{{Short description|English comedian (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox person | name = Rachel Parris | image = Rachel Parris.jpg | caption = Parris in 2008 as an ''[[Eggheads (game show)|Eggheads]]'' contestant | birth_name = Rachel Sarah Parris | birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1984}} | birth_place = [[Leicester]], England | other_names = | years_active = 2007–present | education = [[St Hilda's College, Oxford]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]]) | spouse = {{marriage|[[Marcus Brigstocke]]|2019}} | children = 1 | website = {{URL|https://www.rachelontour.com/}} }} '''Rachel Sarah Parris''' (born 1984)<ref>{{cite news |title=On my radar: Rachel Parris on her cultural highlights |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2020/jul/04/on-my-radar-rachel-parris-on-her-cultural-highlights |accessdate=16 July 2020 |work=the Guardian |date=4 July 2020 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/rachel_parris/|title=Rachel Parris|publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]]|accessdate=30 August 2022}}</ref> is an English comedian, musician, actress and presenter. She hosted the satirical news show ''[[Late Night Mash]]'' (formerly ''The Mash Report'').<ref>{{cite web|title=This sketch destroys the idea that sexual harassment is complicated|url=https://indy100.com/article/the-mash-report-sexual-harrassment-rachel-parris-nish-kumar-satire-8177331|website=indy100|publisher=The Independent|accessdate=26 January 2018|date=25 January 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Interview: Rachel Parris on The Mash Report, Thirty Christmases & Her London – To Do List |url=https://todolist.org.uk/interview-rachel-parris-daily-mash-thirty-christmases-london/|website=To Do List|accessdate=26 January 2018|date=17 November 2017}}</ref>
==Early life== Parris attended [[Loughborough High School]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.loughboroughecho.net/news/local-news/celebrating-loughborough-high-school-alumni-14434923|title=Celebrating Loughborough High School alumni|first=David|last=Godsall|date=23 March 2018 |newspaper=Loughborough Echo}}</ref> She holds an [[British undergraduate degree classification#Upper second-class honours|upper second-class]] (2:1) Music BA from [[St Hilda's College, Oxford]] and a master's degree from the [[Royal Central School of Speech and Drama]] for acting.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rachel Parris - LinkedIn|url=https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachel-parris-7b3238a/|website=LinkedIn|accessdate=6 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>
==Career== Parris's stand-up comedy has been featured on ''[[Live at the Apollo (TV series)|Live at the Apollo]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=BBC Two Live at the Apollo, Series 14, Episode 4|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0bty658|publisher=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=12 March 2019|date=6 December 2018}}</ref> and she has performed solo shows at the [[Edinburgh Fringe]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Rachel Parris, comedian: tour dates Chorle: The UK Comedy Guide |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/r/33690/rachel_parris |publisher=Chortle |accessdate=12 March 2019|date=12 March 2019}}</ref> including ''It's Fun To Pretend'', which was expanded into a UK tour for 2018/19.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rachel Parris Tickets, Rachel Parris Tour Dates * Concerts |url=https://www.livenation.co.uk/artist/rachel-parris-tickets |publisher=LiveNation |accessdate=12 March 2019 |date=12 March 2019}},</ref>
She presented the fourth series of the ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' spin-off show ''[[Thronecast]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Rachel Parris exclusive interview|url=http://www.femalefirst.co.uk/tv/rachel-parris-exclusive-interview-492191.html |publisher=femalefirst.co.uk |accessdate=12 November 2017|language=en|date=28 June 2014}}</ref> and ''A Girl's Guide to TV'', a comic guide to how women can get ahead in television, which first aired on [[BBC Two|BBC2]] on 10 June 2018.<ref>{{cite web |title=BBC Two - A Girl's Guide to TV |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0b6q27j |website=BBC |accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref>
As an actor, Parris was cast in the BBC show ''[[Murder in Successville]]'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Dead, Rich and Famous, Series 1, Murder in Successville – BBC Three|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05vr5f3|website=BBC|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> and also appeared on ''[[The IT Crowd]]'', ''[[Plebs (TV series)|Plebs]]'' and ''[[Count Arthur Strong (TV series)|Count Arthur Strong]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rachel Parris - IMDb|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5805071|website=IMDb|accessdate=12 March 2019}}</ref>
She has been a panellist on ''[[QI]]'', ''[[I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue]]'', ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|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,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/rhlstp_153_rachel_parris/ |title=RHLSTP 153 - Rachel Parris - RHLSTP with Richard Herring|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/flatshare_slamdown/8_7_change_the_fuse/|title=Series 8, Episode 7 (Change The Fuse) - Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref> and in 2019 ''[[Richard Osman's House of Games]]''.
Parris is a regular guest co-host on the podcast ''[[The Guilty Feminist]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://guiltyfeminist.com/episodes/ |title=Episodes|first=Tom|last=Salinsky}}</ref>
Parris was in one episode of [[Apple TV+]]'s ''[[Trying (TV series)|Trying]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Someone Else's Kids on Apple TV+ |url=https://tv.apple.com/gb/episode/someone-elses-kids/umc.cmc.rfce2offqiovma25l0e7jtw0?showId=umc.cmc.6muy4la7lj1omu5nci4bt2m66 |access-date=2020-07-28|website=Apple TV| date=30 April 2020 |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Parris wrote a book published in 2022, ''Advice from Strangers: Everything I Know from People I Don't Know''.
