Angie Le Mar

Born in 1965 to Jamaican parents Angie grew up in the London borough of Lewisham. After joining the Second Wave Women's drama group and attending stage school she started work as an actress but claims that dyslexia made it difficult for her to sight-read scripts. She thus decided to become Britain's first black stand up comedienne. In 1994 her debut comedy show 'Funny Black women on the Edge' scored a great success at the Edinburgh Fringe and was subsequently staged at the Theatre Royal,Stratford East whilst her self-penned series 'The Brothers' scored in three media,on radio,television and on stage. As of 2012 she is to appear in sitcom 'The Ryan Sisters' whilst,inn addition to her work as a performer she set up Straight to Audience production company to encourage youngsters in the art of stand up comedy.