Emma Fryer is a British
stand-up comedian
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,
actress
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and writer from
Coventry
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, best known for playing Tania in
BBC Three
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's ''
Ideal'', Janine in
E4's ''
PhoneShop
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'' and Gaynor in
BBC Two
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's ''
Home Time'', which she co-wrote with
Neil Edmond.
Career
In 2005, she was a finalist in the ''
So You Think You're Funny?'', ''
Funny Women'' and ''
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year'' competitions. She has also appeared as one of the spoof presenters in
Channel 4
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's Comedy Lab ''Swizzcall'', played the lead character, Dawn Jones, in the online sitcom ''
Where are the Joneses?'' and provided the single additional voice in the finale of
Tim Key's ''
All Bar Luke''. More recently, she has appeared in BBC dramas ''
Moving On'' and ''
In The Dark''.
Fryer was nominated for ''
The Times
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'' Breakthrough Award 2010, while ''Home Time'' was nominated for Best Sitcom at both the 2010
South Bank Show Awards and
The Rose D'Or.
Filmography
Film
Television
References
External links
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Actresses from Coventry
Alumni of Bretton Hall College
Living people
English women comedians
English television actresses
21st-century English writers
English women writers
English stand-up comedians
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