Siobhan Thompson (born 29 July 1984) is a British-American comedian and writer. She is known for her work on the

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Originals web series and for her roles on Dropout's ''

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''. She has appeared in other programmes such as ''

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'' and ''

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''. She was also a staff writer for

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's ''

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'' and a writer on ''

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''.

Biography

Thompson originally moved from England to the United States to be an

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, but soon found herself drawn to comedy. She began taking classes at the

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in 2010, and is a member of their Maude team Alamo. She is also the former host of the

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web series "Anglophenia", the co-host of the

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podcast Left Handed Radio, and has appeared in multiple television shows. She first appeared in a

sketch in May 2015, and left the company at the end of 2016, before returning in late 2017. In June 2018, it was announced that

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would produce a comedy TV series created by Thompson and

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to air on Freeform. Thompson is also a player on ''

'', a

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show that premiered September 2018 on the Dropout streaming service. Her characters include Adaine Abernant (''Fantasy High'' series), Misty Moore/Rowan Berry (''The Unsleeping City''), Princess Ruby Rocks (''A Crown of Candy''), Iga Lisowski (''The Unsleeping City: Chapter II''), Riva (''A Starstruck Odyssey''), Princess Rosamund Du Prix (''Neverafter'')'','' Imelda Pulse (''Mentopolis''), a young

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named Jaysohn (''Burrow's End''), and Vanellope 'Van' Chapman (''Cloudward, Ho!''). In addition, she has guested on other Dropout programs such as '' Game Changer''. She has also been a guest player character on '' Not Another D&D Podcast'' as Apple Scrumper and the ''Rotating Heroes Podcast'' as Astrid Starborn. In November 2023, Thompson announced via

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that she had become a

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Thompson, Siobhan 1984 births Actual play performers American comedy writers American people of English descent American sketch comedians American television writers American women comedians American women television writers CollegeHumor people English comedy writers English emigrants to the United States English sketch comedians English television writers English women comedians English women television writers Living people Naturalized citizens of the United States