
Olivia Lee
Biography
Olivia Lee is an award-winning performer and writer with an extensive track record of creating and writing her own television shows. She currently has multiple scripted projects in development with production companies and broadcasters in both the UK and the US.
Her feature screenplay Pardon The Interruption recently won Best Comedy Screenplay at the prestigious Prague Screenplay Awards 2024. The script has also received official selections from the New York Script Awards, International World Film Awards, and Budapest Movie Awards, and earned an Honorable Mention at the Los Angeles Film and Script Awards. In addition, it was a finalist for both the Filmmatic Comedy Screenplay Awards and the WeScreenplay Awards. Her half-hour comedy pilot Scapegoat is currently a finalist for the Outstanding Screenplay TV Pilot Awards.
Olivia began her career as a comedy performer and rose to prominence on Channel 4s hit series Balls of Steel, where she starred in her own segment, Prank TV with Miss Lee. Following its success, she created her own comedy show for Channel 4, Olivia Lees Naughty Bits. This led to the creation of her Comedy Central series Olivia Lee: Dirty, Sexy, Funny, which ran for two successful seasons.
Her work gained attention in the US, leading to regular appearances on NBCs The Tonight Show With Jay Leno, where she both wrote and starred in her own recurring comedy segment. This exposure resulted in truTV commissioning her comedy pilot The Olivia Lee Show, produced by Ben Stiller through his company Red Hour. More recently, she created and starred in the Channel 4 pilot Make Me A Misogynist, in which she played a male character. As an actress, she has appeared in numerous well-known television sitcoms.
Olivia also released her debut album with Universal Records, Mindful Mum: How Not To Lose Your Total Fucing Sht, offering a unique and irreverent take on mindfulness. The album was a hit and has since been adapted into a live show titled Olivia Lee: Losing Her Total Fucing Sht, which celebrates female anger and explores toxic femininity. A tour of the show is currently in development.
Known For

TV
The Drew Carey Show
Singer
1995

TV
Punk'd
Field Agent
2003

TV
8 Out of 10 Cats
Self
2005

TV
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
Self
2014

TV
How Not to Live Your Life
Jemima
2008

TV
The Basil Brush Show
Kelly Foxwell
2002

TV
Opening Act
Self - Presenter
2012

Film
The Russian Specialist
Julia Abramov
2005

Film
96 Ways to Say I Love You
Frankie
2015
Film
Lola and Freddie

Film
Red Velvet
Emergency Broadcaster
2023
Film
Bikini-Blitzkrieg, Part One: Dance Domination
Sally Sweet
2006
Filmography
2023FilmRed Velvetas Emergency Broadcaster2015Film96 Ways to Say I Love Youas Frankie2014TVAlan Davies: As Yet Untitledas Self2012TVOpening Actas Self - Presenter2008TVHow Not to Live Your Lifeas Jemima2006FilmBikini-Blitzkrieg, Part One: Dance Dominationas Sally Sweet2005FilmThe Russian Specialistas Julia Abramov2005TV8 Out of 10 Catsas Self2003TVPunk'das Field Agent2002TVThe Basil Brush Showas Kelly Foxwell1995TVThe Drew Carey Showas Singer—FilmLola and Freddie