Luisa Omielan

Luisa Omielan (born 7 September 1982) is a British comedian based in London. Born in Birmingham to parents of Polish descent, she is the middle of five children. In 2005 she graduated from Salford University with a first class BA Hons in Performing Arts.[1]

In 2015 she toured Australia and performed as part of the Comedy Gala. A 4-minute clip where Omielan discuses the ‘Thigh Gap’ went viral and has since amassed over 30 million views on Facebook.[2]

In 2012 Omielan performed her debut stand up solo show was ‘What Would Beyoncé Do?!’ as part of the free fringe in Edinburgh Festival.[3] ‘What Would Beyoncé Do?!’ has had seven sell out runs at Londons Soho Theatre.[4]

In 2014 Omielan was invited to perform for ten nights as part of the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.The show then continued to have a week run in the London West End at the Leicester Square Theatre. Omielan is known for her empowering ‘party’ atmosphere genre of comedy.[5] Her follow up show ‘Am I Right Ladies?!’ has had a UK tour, received critical acclaim and five star reviews. [6] In July 2015 Omielan used crowd funding website Indiegogo to self fund a DVD record of ‘Am I Right Ladies?!’ at the Bloomsbury Theatre.[7]

Television appearances

Miranda Christmas special 2014 final episode[8]

John Bishop Show June 2015 [9]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.salford.ac.uk/news/beyonce-inspired-graduate-is-latest-comedy-talent
  2. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/iloveluisa/videos/vl.1444858445808670/941499742548551/?type=1&theater
  3. ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jun/24/edinburgh-festival-2014-standups-to-watch
  4. ↑ http://www.sohotheatre.com/whats-on/luisa-omielan-what-would-beyonce-do/
  5. ↑ http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/london-life/comedian-luisa-omielan-weaker-sex-my-body-makes-life--men-cant-even-make-a-sandwich-10328704.html
  6. ↑ http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/l/33806/luisa_omielan
  7. ↑ https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/am-i-right-ladies-live-stand-up-recording#/story
  8. ↑ Fleckney, Paul. "Luisa Omielan: Go out with a comedian? Only if they stopped being so needy". the Guardian. Retrieved 2015-09-07.
  9. ↑ http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0615tfg
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