OLIVIA LEE
AWARD WINNING WRITER, COMEDIAN, ACTOR
Olivia Lee is a multi award winning writer, stand up comedian and actress, with a long track record of creating, writing and starring in her own TV shows. She has many scripted projects in development with UK & US production companies and broadcasters.
A well known face of TV comedy, Olivia started her career on Channel 4’s hit comedy show ‘Balls of Steel’ with her own slot called ‘Prank TV with Miss Lee’. She created her own vehicle for Channel 4, ‘Olivia Lee’s Naughty Bits’. This led to her own series on Comedy Central; ‘Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny’. The USA came calling and Olivia was invited to regularly appear on NBC’s ‘The Tonight Show With Jay Leno’ where she wrote and starred in her own regular comedy slot. That led to truTV giving Olivia her own comedy pilot ‘The Olivia Lee Show’ – which Ben Stiller produced with his company Red Hour. As an actress she has starred in many BAFTA nominated shows.
Her feature script ‘Pardon The Interruption’ has recently won multiple awards. ‘Best Feature Script’ at ‘The Rome Prisma Film Awards’, ‘Best Comedy Screenplay’ at ‘The Prague Screenplay Awards’ and ‘Best Comedy Screenplay’ at the ‘Berlin International Screenwriting Festival’. It has also been officially selected for ‘New York Script Awards’, ‘International World Film Awards’ and the ‘Budapest Movie Awards’ and got honourable mention at ‘The Los Angeles Film & Script Festival’ and ‘The Hollywood Indie Film Awards’.
Recently she created and starred in her own pilot ‘Make Me A Misogynist’ for which she played all men for Channel 4. She also launched her first album with Universal records; ‘Mindful Mum; How Not To Lose Your Total Fuc*ing Sh*t’ a unique spin on mindfulness, this was a hit and Olivia has turned it into a one woman show ‘Olivia Lee; Losing Her Total Fuc*ing Sh*t’ playing homage to female anger and toxic femininity. A tour of this is now in the works.
WRITING
A prolific writer, Olivia has numerous scripted projects currently in development. Her slate includes:
‘HYSTERICAL’ – comedy drama in development with Rangabee Productions starring Naomie Harris, Romesh Ranganathan and Jameela Jamil.
‘UNFAMOUS’ – half hour comedy in development with Objective Fiction starring Kerry Howard and Russell Tovey.
‘WASTE’ – comedy drama in development with Expectation Productions.
‘THE GODMOTHER’ – comedy drama in development with Zeppotron Productions.
‘BREAK’ – comedy drama in development with CHX Productions.
Her feature script ‘PARDON THE INTERRUPTION’ is currently winning big on the festival circuit…
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NEWS
October 2024: Naomie Harris, Jameela Jamil and Romesh Ranganathan to Star in Olivia Lee’s Andrew Tate-Inspired Feminist Comedy ‘Hysterical’
Naomie Harris, Jameela Jamil and Romesh Ranganathan are set to star in a new feminist dramedy from Olivia Lee semi-inspired by controversial figure Andrew Tate, Variety has learned.
Titled “Hysterical,” the show from “Dirty, Sexy, Funny” creator Lee centers around a group of friends who – fueled by rage and rosé – decide to take down a global misogynist icon.
February 2024: Olivia to star in British rom-com along side Naomie Harris & Jameela Jamil
Naomie Harris (“Moonlight,” “No Time To Die”), Joel Fry (“The End We Start From,” “Yesterday”), Jameela Jamil (“DC League of Super-Pets, Marry Me”) and Olivia Lee (“Dirty, Sexy, Funny,” “In The Long Run”) are set to star in upcoming romantic comedy “Lola and Freddie,” billed as a British reimagining of 2012’s “Celeste and Jesse Forever.”
A Busy Summer for Olivia!
It’s a busy summer for Olivia!
She will preform at Kendal Calling Festival, also featuring Noel Gallagher and Tim Burgess:
Olivia’s feature script ‘Pardon the Interruption’ wins at multiple festivals
Olivia Wins Best Comedy Screenplay at ‘The Prague Screenplay Awards’ :
https://praguescript.com/winners
VIDEO CLIPS
IMAGE GALLERY
GIG DATES
- 15th Oct; The Albany Club, London
- 25th Oct; Shoreditch Comedy Club
- 12th Nov; Comedy In Your Eye, Camden
- 17th Nov; The OM Club, Finsbury Park
- 19th Nov; The Albany Club, London
- 2nd Dec; Jesters Jesters, Farringdon
- 5th Dec; The Roebuck, Hampstead
- 9th Dec; Jesters Jesters, Farringdon
- 22nd Jan: Four Thieves, Battersea;
- 11th Feb: Live at not the Apollo, Shepherd’s Bush
- 7th March; Crawley Comedy Club
- 22nd March; Just The Tonic, Whitechapel
- 21st June; Just The Tonic, Birmingham
OLIVIA LEE: MINDFUL MUM...
‘MINDFUL MUM; HOW NOT TO LOSE YOUR TOTAL FUCKING SHIT’ is the first album of its kind, featuring x-rated angry meditation tracks! After giving birth I felt overwhelmed by the pressure to be a perfect Mum, traditional meditation felt oddly too positive – it didn’t allow me space to work through my negative feelings. This album is my bid to help Mum’s stay sane through their journey, and help them ‘un-fu*k themselves from the prison of perfection by embracing their angry inner selves’.
The album was a hit! Off the back I created a live show ‘OLIVIA LEE: LOSING HER TOTAL FUCKING SHIT’ exploring the themes of the album and delving deeper into toxic femininity. After researching female rage I found there was much more I wanted to say. The show has been touring London to great reviews, a national tour is now in the works.
Through these projects I have come to the conclusion that we are all too familiar with toxic masculinity, yet rarely does toxic femininity get as much press, there felt like so much more to say. So I’ve now turned these themes of these works into a scripted comedy.
HYSTERICAL, is currently in development with RANGABEE Productions – a comedy drama starring Romesh Ranganathan, Naomie Harris, and Jameela Jamil. This show is my two fingered salute to always having to be positive, feminine and well behaved, fInally a place where women can let rip! Watch this space…
Mindful Mum in the Press:
- “I’m kind of devoid of the embarrassment gene” – Sky News
- “This’ll help mums beat stress, I swear” – Chortle
- “Olivia Lee Losing Her Total F**ing Sh*t” – Ham & High
BOOKING
US Manager:
myersmelissawork@gmail.com
Writing:
laurarourke@independenttalent.co.uk
Live Comedy:
brett@getcomedy.co.uk
Acting:
ellie@ecntalent.com
Voice Over:
sue@sueterryvoices.com