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Revision as of 16:40, 11 October 2008
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| Born | 1974 London, England |
| Medium | actor/ventriloquist |
| Nationality | British |
| Genres | ventriloquism |
| Website | http://www.ninaconti.freeuk.com/ |
Nina Conti (born 1974, in London) is a British actress, comedian and ventriloquist. Her onstage sidekick is a depressed simian monkey-puppet known simply as Monk.
Early life
She was born and grew up in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson.
Conti went to King Alfred's School, Golders Green, and the University of East Anglia, Norwich, where she graduated with a first class honours degree in philosophy.
Acting
Conti has worked as an actress since 1996, appearing in multiple roles in Ken and Daisy Campbell's 1999 and 2000 productions of The Warp- Neil Oram's 24 hour play cycle, and was a member of the RSC's 2000/2001 company in Stratford and London. Ken Campbell subsequently devised the ventrioloquist play Let Me Out!!! for her, which she took to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2001.
She has appeared in several television shows, including Black Books, Holby City and Single.
Conti and Monk portrayed a morning weather team on the fictional "Wake Up L.A." in Christopher Guest's 2006 film, For Your Consideration.
Stand-up comedy
In 2002, Conti won the BBC New Comedy Awards, came second in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, and came third in Laughing Horse New Act of The Year competitions.
Conti regularly headlines at London comedy venues, and has appeared at The Comedy Store. She often performs at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2003 she appeared as half-Afghan camera operator Azadine in Henry Naylor's play Finding Bin Laden. She took her first solo full length show, Complete and Utter Conti to Edinburgh in 2007, in which she introduced some new characters as well as familiar routines. In 2008, she won the Barry Award for this show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, tying with Kristen Schaal.[1]
Radio work includes Clare in the Community and guesting on Parsons and Naylor’s Pull-Out Sections.
References
- ^ Melissa Kent, Top comics grin and share the main prize. The Age, April 13, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-13.
External links
- http://www.ninaconti.freeuk.com/ Nina Conti official homepage
- Nina Conti at IMDb
- RSC career
- Ken Campbell biography
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