Jo Enright is an English stand-up comedian and actress who has appeared in a number of television and radio comedy programmes.[1] She is best known for her roles in The Job Lot, Life's Too Short and Trollied.
Jo Enright | |
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| Occupation(s) | Actress, Stand-up comedian |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Television | Lab Rats (2008) Ideal (2009–2011) Life's Too Short (2011–2013) Trollied (2012) The Job Lot (2013–2015) |
Career
editIn 1995, Enright made her Edinburgh Festival debut as part of the three-hander The West Midland's Serious Comedy Squad.[2][failed verification] In 2002, she appeared alongside Steve Coogan in episode five, series two of the BBC comedy I'm Alan Partridge as a tax inspector investigating Alan. In 2005, she appeared in the BBC Radio 4 series The Ape that Got Lucky with Chris Addison. In 2006, she appeared in the comedy series Time Trumpet on BBC Two, playing herself as a commentator in the year 2031 looking back on the world nearly thirty years before. From July 2008, she appeared in the BBC comedy series Lab Rats as Cara McIlvenny.[3][failed verification][4]
In 2008, Enright played wheelchair-user Jackie, a member of the fictional "2 Up, 2 Down", on Peter Kay's Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice, a spoof on the talent show genre of programmes. In 2009 she began playing "Carol" in the fifth and sixth series of the BBC Three sitcom Ideal. In 2011, Enright appeared in Ricky Gervais's and Stephen Merchant's television comedy series Life's Too Short as Sue, Warwick Davis's estranged wife. In 2012, she appeared as baker Sharon in the Sky1 sitcom Trollied. From April 2013 until November 2015, Enright appeared as officious job centre worker Angela Bromford in the ITV2 comedy series The Job Lot.[5][6] In 2022, Enright appeared in a guest role as Vera, the swinger, in series 3 of Ricky Gervais' After Life.
Awards
edit- 2002: Chortle Award winner for best female circuit comic
- 2001: Best Female on the Jongleurs Comedy Circuit, sponsored by Bodyform
- 1996: Named comedian of the year at the Leicester Comedy Festival[7]
Filmography
edit- After Life as Vera; Series 3 episode 2; uncredited
- Porters (2017, 2019) as Janice Grimm
- Nurse (2015) as Bernie
- The Job Lot (2013–2015) as Angela Bromford
- Trollied (2012) as Sharon the Baker
- Life's Too Short (2011–2013) as Sue
- Ideal (2009–2011) as Carol
- Lab Rats (2008) as Cara McIlvenny
- Britain's Got the Pop Factor... and Possibly a New Celebrity Jesus Christ Soapstar Superstar Strictly on Ice (2008) as Jackie from contestants "2 Up 2 Down"
- Time Trumpet (2006) as herself (in an imagined future)
- Brain Candy (BBC) - (2003) as herself
- Round (2003) as Ann
- I'm Alan Partridge - I Know What Alan Did Last Summer (2002) as Tax Inspector Catherine
- World of Pub - Ladies (2001)
- Phoenix Nights (aka Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights) - Episode #1.4 (2001) as Beverly Hillscoptu
- That Peter Kay Thing - The Arena (1999)
- I Love a 1970's Christmas (2000) as herself
- Barking (1998), Channel 4 sketch show, as writer and performer
She has also provided voice-overs in advertisements for Jaffa Cakes, Living TV, Sainsburys and Nescafe.[8]
References
edit- ^ Liptrott, Sharon (8 January 2024). "Stand-up comedian heading for Moffat". Daily Record. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
- ^ "Interview: Jo Enright, comedian". The Scotsman. 6 January 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "The Comedy Agency: Jo Enright". www.thecomedyagency.co.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "TV's Job Lot Jo out for a Laugh in the city". Lancashire Evening Post. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Dean, Will (25 September 2014). "The Job Lot, ITV2, review: Sex talk undermines returning Russell Tovey comedy". The Independent. Archived from the original on 9 June 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ Laws, Roz (3 May 2013). "Birmingham sitcom star Jo Enright goes back to her past for new show". The Birmingham Post. Retrieved 14 October 2015.
- ^ "Jo Enright". Lunar Festival. Archived from the original on 14 January 2022. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "Qvoice Artistes Search". QVOICE LTD. Archived from the original on 11 March 2007. Retrieved 10 July 2015.