedy award at The Herald Scottish Culture Awards.[8]
Storrie won the Best Radio Comic award at the 2020 Scottish Comedy Awards.[9]
In 2021, Storrie co-created and starred in the BBC Three comedy series Dinosaur, which aired in April 2024.[10][11]
From 2023 to 2024, Storrie hosted What's the Story, Ashley Storrie? on BBC Radio 4, recounting her life story.[12]
Storrie was nominated for Best Actress - Television and Best Writer - Film/Television at the 2024 BAFTA Scotland Awards for her role in Dinosaur.[13]
Personal life
Storrie is autistic. She discussed her late diagnosis and the challenges she faced growing up.[14]
References
- ↑ Beacom, Brian (30 July 2017). "'I'm rebelling against my upbringing': Ashley Storrie on being the daughter of a comedy legend". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 2 October 2022.
- ↑ Donaldson, Brian (8 June 2016). "Interview: Ashley Storrie – 'I have been known to go a bit Tonto'". The List. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ Beacom, Brian (31 July 2017). "Ashley Storrie on being the daughter of a comedy legend - and taking her on at her own game". Glasgow Times. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ↑ Gibbons, Fiachra (16 August 1999). "Young ones storm festival". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ "Ashley Storrie". Corrie McGuire Management. 22 November 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ↑ Russell, Jennifer (1 November 2016). "Meet Tanya Potter, Harry's long lost Glaswegian cousin". Glasgow Live. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ↑ "Up For It". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ↑ "Scotland's best talent celebrates the latest Herald Culture Awards". The Herald. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ↑ "2020 Scottish Comedy Award winners revealed". Chortle. 23 September 2020. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ↑ Hinds, Alice (30 May 2021). "Comedian Ashley Storrie on why playing an autistic young woman in her first dramatic role has helped her open up about her own diagnosis". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ↑ Gallacher, Stephen (7 April 2024). "Comedian Ashley Storrie on new sitcom Dinosaur, neurodiversity and relationship with mum Janey Godley". The Sunday Post. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
- ↑ "What's the Story, Ashley Storrie?". BBC. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
- ↑ "Four Scottish Bafta nods for Ashley Storrie's Dinosaur". Chortle. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
- ↑ Des Roches Rosa, Shannon (5 April 2024). "Talking with Dinosaur star and co-creator Ashley Storrie". Thinking Autism Guide. Retrieved 4 November 2024.
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- 21st-century Scottish actresses
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- Actors with autism
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- Scottish stand-up comedians
- Scottish television actresses
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