Jenny Bede

Jenny Bede is an English comedian, actress and writer. Trained in musical theatre, she has performed since 2008 with a focus on musical comedy.

Early life

Bede was born in 1983, and grew up in Pinner, London.

Bede trained in musical theatre at the Royal Academy of Music.

Bede worked as a PA prior to full-time comedy.

In 2008, Bede first performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in a musical, returning in 2011 to 2014, in double-headers.
In 2010, Bede joined the cast of NewsRevue, a resident musical sketch show, at Canal Cafe Theatre in Little Venice, London.
In 2013, Bede wrote and starred in her first comedy pilot, AAA, for Comedy Feeds, for BBC3.
In 2015, Bede performed Jenny Bede: Don’t Look at Me at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
In 2017 and 2019 at the Edinburgh Fringe, Bede performed Jenny Bede: Eggtime and Jenny Bede: The Musical, an hour show at Just The Tonic at The Mash House, respectively.
In 2022, Bede starred in Prince Andrew: The Musical as Sarah, Duchess of York.

In 2013, Bede was the winner of the Musical Comedy Awards Best Newcomer.
In 2015, Bede was a winner of The Observers rising stars of 2015.
In 2017, Bede was a winner of BAFTA Rocliffe New Writing Award, for her script, Baby.