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| Abi Roberts | |
|---|---|
 Abi Roberts, taken 2017. | |
| Nationality | Wales, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater | Swansea University Bristol Old Vic Theatre School Moscow Conservatory |
| Occupation | Political commentator |
Abi Roberts (born 1 June 1970) is a political commentator. She has appeared on GB News on numerous occasions.
Early life
Roberts was Born in Cardiff and studied Russian and Italian at Swansea University. Additionally, she also attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and later the Moscow Conservatoire.
Career
She has appeared in a series of comedy sketch shows on the London stage and at the Edinburgh Festival. She has appeared in several satirical comedies, such as: Newsrevue, Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues and Jonathan Harvey's stage show, Taking Charlie.
Roberts has been a regular on the stand-up comedy circuit's major clubs since 2011 and has performed across the UK and the US. She has appeared as a guest comedian on several radio stations, and appeared in the films One Under and The Honeymoon for Square Cat Films and Bucketless for Sky Arts.
In February 2016, she became the first UK comic to perform in Russia, and in Russian. She has made several appearances on GB News, as well as Good Morning Britain.
Views
In June 2021, Roberts claimed that her agent dropped her for being a trans-exclusionary radical feminist (or TERF). She is a Christian.
References
- https://twitter.com/abiroberts/status/1664259205212123138?s=20
- BBC (3 May 2007). "Review: The Vagina Monolgues". www.bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 8 December 2022.
- ^ Mainwaring, Rachel (28 January 2016). "Welsh comic Abi Roberts is first UK stand up to perform in Russia - in Russian". Media Wales. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- "The Honeymoon short film". UK Film Review. 18 September 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- "The Honeymoon - a short film by Ruth Pickett - cast & crew". Ruth Pickett. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Uncancelled: Abi Roberts 'dropped for publicly supporting JK Rowling and Laurence Fox. YouTube.
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Abi Roberts: 'The more middle class a person is, the more they are offended'. YouTube.
- Bosotti, Aurora (5 April 2021). "'Didn't realise I was waking up in UKSSR' Abi Roberts erupts at vaccine passports plans". Daily Express. Retrieved 30 August 2021.
- GBNews. "Uncancelled: Abi Roberts 'dropped for publicly supporting JK Rowling and Laurence Fox". Youtube. Youtube. Retrieved 18 March 2022.
- Britain Is Not a Christian Country | feat. @AbiRobertsComedyDiva, retrieved 7 December 2022