Jenny Bede

Bede was born in 1983, and grew up in Pinner, London.^[1]

Bede trained in musical theatre at the Royal Academy of Music.^[1]

Bede worked as a PA prior to full-time comedy.^[2]

• In 2008, Bede first performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in a musical,^[2] returning in 2011 to 2014,^[3] in double-headers.^[2]
• In 2010, Bede joined the cast of NewsRevue, a resident musical sketch show, at Canal Cafe Theatre in Little Venice, London.
• In 2013, Bede wrote and starred in her first comedy pilot, AAA, for Comedy Feeds, for BBC3.^[1]
• In 2015, Bede performed Jenny Bede: Don’t Look at Me at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.^[3][4]
• In 2017 and 2019 at the Edinburgh Fringe, Bede performed Jenny Bede: Eggtime^[5] and Jenny Bede: The Musical, an hour show at Just The Tonic at The Mash House, respectively.^[6][7]
• In 2022, Bede starred in Prince Andrew: The Musical as Sarah, Duchess of York.^[8]

• In 2013, Bede was the winner of the Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer.^[9][10]
• In 2015, Bede was a winner of The Observer's rising stars of 2015.^[11]
• In 2017, Bede was a winner of BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Award, for her script, Baby.^{[12][13][14][15]}