Born:
August 17, 1971
in
Gloucester
Best Known For:
Being a stand-up comedian.
Early-life:
Bridget was born in Gloucester on August 17, 1971. She is the youngest of nine brothers and sisters. She studied acting at The Academy of Live and Recorded Arts in Wandsworth, London. In 2003, she found work on the diary desk of the Daily Mail. She began doing stand-up in the evenings.
Career:
Christie spent five years working at the Daily Mail before turning to stand-up full time. She took her first show to the Edinburgh Festival in 2005 and she has performed there every year since. In 2009, her show My Daily Mail Hell chronicled her time at the newspaper. Her 2013 show, A Bic for Her, won the Foster's Edinburgh Comedy Award and it played to packed houses at the Edinburgh Festival, Brighton Comedy Festival and London's Soho Theatre. Christie has also appeared on a number of TV shows, including The Omid Djalili Show, Harry Hill's Little Cracker, Anna & Katy, It's Kevin and Have I Got News for You. Her Radio 4 series about feminism, Bridget Christie Mind the Gap, premiered in March 2013.
Quote:
"Comedy goes in cycles - if you hold on long enough, and just keep doing what you love doing, it'll eventually come round."
Trivia:
Christie married fellow comedian Stewart Lee in 2006.