Ingrid Elise Dahle is a UK-based Norwegian comedian and actress.
Early life
Dahle was born in
Stavanger
Stavanger, officially the Stavanger Municipality, is a city and municipalities of Norway, municipality in Norway. It is the third largest city and third largest metropolitan area in Norway (through conurbation with neighboring Sandnes) and the ...
Norway, and grew up in
Hommersåk
Hommersåk is a village in Sandnes municipality in Rogaland county, Norway. The village is located in the borough of Riska in the northern part of the municipality. It is situated about northeast of the centre of the city of Sandnes, along the ...
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Comedy career
In 2012 she won the Brighton Comedy Festival inaugural 'Squawker Award', and thus performed at the Brighton Dome for the Best of the Fest. Dahle was nominated for the final of
So You Think You're Funny? (SYTYF) in 2012. In 2015 she was runner up in
Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year
The Leicester Comedian of the Year (previously known as the ''Leicester Mercury'' Comedian of the Year from 1995-2024), is held during the Leicester Comedy Festival every February. All the finalists picked are nominated by the UK's top comedy club ...
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Dahle is a supporter of many charities and performs at comedy fundraising events. She performed at Charity Chuckle,
Komedia
Komedia is an arts and entertainment company which operates venues in the United Kingdom at Brighton and Bath, and a management and production company Komedia Entertainment. Beyond hosting live comedy, the venues also host music, cabaret, theat ...
Brighton in 2012 and again in 2015 helping to raise funds for Stand Up To End Violence Against Women, and also the Young People's Centre Brighton. In 2019 Ingrid performed at Union Chapel London to fundraise for 'Bloody Good Period' which works towards ending period poverty for those who cannot afford essential products
In 2018, Dahle supported
Jen Brister
Jennifer Helen Brister (born 9 February 1975) is a British stand-up comedian, writer and actress from London.
Life and career
Early life
Brister was born in Kingston upon Thames, Greater London, in 1975 to a British father and a Spanish mothe ...
on her sixth UK tour 'Meaningless'. She was a supporting act on
Desiree Burch
Desiree Lea Burch (born January 26, 1979) is an American comedian, actress, television presenter, and voice actress. Originally from Diamond Bar, California, Burch has also lived in New York, Streatham, Croydon and Peckham, having moved to London ...
October–November 2019 UK tour.
Comedy festivals
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Brighton Fringe
Brighton Fringe is an open-access arts festival held annually in Brighton, England. It is the largest annual arts festival in England and one of the largest fringe festivals in the world. The programme of 2018 included 1008 events at over 166 v ...
2012, 2018, 2019
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Edinburgh Fringe
The Edinburgh Festival Fringe (also referred to as the Edinburgh Fringe, the Fringe or the Edinburgh Fringe Festival) is the world's largest performance arts festival, which in 2024 spanned 25 days, sold more than 2.6 million tickets and featur ...
2013, 2016, 2018
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Green Man Festival
The Green Man Festival is an independent music, science and arts festival held annually in mid-August in the Brecon Beacons, Wales. Green Man has evolved into a 25,000 capacity week long event, showcasing predominantly live music (in particular ...
2017
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Wychwood Festival
Wychwood Festival is an annual music festival held at Cheltenham racecourse in Gloucestershire, UK. As well as music, the family-friendly three-day festival includes workshops, comedy, the Children's Literature Festival, and a Silent disco, Head ...
2017
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Machynlleth Comedy Festival
Machynlleth () is a market town, community and electoral ward in Powys, Wales and within the historic boundaries of Montgomeryshire. It is in the Dyfi Valley at the intersection of the A487 and the A489 roads. At the 2001 Census it had a popul ...
– 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
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Fringe Theatrefest Barnstaple 2018, 2019, 2020
Film and radio
Dahle played Esther, the lead character in ''Being Nice'', a short comedy drama released 2015 directed by Leah Revivo. A socially inept factory girl (Esther) decides to try and fit in, but 'Being Nice' is never as simple as it sounds. Being Nice was accepted into 9 film festivals including: Royal Television Society – Student Awards, Screentest National Student Film Festival and LA Cinefest. The Monthly Film Festival guide reviewed it; 2.5 stars out of 3.
In 2017 her 'Mach-Fest diary' was presented for
BBC Radio 4
BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station replaced the BBC Home Service on 30 September 1967 and broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes from the BBC's headquarters at Broadcasti ...
's ''Comedy Club'' at Machynlleth Comedy Festival.
Awards and nominations
Personal life
She resides in
Brighton & Hove
Brighton and Hove ( ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority area, ceremonially in East Sussex, England. There are multiple villages alongside the seaside resorts of Brighton and Hove in the district. It is administe ...
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References
External links
Official website*
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Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Actresses from Stavanger
People from Brighton and Hove
Norwegian women comedians
Norwegian women writers
20th-century Norwegian actresses
21st-century Norwegian actresses