Andi Osho

Yewande "Andi" Osho (born 27 January 1973) is a British stand-up comedian, actress and television presenter.
Life and career.
Osho was born in Plaistow, East London, to Nigerian parents.
Having previously worked in television production, Osho turned to acting in 2003. By 2006, she had decided to go into stand-up comedy. Osho spent a number of years working as a receptionist by day, while perfecting her stand-up comedy routine in the evenings.
In 2006, Osho starred as Alma in Dael Orlandersmith's drama "Yellowman" at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre. Other theatre work includes a critically acclaimed performance in the title role of "Medea" (Barons Court Theatre, 2005), Amanda in "Cigarettes, Coffee and Paranoia" (King's Head Theatre, 2005) and Zimbabwean exile Faith in the devised piece "Qabuka" (Oval House Theatre, 2005).
Osho's television roles include Lin Colvin in "Casualty", Adeola Brooker in "Doctors", Dr Rogers in "" and Angela Parker in "Sea of Souls". She has also appeared in "Waking the Dead", "EastEnders", Comedy Central's "@midnight", "Night and Day" and "Russell Brand and Friends" for Channel 4. In 2020 she appeared in "Death in Paradise".
Osho is also a playwright and one of the founding members of the London writers' group, Vowel Movement. She has contributed to "News Review" at London's Canal Cafe Theatre and in 2008, she co-devised a scratch performance of the stage play "Up the Café de Paris" for the Pulse Fringe Festival. In 2007, Osho wrote the comedy "CSI: Nigeria", in production for BBC Three.
Osho has performed at various comedy clubs and festivals across Britain, including: Jongleurs, the Comedy Store, the Reading Festival, the Pleasance Dome, the Chuckle Club, the Leicester Festival (Summer Sundae), the Comedy Café, the Shoreditch Comedy Festival, Comedy Camp and the Hackney Empire.
Osho won the 2007 Nivea Funny Women award.
Osho co-hosted "Tonightly" on Channel 4 and appeared in an E4 pilot, "The Andi O Show". She has also appeared on "Mock the Week", "Ask Rhod Gilbert", and is a regular performer on "Stand Up for the Week".
On 26 February 2011, Osho participated in "Let's Dance for Comic Relief", performing a dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Bad". Despite positive comments from the judges, she did not progress to the final round after a public vote.
Osho is the only person to have won more than one episode of "Celebrity Mastermind". In 2011, she won the Comic Relief episode with "The Matrix" trilogy as her specialist subject and then in 2012, she took part in a regular episode choosing host John Humphrys as her specialist subject. Osho also takes an occasional presenting role for the comedy club section on BBC Radio 4 Extra.
On 19 June 2012, Osho made her debut in BBC television medical drama "Holby City" as medical student Barbara Alcock for three episodes. In July 2014, she appeared in "Finding Carter" as Susan Sherman. Between 2016 and 2018 she presented "Supershoppers" with Anna Richardson on Channel 4, being replaced with Sabrina Grant. She took part and won £7,000 for charity in a celebrity edition of "The Chase" on ITV.
Osho appears in David F. Sandberg's "Lights Out" and "Shazam!" as the same character, a social worker named Emma Glover.
In 2021, Osho appeared in the sixth series of the acclaimed police procedural drama series "Line of Duty" as journalist and investigate reporter Gail Vella, a murder victim whose case is supervised by DCI Joanne Davidson (Kelly Macdonald).