Bella Humphries.
Bella is a comedian, actor and writer. Having just finished training at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, in late 2020 she moved to rural North Wales and really started to make a name for herself in the comedy world.
Bella has done tour support for Kiri Pritchard-McLean and Harriet Kemsley, written for BBC Radio Wales and performed at Machynlleth Comedy Festival, Just The Tonic, Backyard Comedy Club, Greenman Festival, co-run her own sold out comedy night and made the regional heats for the BBC New Comedy Award – all whilst breaking in to paid work on the circuit all around the country.
In 2023 Bella had a radio feature commissioned which she wrote and presented, called Bleeding Hell. This has since been recommissioned for a second two part series coming in February 2025. Bella now lives in Cardiff and recently brought her debut hour to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show was nominated for the Edinburgh ISH Awards Best Newcomer, Buxton Fringe’s Best Comedy Show and The Women in Comedy Festival’s Best Show Award.
TV & Radio.
Bleeding Hell Series 2 – BBC Radio Wales – 2025
Bleeding Hell – BBC Radio Wales – 2023
What Just Happened (Writer) – Radio Radio Wales – 2023
Johnny’s in a K Hole – Pilot (uncommissioned) – 2022
Crypto Kids – Feature Film – 2022
DFS advert – 2021
The Flood – Short Film – 2020
52 Souls – Short Film – 2020
Competitions and Awards.
Rolling Stone’s 12 Rising Star’s of Comedy to See at The Edinburgh Fringe 2024
The Times Best Jokes of the Fringe 2024
Welsh Unsigned Standup Award Finalist 2024
Bella Humphries: Square Peg – Buxton Fringe Best Standup Comedy Show – Nominee – 2024
Bella Humphries: Square Peg – Edinburgh ISH Comedy Awards Best Newcomer – Nominee – 2024
Bella Humphries: Square Peg – Women in Comedy Festival Best Show – Nominee – 2024
Casting Information.
Playing Age Range 20-30
Height 5ft (152cm)
Driving Licence Yes
Hair Colour Light Brown
Eye Colour Blue
Build Slim
Quotes.
“engaging and funny.”
Rolling Stone
“Bella is in many ways the comedian who misogynistic boomer men fear – full of confidence, not afraid to broach graphic content, and wittier than any of them could ever be..”
Blizzard Comedy
“excellent, funny, informative”
One4Review