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Bella Hull
Bella Hull at the 2025 Edinburgh Festival Fringe
EducationGonville 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

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Hull grew up in London and spent some time in Henley during holidays, after her parents separated. Her father is Guyanese-Indian.[1] She was educated at Notting Hill and Ealing High School.[2] From 2016 to 2019 Hull studied History of Art at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where she was a member of Footlights.[3][4]

Comedy career

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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, Leo Reich and others.[5] 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",[6] and she continued doing some open mic work during the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] In 2022, Hull took her show Babycakes to the Edinburgh Fringe for the first time. This later ran at the Soho Theatre.[8]

In 2024, Hull took her show Piggie around the UK and then to the Edinburgh Fringe.[1][9] Her 2025 Edinburgh Fringe show Doctors Hate Her won favourable reviews for its "sharp writing and precise performance".[10] The Standard declared her show to be "hugely entertaining" with a "superb closing pay-off".[11] One of her jokes was rated as one of the funniest of the 2025 fringe.[12]

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.[13]

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.[14] In January 2026, Hull appeared on the BBC Radio 4 panel show You Heard It Here First, hosted by Chris McCausland.[15]

In February 2026 Hull became one of 20 writers on new Sky sketch comedy show Saturday Night Live UK.[16] 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,[17] and in August 2026 took a new show Mad Cow Disease to the Edinburgh Fringe.[18]

References

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  1. 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.
  2. ↑ Sampson, Annabel (3 August 2026). "Meet Bella Hull: the Footlights graduate and SNL UK funny girl returning to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe". Tatler. Retrieved 19 August 2026.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ↑ Abdel-Razek, Miriam (26 January 2018). "Footlights Presents: Pen Pals preview". Varsity. Archived from the original on 27 January 2018. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  4. ↑ "From Footlights to Fringe". Once a Caian. 2024. p. 18. Archived from the original on 8 December 2025. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  5. ↑ "Archive of previous alumni, committees, revues and tour shows, 2018-present". Footlights. Archived from the original on 1 May 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "The longest running Comedy Nights in South West Herts". Yellow Comedy. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "The Comedy Club interviews". BBC Sounds. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2025.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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.
  11. ↑ 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.
  12. ↑ "Bad dates and bath bombs: 10 of the funniest jokes from the Edinburgh fringe 2025". The Guardian. 11 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "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.
  14. ↑ "Have I Got News For You, Series 70, Episode 8". BBC One. 2 December 2025.
  15. ↑ "You Heard It Here First". BBC Radio 4. 20 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  16. ↑ Stolworthy, Jacob (21 March 2026). "'Magical chaos': Saturday Night Live UK to launch tonight". The Independent. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  17. ↑ "Have I Got News For You, Series 71, Episode 7". BBC One.
  18. ↑ Healy, Rachael (10 August 2026). "'Men have 30 seconds to get a laugh. Women have 10': standup Bella Hull on proving herself in rough clubs". Guardian. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
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