Helen Bauer
Helen Ann Bauer is an English actor, comedian and writer known for her stand-up comedy in the UK and Berlin, Germany. She was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2019.
Early life
Bauer is the middle of three children born to Ann and Michael Bauer. She grew up in Fleet, Hampshire and is of German heritage. Her mother ran a drama school from their home, which Helen attended. Her father worked in the water industry. She attended Court Moor School in Fleet, Hampshire and Sixth Form College, Farnborough.Career
Bauer moved to Germany at 23 and began her stand-up career there. She first came to prominence when she was nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award in 2018.In 2018, she shared a bill at the Pleasance Dome during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She debuted her first hour-long show, "Little Miss Baby Angel Face", at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019 and was nominated for the Best Newcomer award. Her subsequent shows have included Madam Good Tit in 2022 and Grand Supreme Darling Princess in 2023. Bauer toured her show Bless Her in 2025, for which she was nominated for the Next Up Biggest in Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Bless Her, as a work in progress, won Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards in 2025.
Bauer has appeared on Extraordinary, Am I Being Unreasonable?, Live at the Apollo, The Emily Atack Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Comedy Central Live, and Hypothetical. She created and starred in a sitcom pilot, Small Doses, for BBC Three. She will star in Sam Campbell's upcoming Channel 4 comedy TV series Make that Movie.
Bauer co-hosted the Daddy Look at Me podcast with Rosie Jones. She co-hosted the Trusty Hogs podcast with fellow comedian Catherine Bohart from September 2021 to August 2025. She currently hosts the Helen's Log podcast''.''