Siobhan Thompson (born 29 July, 1984) is a British sketch comedian and comedy writer. She is known for her work on the CollegeHumor Originals web series and has appeared in other programs such as '' Adam Ruins Everything'' and '' Broad City''. She is also a staff writer for

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Biography

Thompson originally came 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 BBC America 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 CollegeHumor 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 '' Dimension 20'', a Dungeons and Dragons actual-play show which premiered September 2018 on Dropout, CollegeHumor's streaming service. Her characters include Adaine Abernant (''Fantasy High, Fantasy High:Sophomore Year''), Misty Moore/Rowan Berry (''Unsleeping City''), Princess Ruby Rocks (''A Crown of Candy''), Iga Lisowski (''The Unsleeping City: Chapter II''), Riva (''A Starstruck Odyssey''), and Princess Rosamund Du Prix (''Neverafter''). In addition, she guested on Not Another D&D Podcast as Apple Scrumper, and the Rotating Heroes Podcast as Astrid Starborn.

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* 1984 births Actual play performers British sketch comedians British women television writers CollegeHumor people English comedy writers English emigrants to the United States English television writers Living people {{UK-comedian-stub