Angie Le Mar
- Actress
- Producer
- Writer
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.
