Harriet Dyer (comedian)
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Harriet Dyer | |
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| Born | Harriet Louise Dyer 1983 or 1984 (age 42–43)[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Wolverhampton |
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| Years active | 2010–present[2] |
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Harriet Louise Dyer[3] (aged 42–43[1]) is an English stand-up comedian and writer. Her comedy specialises in topics surrounding mental health and neurodiversity. While having appeared numerous times at the Edinburgh Fringe, she has also notably appeared on television in Live at the Apollo and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. In 2024, she received the second Sean Lock Comedy Award, handed out by Channel 4.[4]
Dyer has been open about her mental health difficulties, which have formed the basis for her comedy.[5]
Dyer was born and grew up in Truro, Cornwall. She was abused in her teenage years,[6] which she touches upon in her later works and led to addiction and mental health issues as an adult.[7]
Dyer completed a BTEC in Performing Arts at Truro College in 2004 and went on to graduate with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Drama and Performance from the University of Wolverhampton in 2008.[8] During university, Dyer suffered from alcoholism and almost dropped out.[9] She later moved to Birmingham, and then Manchester[10] for eight years, where she resided notably close to Strangeways Prison.[11] She currently lives in Bristol, with a male partner.[10]
Dyer has bipolar disorder.[10] During the COVID-19 pandemic, she realised she experienced partial deafness - having previously relied on lip-reading, which mass masking heavily restricted - for which she now wears hearing aids.[11] A clip of her recounting this on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown went viral, with over three million views.[12]