Rachel Parris Height, Age, Husband, Children, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
Full Name	Rachel Sarah Parris
Profession	Actor, Comedian, Musician, Author, Improviser
Physical Stats
Height (approx.)	5' 6" (168 cm)
Eye Colour	Light Blue/ Hazel
Hair Colour	Extra Light Beige Blonde
Career
Debut	TV: Count Arthur Strong (2013) as the woman in the cafe on BBC One
Awards, Achievements	• 2023: Emerging Talent: Factual Award at the British Academy Television Craft Awards • 2019: Chortle Award in the Music and Variety Act category • 2018: The Entertainment and lifestyle news website Female First's Comedian of the Year Award • 2012: Runner-up position at the Musical Comedy Awards (MCAs), an annual competition for musical comedians • 2010: Second runner-up at The Funny Women Awards (a competition conducted by Funny Women, a community to support female comedians)
Personal Life
Date of Birth	27 May 1984 (Sunday)
Age (as of 2024)	40 Years
Birthplace	Leicester, England
Zodiac sign	Gemini
Nationality	British
Hometown	London
School	Loughborough High School, Loughborough, England
College/University	• St Hilda's College, University of Oxford, Oxford, England (2002-2005) • The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London, London, England (2006-2007)
Educational Qualification	• Bachelor of Arts (Music) • Master of Arts (Acting)
Food Habit	Non-vegetarian
Social Media	• Instagram • Facebook • YouTube • Twitter
Relationships & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Boyfriends	Marcus Brigstocke (actor, comedian)
Marriage Date	14 September 2019
Family
Husband/Spouse	Marcus Brigstocke (actor, comedian)
Children	Son- 1 • Billy
Parents	Father- (bank clerk) Mother- (hairdresser)
Favourites
Food	Burger
Cuisine	Indian

Some Lesser Known Facts About Rachel Parris

• Rachel Parris actively participated in plays, choirs, jazz, and recitals during her graduation studies at St Hilda’s College at the University of Oxford.

• In 2007, she started performing improvisation comedy (improv) with the Oxford Imps, an improvisation troupe at the University of Oxford.

• She worked as an administrative assistant at the Classical Opera Company from February 2009 to August 2009.

• She worked as the Business Affairs Assistant at the Royal Ballet and Opera in London for three months in 2009.

• In 2009 she participated with other members of the Oxford Imps in season 10 of the British quiz show, Eggheads, on BBC Two.
  

  Rachel Parris (sitting, second from right) in the show Eggheads with other members of The Oxford Imps

• Since 2010, she has been performing musical comedy.

• She was one of the founders of the popular improv comedy show Austentatious: An Improvised Jane Austen Novel, which premiered in London in 2011. The show has been performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe (the world’s largest performance art festival) since 2012 and on BBC Radio 4. It won the Chortle Award for the best character, improv, or sketch act in 2014.
  

  Rachel Parris on stage, Austentatious An Improvised Jane Austen Novel 

• She participated in various competitions and was the finalist in Hackney Empire New Act Of the Year (2011) and Leicester Square Theatre New Comedian of the Year (2011). She was also a semi-finalist in the annual competition for stand-up comedy new acts, So You Think You’re Funny (2011).

• She has performed several solo comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, featured in season 14 of the stand-up comedy programme Live at the Apollo (2018), and tours including It’s Fun to Pretend (2018) and Poise (2024).
  

  Rachel Parris on the poster of her tour, Poise

• Some of the television series she acted in are Murder in Successville (2015-2016) as Lady Gaga/ Tess Daly/ Sarah Millican, M.O.T.H.E.R Knows Best (2018) as M.O.T.H.E.R, and There She Goes (2018) as Katy.

• She was part of the news show, The Mash Report (2017-2020), which aired on BBC Two. She hosted the show in 2022 after it restarted as Late Night Mash on the U&Dave network.
  

  Rachel Parris as the host of the television show Late Night Mash

• She was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Entertainment Performance at the British Academy for Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) Awards in 2019.

• She has appeared on popular television game shows such as QI (Quite Interesting) and Would I Lie To You (WILTY).

• She has also participated in radio shows like I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue and The Now Show.

• She wrote the television movie A Girl’s Guide to TV (2018) with Tom Neenan, which was broadcast on the BBC network during the ‘Hear Her’ season as part of the 100th-anniversary celebrations in honour of the women winning the right to vote in the UK.

• She appeared on podcasts including Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast (RHLSTP) and The Guilty Feminist hosted by Deborah Frances-White.

• In 2022, she authored the book Advice from Strangers: Everything I Know from People I Don’t Know (2022).
  

  Rachel Parris with her book Advice from Strangers Everything I Know from People I Don’t Know

• She and Archie Henderson (Jazz Emu) are the singers in the music video Dave: We Also Wrote A Song (2023).

• She co-hosts a podcast with her husband Marcus Brigstocke, How Was It For You? (2024) streaming on Spotify.
  

  Rachel Parris and husband Marcus Brigstocke on the poster of their Podcast How Was It For You