Holly Walsh is an English alternative comedian from Guildford, Surrey, born in 1980. She begins her career in galleries before taking evening comedy writing classes, including Stand Up And Deliver, which leads to writing work for Jo Caulfield on BBC Radio 4. In 2006 she moves into comedy full time and leaves the art world behind.

Comedy work

Walsh is runner-up in AmusedMoose LaughOff 2006 at the Edinburgh Fringe. She appears at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007 and 2008, and later co-hosts AmusedMoose LaughOff 2009 with Jack Whitehall, while also appearing at Afterhours.

Radio and television

In 2007 Frank Skinner approaches Walsh to appear in the TV pilot Frank Skinner's Skateboarding Dog for Avalon Entertainment. She writes for and appears in a range of radio and television projects, including Edinburgh & Beyond on the Paramount Comedy Channel, The Late Edition on BBC Four, and Out To Lunch on BBC Radio 2.

She also writes for and appears on The Now Show on BBC Radio Four, appears on Winging It on BBC Switch, and makes videos for Current TV. She is an occasional contributor to the comedy podcast Answer Me This!.

Other projects

In January 2009 she creates the comedy film night Popcorn Comedy with Jon Petrie. In the summer of 2009 she co-hosts and joins the writing team for Channel 4's TNT.