Alison Spittle

Spittle was born in Harrow, London.^[11][1] Spittle's father was a builder.^[1][11][5] The family moved frequently, including to Dresden, Germany, before moving to Spittle's mother's ancestral home of County Westmeath, Tyrrellspass, Mullingar and finally Ballymore at age eight.^{[1][11][12][5][13]} She attended secondary school in Moate.^[13]

Graduating from college in Dublin,^[2] Spittle moved back to Westmeath, where she worked as a researcher for iRadio with comedian Bernard O'Shea.^[1][11][5] She began working in comedy, supporting PJ Gallagher.^[11] This led to her participation in So You Think You're Funny?'s Irish heats, qualifying for rounds in Edinburgh.^[1][13] She got a guest spot on the Happy Hour section of the John Murray Show RTÉ Radio 1 from this success.^[1]

Her comedy shows have included Alison Spittle Needs an Agent, Alison Spittle Discovers Hawaii (2015),^[11][13] and Worrier Princess (2017).^[2][11] She has performed at the Edinburgh and Dublin fringe festivals,^[11] as well as The Forbidden Fruit and Cork Comedy festivals.^[12][2]

Spittle wrote and starred in web comedy shorts for RTÉ Two, and in sketches for Republic of Telly with Kevin McGahern.^[2][13]

She was a regular contributor to The Right Hook with George Hook on Newstalk.^[2][4] She is also a regular co-host of The Guilty Feminist podcast with Deborah Francis-White.

She appeared in the 2019 comedy film Extra Ordinary.

In 2020, she and fellow comedian Fern Brady started a podcast for the BBC called Wheel of Misfortune.^[14] Brady left the podcast in early 2021 and Spittle hosted the show with guests until Kerry Katona became permanent co-host in November 2022.^[15]

In November 2023, she appeared on game show Richard Osman's House of Games.^{[citation needed]}