Bella Hull
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| Education | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Bella Hull is an English comedian and writer who has taken solo stand-up shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and made appearances on BBC and ITV television comedy shows.
Early life
[edit]Hull grew up in London and spent some time in Henley during holidays, after her parents separated. Her father is Indian.[1] From 2016 to 2019 Hull studied History of Art at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she was a member of Footlights.[2][3]
Comedy career
[edit]Hull first performed at an open mic event at the age of 17, in a pub in London. She did some comedy while at university, and was on the Footlights committee in 2018–2019, alongside Ania Magliano and others.[4] She turned her attention to stand-up comedy in London after graduating. In 2019, Hull won the competition for the Yellow Comedy "young comedian of the year",[5] and she continued doing some open mic work during the COVID-19 pandemic.[6] In 2022, Hull took her show Babycakes to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time. This later ran at the Soho Theatre.[7]
In 2024, Hull took her show Piggie around the UK and then to the Edinburgh Fringe.[1][8] Her 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show Doctors Hate Her won favourable reviews for its "sharp writing and precise performance".[9] The Standard declared her show to be "hugely entertaining" with a "superb closing pay-off".[10] One of her jokes was rated as one of the funniest of the 2025 fringe.[11]
Hull has supported acts including Phil Wang and Russell Howard on tour, and has appeared on ITV2's The Stand-Up Sketch Show and on Stand Up for Live Comedy.[12]
In November 2025 Hull made her debut on the long-running BBC television comedy show Have I Got News for You, with Richard Ayoade as host.[13] In January 2026, Hull appeared on the BBC Radio 4 panel show You Heard It Here First, hosted by Chris McCausland.[14]
In February 2026 Hull became one of 20 writers on new Sky sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live UK,[15]. She has made occasional cameo appearances during the programme as well as providing voiceover. She appeared again on Have I Got News for You in May 2026, as a last-minute replacement for Roisin Conaty.[16]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Nerdy comedian in confessional but biting mood as she comes home". Henley Standard. 8 July 2024. Archived from the original on 11 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ Abdel-Razek, Miriam (26 January 2018). "Footlights Presents: Pen Pals preview". Varsity. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ "From Footlights to Fringe". Once a Caian. 2024. p. 18. Archived from the original on 8 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ "Archive of previous alumni, committees, revues and tour shows, 2018-present". Footlights. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "The longest running Comedy Nights in South West Herts". Yellow Comedy. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ Logan, Brian (30 October 2020). "'It feels good to bring the virus down a peg or two': should comedians joke about Covid?". The Guardian. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "The Comedy Club interviews". BBC Sounds. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ Partolina Schwarz, Katerina (13 June 2024). "Meat and Potatoes: Interview with Bella Hull". BroadwayBaby.com. Archived from the original on 12 October 2024. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ Healy, Rachael (12 August 2025). "Bella Hull: Doctors Hate Her review – beautifully wrought comedy on having your sanity questioned". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
- ↑ Dessau, Bruce (15 August 2025). "Edinburgh Fringe Round Up – Week Two". The Standard. Archived from the original on 2 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "Bad dates and bath bombs: 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe 2025". The Guardian. 11 August 2025.
- ↑ "Bella Hull to make her Have I Got News For You debut". Chortle. 12 November 2025. Archived from the original on 9 December 2025. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "Have I Got News For You, Series 70, Episode 8". BBC One. 2 December 2025.
- ↑ "You Heard It Here First". BBC Radio 4. 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
- ↑ Stolworthy, Jacob (21 March 2026). "'Magical chaos': Saturday Night Live UK to launch tonight". The Independent. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
- ↑ "Have I Got News For You, Series 71, Episode 7". BBC One.
External links
[edit]- Bella Hull at IMDb
- Bella Hull on Instagram
