Amy Stella Gledhill is an English comedian and actress. She has been nominated for Best Show at the UK

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and for Best Show and Best Newcomer at the

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, winning the former in 2024. She performs solo and as half the duo The Delightful Sausage with Chris Cantrill.

Early life

Gledhill is from

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, and as part of her stand-up routine has said she is the youngest of seven children.

Career

Gledhill started her career in various sketch groups in the north of England. In 2018 it was announced on the

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programme ''

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'' that she was the second winner of the

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Bursary. She received a cash prize and mentoring from a BBC commissioning editor. In 2019, as part of the double act The Delightful Sausage, Gledhill was nominated for Best Show at the

's Comedy Awards for their show ''Ginsters Paradise''. Between 2020 and 2021, Gledhill appeared as various characters in the

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and

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children's sketch show ''Big Fat Like''. She also contributed to the show as a writer. In 2021 and 2024, Gledhill appeared as Leslie in the

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and

comedy series '' Alma's Not Normal''. Gledhill made her solo show debut at the 2022 Edinburgh Fringe Festival with ''The Girl Before The Girl You Marry''. She was nominated for Best Newcomer for that show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. That year she was also nominated for Best Show as part of The Delightful Sausage - she was the first person to be nominated for involvement in two shows in the same year since Dan Antopolski in 2000. In 2023 Gledhill embarked on her first solo UK tour after a sold-out run at the

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in London. In January she hosted the

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podcast ''Obsessed with... Happy Valley'' alongside fellow comedian

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, in which they "discuss fan theories and chat to familiar faces from the cast". In February Gledhill was nominated at the UK

in the Best Stand-Up category for her show ''The Girl Before The Girl You Marry''. She also appeared in the second series of the

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comedy ''

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''. Since 2023 Gledhill is co-host on the ''Northern News'' podcast with

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. In February 2024, Gledhill appeared on the BBC panel comedy show '' Would I Lie to You?''. That month, she was nominated in the Best Best Breakthrough Act category, and ''Northern News'' was nominated in the Best Podcast category at the

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. In summer 2024, Gledhill returned to the Fringe with her new show, ''Make Me Look Fit on the Poster''. It was nominated for Best Show at the ISH Edinburgh Comedy Awards, and won the

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for Best Show. In October 2024, Gledhill and fellow comedian Harriet Kemsley launched a podcast calle
''Single Ladies In Your Area''
where they discuss, with guests, modern dating after the break-up of their respective long-term relationships. In 2025, she was cast in

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series '' Run Away'' for

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Personal life

Gledhill lived in Leeds and Manchester before moving to London.

References

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* * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gledhill, Amy Living people English stand-up comedians English women comedians Comedians from Kingston upon Hull 20th-century births