Bekka Bowling (born c. 1988) is a British stand-up comedian, actor and writer. Early in her career she was a runner-up at the Funny Women awards. She has acted for the BBC and she has been commissioned as a screenwriter. She has collaborated with Charlie Brooker to assist in writing the Netflix series Black Mirror.
Bekka Bowling | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1988 |
| Occupations | comedian and writer |
Life
editBowling was born about 1988 in Margate.
In 2011 she was runner up at the Funny Women awards. The competition was her first ever attempt at stand up comedy,[1] and she dealt with edgy subjects like incest.[2]
In 2016 she starred in the BBC Comedy "Limbo" as the pink-haired Neck with Ellie White and Sanjeev Bhaskar.[3]
In 2019 she was a lead in the BBC's "Thanks for the memories"[4] and the same year she led the ensemble of BBC film "Masters of Love" as the free-spirited Lily.[5]
In 2020 she stepped back from acting to focus solely on her screenwriting after signing a development deal with a major US network.[6]
In 2021 she was a writer and producer on David Weil's Solos,[7] writing and creating Jenny's story for Constance Wu.[8]
She was commissioned to adapt Beth O'Leary's novel The Switch into a screenplay for Amblin Partners in 2022.[9]
She is credited along with William Bridges, Ella Road and Bisha K. Ali as co-writers of USS Callister: Into Infinity. This is the feature length episode of series seven of the Netflix series Black Mirror. Charlie Brooker is the lead writer[10] and the episode was well received.[11]
References
edit- ↑ Guide, British Comedy (2016-04-18). "Funny Women Awards". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 2022-08-06. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ "Blog | Funny Women". 2011-12-21. Archived from the original on 2011-12-21. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ "BBC Three - Comedy Feeds, Series 5, Limbo". BBC. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ Guide, British Comedy. "Bekka Bowling". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ "Masters of Love review – awkward sex and terrible hangovers". the Guardian. 2020-07-16. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ "Bekka Bowling". The Artists Partnership. Archived from the original on 2023-01-05. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ↑ "Amazon's new TV show gives actors 'nowhere to hide.' Here's how they did it". Los Angeles Times. 2021-05-21. Archived from the original on 2023-05-31. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ↑ "Helen Mirren among the stars in unsettling Amazon series Solos". Financial Times. 2021-05-12. Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
- ↑ "Amblin Partners and Rachel Brosnahan to Make The Switch". www.businesswire.com. 2020-05-12. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
- ↑ "All The 'Black Mirror' Season 7 Episodes, Ranked From Worst To Best". ELLE. 2025-04-22. Archived from the original on 2025-07-23. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
- ↑ Abele, Robert (2025-04-10). "How 'Black Mirror's' 'USS Callister' sequel became its 'most ambitious' episode yet". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2025-07-23. Retrieved 2025-08-10.
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