Biography
Kemsley began stand-up in 2011 and within months won the Funny's Funny contest. In 2012, she won Bath Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and Brighton Comedy Festival New Act of the Year and was named by Rhod Gilbert as one of the Ten Must See Comics of 2012. Her autobiographical solo show, Slutty Joan, was reviewed positively in The Guardian.
She hosts a podcast, Why Is Harriet Crying?, with fellow comedian Sunil Patel.
Kemsley has appeared on Sam Delaney's News Thing, Roast Battle, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats. She and then-fiancé Bobby Mair appeared on a Viceland reality show in 2017, entitled Bobby & Harriet Get Married, featuring their wedding, officiated by comedian Romesh Ranganathan.
As an actress, she has appeared in the film Bonobo and on TV on Damned and Doctor Foster. She also provided the voice of Nashandra, the final boss of the video game Dark Souls II.
Filmography
Cast Credits

Clash Of The Comics
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2025

Iain Stirling's Roast The Internet
Character: Self
TV • 2025

LOL: Last One Laughing UK
Character: Self
TV • 2025

Harriet Kemsley: Everything Always Works Out For Me
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2024

Battle In The Box
Character: Self
TV • 2024

Harriet Kemsley: Woman Child
Character: Self
MOVIE • 2023

Big Brother: Late & Live
Character: Self
TV • 2023

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
Character: Self - Panellist
TV • 2021

Grave New World
Character: Harriet
TV • 2021

This Is My House
Character: Self
TV • 2021
Mission: Accessible
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 2020

Guessable
Character: Self
TV • 2020

You Build The Thing You Think You Are
Character: Mother
MOVIE • 2020

Pants on Fire
Character: Self - Challenger
TV • 2019

Pants on Fire
Character: Self - Guest
TV • 2019

The Ranganation
Character: Self
TV • 2019

Hypothetical
Character: Self
TV • 2019

Roast Battle
Character: Self
TV • 2018

Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Contestant
TV • 2017

Richard Osman's House of Games
Character: Self - Panellist
TV • 2017
Crew