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Andi Osho
Acting

Andi Osho
Homepage
http://www.andiosho.co.uk/
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1973-01-27,Plaistow, London, England, UK
Gender
Female
Biography
Andi was born in Stratford, East London and attended Sarah Bonnell Comprehensive School. She studied drama at Barking College of Technology where peers included Razaaq Adoti (Amistad (1997), Black Hawk Down (2001)), Sarah Webb, lead singer of acid jazz group D Influence and Idris Elba (Pacific Rim (2013), The Wire (2002)). She later went on to study TV production at Ravensbourne College of Design after which she took several roles at TV post production companies. Andi also worked in TV broadcasting at Walt Disney Television International and was the technical ops manager at new media start up, Where-It's-At. After working as a post production supervisor on ITV soap Night & Day (2001) Andi retrained as an actor at The Academy Drama School in London. She made her stage debut in 2003 and went on to appear at several renowned fringe and off-West End venues including The Arts Theatre, Riverside Studios, Kings Head and Liverpool Everyman. 2005 saw her "powerful" (Time Out) performance in Medea and as jazz singer, Dolly Rathebe in Who Killed Mr Drum? Andi ended the year with a No. 1 tour of Dael Orlandersmith's Pulitzer nominated play, Yellowman which received critical praise. Andi's TV debut was in long-running BBC soap EastEnders (1985). In 2007 Andi began performing stand up comedy and in July of that year won the coveted Funny Women award at London's Comedy Store. She went on to be runner up at Hackney Empire New Act of The Year and Leicester Mercury Comedian of The Year. This launched a successful television career which saw Andi make regular appearances on popular panel shows including Mock the Week (2005) and Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996). She has also made two appearances on Jack Dee Live at the Apollo (2004) as well as three sell out tours of her solo stand up shows, All The Single Ladies and Afroblighty. She performed live, in front of a 15,000 strong audience at London's O2 arena for the Channel 4 Great Ormond Street Comedy Gala. She made her feature debut in Swinging with the Finkels (2011) opposite Sherlock (2010) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012) star Martin Freeman. Andi is an accomplished writer (The One Lenny (2011) and Stand Up for the Week (2010) (in which she also appeared). Andi is also developing her own film and television projects. She has written for Fox US and BBC TV and Radio and for several newspapers including The Times and The I and is a regular blogger. In 2014 Andi wrote and produced Brit.i.am (2014), a crowd-sourced short film about Britishness which went on to win three awards and was officially selected for ten festivals. She recently completed her second short, The Grid (2015), a sci thriller starring newcomer Stony Blyden and Eastenders alumni Troy Titus-Adams.

Filmography

A Castle for Christmas

5.994

A Castle for Christmas
2021-11-26

The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud

5.093

The Intergalactic Adventures of Max Cloud
2020-12-18

The Stranger in Our Bed

5.703

The Stranger in Our Bed
2022-08-26

4

The Grid
2015-01-01

6.4

Lights Out
2016-07-21

The Angina Monologues

0

The Angina Monologues
2010-12-10

6.978

Shazam!
2019-03-29

0

Jane
2019-10-27

Michael McIntyre: In His Own Words

10

Michael McIntyre: In His Own Words
2021-01-01

6.167

U Be Dead
2009-07-05

The Graham Norton Show

7.2

The Graham Norton Show
2007-02-22

7.5

Blue Lights
2023-03-27

Waking the Dead

7.25

Waking the Dead
2001-06-18

8.029

Good Omens
2019-05-31

6.222

Kiri
2018-01-10

@midnight with Chris Hardwick

5.1

@midnight with Chris Hardwick
2013-10-21

6.52

Room 101
1994-07-04

5.5

Curfew
2019-02-22

7.873

The Sandman
2022-08-05

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

7.017

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996-11-12

Let's Dance for Comic Relief

6.7

Let's Dance for Comic Relief
2009-02-21

3

On the Edge
2018-08-14

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store

0

Comedy Central at the Comedy Store
2010-09-03

5.5

Pandora
2019-07-16

6.3

Payback
2023-10-04

Bill Nye Saves the World

3.8

Bill Nye Saves the World
2017-04-21

5.4

You & Me
2023-02-23

Death in Paradise

7.5

Death in Paradise
2011-10-25

I May Destroy You

7.238

I May Destroy You
2020-06-07

Between the Covers

5.5

Between the Covers
2020-10-09

6.9

Breeders
2020-03-02

8.205

Sex Education
2019-01-11