==Improvisational comedy== [[File:Rachel Parris' Musical Comedy Club 23-08-2018 (cropped).jpg|thumb|right|Rachel Parris performing at her Musical Comedy Club show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in August 2018]] Parris began [[Improvisational theatre|improv comedy]] in 2007 with [[The Oxford Imps]] and musical comedy in 2010.<ref>{{cite web |title=If Only I'd Known: Rachel Parris |url=http://ideastap.com/IdeasMag/the-knowledge/if-only-id-known-rachel-parris |website=ideastap.com |accessdate=12 November 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Rachel Parris: The Commission |url=http://comedyblogedy.com/rachel-parris-the-commission/|website=Comedy Blogedy|accessdate=12 November 2017|date=30 May 2013}}</ref> As part of the ''[[Austentatious]]'' improv group,<ref>{{cite web|title=Austentatious – BBC Radio 4 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b08tvyw0|website=BBC|access-date=12 November 2017}}</ref> she has performed in [[Edinburgh]], [[London]], and on a UK tour,<ref>{{cite web |title=Forthcoming Dates, Austentatious |url=http://www.austentatiousimpro.com/shows/ |website=Austentatious|date=16 February 2016 |accessdate=12 March 2019}}</ref> beginning a run at the [[Fortune Theatre]] in London from 18 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=News, Austentatious|url=http://www.austentatiousimpro.com/news/|website=Austentatious|accessdate=12 March 2019}}</ref>
In 2014, ''Austentatious'' won the [[Chortle Award]] for Best Character, Improv or Sketch Act,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bckJ0qNpCI|title=Chortle Awards 2014: Best character, improv or sketch group: Austentatious |date=28 March 2014 |via=[[YouTube]]}}</ref> and DVDs of their live shows were released by Gofasterstripe in 2015 and 2018.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/dvds/2015/01/15/21645/dvd_review:_austentatious|title=DVD review: Austentatiouse |date=2015-01-15 |website=www.chortle.co.uk}}</ref>
==Awards== In 2019, she was nominated for the [[British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance|BAFTA Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance]] for her work on ''The Mash Report''.
In 2019, Parris won the [[Chortle]] Award for Best Music and Variety Act.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Steve|website=www.chortle.co.uk |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2019/03/18/42561/who_won_the_2019_chortle_awards |title=Who won the 2019 Chortle Awards |last=Bennett}}</ref>
In 2018, Parris was named Female First's Comedian of the Year, beating [[Tiffany Haddish]], [[Amy Schumer]] and [[Ellen DeGeneres]] to the prize.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Female First Awards 2018: Comedian of the Year |url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/features/female-first-awards-2018-comedian-of-the-year-1176798.html|website=Female First |accessdate=12 March 2019|date=19 December 2018}}</ref>
She won runner-up placing in the annual Musical Comedy Awards competition in 2012, and has since headlined shows of theirs each year.<ref>{{cite web|title=About the Musical Comedy Awards|url=https://musicalcomedyawards.com/about/|website=Musical Comedy Awards|date=20 August 2014 |accessdate=6 March 2018|language=en}}</ref>
==Personal life== Parris lives in [[Balham]], [[South London|south-west London]] and is married to fellow comedian [[Marcus Brigstocke]].<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/technology/article/rachel-parris-and-marcus-brigstocke-on-addiction-stepchildren-and-online-gigs-0gbvqj3gx |title= Rachel Parris and Marcus Brigstocke on addiction, stepchildren and online gigs |work=[[The Times]] |first=Kate |last=Leahy |date=14 February 2021 |access-date=31 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Moore |first=Interview by Dan |date=2025-07-31 |title=Marcus Brigstocke; ‘500 people adore you, then you’re alone for 22 hours’ |url=https://www.thetimes.com/life-style/property-home/article/marcus-brigstocke-500-people-adore-you-then-youre-alone-for-22-hours-qxbr029nn |access-date=2025-12-22 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref> The couple have a son.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.you.co.uk/rachel-parris-pregancy-loss/ | title=Rachel Parris: There is no grave. No baby photos. I only have my story |work=You Magazine |first=Rachel |last=Parris |date=13 March 2022 |access-date=31 July 2022}}</ref>
==Television and radio credits==
* Comic Relief, BBC One, 2025 *''Richard Osman's House of Games, Champions Week, Series 7'', BBC Two, 2024 *''[[Sunday Brunch]]'', Channel 4, 2023<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/programme/b-pu2igw/sunday-brunch-season-2023/?episode=b-7f1ft0|title=Sunday Brunch|website=radiotimes.com|accessdate=24 April 2023}}</ref> *''The Hit List'', BBC One, 2022<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001csj8|title=The Hit List|website=bbc.co.uk|accessdate=1 October 2022}}</ref> *''[[Question Team]]'', Dave, 2021 *''Late Night Mash'', Dave, 2021 – present *''Trying'', Apple TV+, 2020 *''Richard Osman's House of Games'', BBC Two, 2019, 2024 *''I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue'', BBC Radio 4, 2019 – present *''QI'', BBC Two, 2019 *''Would I Lie To You?'', BBC One, 2019 *''Hypothetical'', Dave, 2019 *''Private Passions'', BBC Radio 3, 2019 *''Live at the Apollo'', BBC One, 2018 *''Plebs'', ITV2, 2018 *''QI'', BBC Two, 2018 *''Mock the Week'', BBC Two, 2018 *''A Girl's Guide to TV'', BBC Two, 2018 *''The Mash Report'', BBC Two, 2017–2020 *''Austentatious'', BBC Radio 4, 2017 *''The Now Show'', BBC Radio 4, 2016 *''Murder In Successville'', BBC Three, 2015-2016 *''Thronecast'', Sky Atlantic, 2014 *''The IT Crowd'', Channel 4, 2013 *''Count Arthur Strong'', BBC One, 2013 *''Eggheads'', BBC Two, 2009
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== External links == *{{official|http://www.rachelparris.co.uk}} *{{IMDb name|5805071}}
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