Ria Lina
Ria Lina | |
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Born | 1987 (age 36–37)[a] High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England |
Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
Nationality | British |
Years active | 2001–present |
Genres | Observational comedy, black comedy, satire, wit |
Subject(s) | Politics, autism, cultures, race relations, science, family, current events |
Children | 3 |
Notable works and roles | |
Website | rialina.com |
Ria Lina (born 1987)[a] is a British comedian, actress and writer. She has appeared on Yesterday, Today & The Day Before,[1] Mock the Week,[2] Steph's Packed Lunch,[3] The Now Show, The News Quiz,[4] and Have I Got News for You. In 2003, she won an Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy award for Best Comedian.[5]
Early and personal life
[edit]Lina's mother is from the Philippines and her father from Germany.[6] She attended an American school in the Netherlands from the age of 14.[6] Subsequently, she earned a BSc in pathology from the University of St Andrews, an MSc in forensic science from London South Bank University and a PhD in virology from University College London.[7]
Lina has three children.[8][failed verification] Divorced, Lina and her ex-husband continue to share their London household as of 2024[update].[9] She is autistic,[10] something she only became aware of in adulthood.[11]
Stand-up
[edit]In 2003, Lina was a runner-up at the first Funny Women Awards.[12]
Lina has taken five shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. School of Riason[13] was nominated for the Amused Moose Laughter Awards, and contained one of Dave's Top 10 Jokes of the Fringe, and was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016. Lina's Dear Daughter[14] won the Best Comedy award at the Greater Manchester Fringe. Her other shows include Taboo Raider,[15] Thpethial[16] and It's Not Easy Being Yellow.[17]
Television, radio and podcasts
[edit]Appearances include Yesterday Today and the Day Before,[1] Mock the Week,[18] Steph's Packed Lunch,[19] The Dog Ate My Homework,[20] Sky News, Talk Radio, Talk Radio Europe,[21] The Now Show,[22] The News Quiz,[23] Richard Osman's House of Games,[24] Times Radio and Breaking the News.[25]
Further TV work includes Jongleurs Live,[26] The World Stands Up, Sweet 'n' Sour Comedy,[27] Meet The Blogs, Malai Monologues,[28] the film short Christie,[29] and the documentary, A Bit of Oriental.[30]
Lina voiced the character Perun in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.[31] She also narrated and voiced the character Zoe in the full-cast audiobook of cli-fi (climate fiction) adventure MOOJAG and the Auticode Secret[32] by N.E. McMorran / Spondylux Press, London 2020.
Lina appeared in and won Episode 4 of the 21st series of Celebrity Mastermind, broadcast in January 2023.[33] She was one of Alexander Armstrong's co-hosts on Pointless in 2023.[34]
Since 2022, Lina has appeared as a guest co-host of The Bugle podcast.[35]
Awards
[edit]- Winner of the Best Comedy Award Greater Manchester Fringe 2016 for her show Dear Daughter[36]
- Finalist Amused Moose Comedy Award 2014[37]
- Winner of the Best Comedy/Comedian Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy Award 2003[5]
- Winner of the King of Kings Comedy Store Award 2003[38]
- BBC New Comedy Awards 2003 semi-finalist[39]
- Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award 2002 finalist[40]
- Wilkinson Sword Cutting Edge of Comedy 2002 finalist[41]
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Lina's official website states her date of birth, with the year being 1987.[42] That date is utilised by the Funny Women website, in an article on Lina.[43] A different year of birth is indicated in one other source: The Gazette & Essex County Standard reported Lina as being aged 30 in a 2010 article, without specifying her date of birth.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Yesterday, Today & The Day Before". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "BBC Two - Mock the Week". BBC. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- ^ "Steph's Packed Lunch - S2020 - Episode 123". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "On the Sky News Daily podcast, Dermot Murnaghan speaks to comic and virologist, Ria Lina about whether Covid has changed how the country is run". Sky News. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Winners of the EMMA Awards announced" (Press release). BBC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Mackenzie, Louise (16 December 2010). "Who do you think I am? asks funny girl Ria Lina". Gazette & Essex County Standard. Newsquest Media Group Ltd. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
The 30-year-old comedian started doing stand-up while at St Andrews University and in 2000, aged 20, she took the show ... to the National Youth Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival ...
- ^ "Ivo Graham and Ria Lina to appear on University Challenge". Chortle. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ "Asian Network's Big Comedy Night". BBC Asian Network. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ Denton, Jane (28 June 2024). "How I Manage My Money: Comedian living with ex-husband who puts £50 in pension". Money. i News UK. Associated Newspapers Limited. Archived from the original on 28 June 2024.
- ^ Lina, Ria (30 June 2015). "Political correctness is the best thing that's happened to comedy". Chortle. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ Quinn, Angie (30 October 2023). "Pointless' Ria Lina's life from autism diagnosis to impressive other jobs". My London. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
- ^ "Funny Women Awards". British Comedy Guide. 17 October 2020 [First published 18 April 2016; updated 2020]. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- ^ "Ria Lina: School of Riason". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Comedy review: Ria Lina: Dear Daughter". The Scotsman. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Watch Ria Lina: Taboo Raider". Amazon Prime. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Ria Lina: Thpethial". Chortle. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Bennett, Steve. "Brighton Fringe: Ria Lina: It's Not Easy Being Yellow". Chortle. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Episode listings:
- "BBC Mock The Week – Series 19, Episode 8 of 11". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "BBC Mock The Week – Series 19, Episode 6 of 11". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Steph's Packed Lunch". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "CBBC The Dog Ate My Homework". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ Baum, Julie (7 December 2020). "Ria Lina - the only female Filipina comedian in British stand up who headlines at major clubs in the UK and internationally...with TRE's Dave Hodgson". Talk Radio Europe. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "BBC The Now Show". BBC. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "The News Quiz". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "BBC Two - Richard Osman's House of Games, Series 5, Week 21: Wednesday". BBC.
- ^ "Breaking the News". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ " Jongleurs Live!". Comedy.
- ^ "Sweet 'N' Sour Comedy - BBC3 Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "RIA LINA". Spotlight.
- ^ Rahman, Azi (7 April 2008). "Christie". IMDb. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "A Bit of Oriental". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "Ria Lina (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- ^ "MOOJAG children's cli-fi series (audiobook)". Moojag. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind, 2022/23, Episode 4". BBC. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "More stars revealed as Pointless guest hosts". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 23 February 2023.
- ^ "The Bugle - Viruses are Marvel!". acast.com. 11 May 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2024.
- ^ "Greater Manchester Fringe 2016 Award Winners Announced". Viva Manchester. 2 August 2016.
- ^ "Amused Moose Comedy Award 2014". Amused Moose.
- ^ "Ria Lina – Comedians l Book Comedians". The Comedy Club.
- ^ "New Comedy Awards regional final Brighton". BBC.
- ^ "The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award Final". Chortle.
- ^ "Cutting Edge of Comedy". Metro. 12 August 2002.
- ^ "About Ria". Ria Lina Official Site. Retrieved 26 September 2024.
- ^ Stone, Kate (24 April 2015). "Ria Lina schools BBC Radio 4". Funny Women. Retrieved 24 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- 1980 births
- Living people
- Autistic actors
- Actresses from High Wycombe
- Alumni of the University of London
- Alumni of the University of St Andrews
- British actors with disabilities
- 21st-century British actresses
- British women television writers
- British writers with disabilities
- Comedians from Buckinghamshire
- English award winners
- English people of Filipino descent
- English people of German descent
- English stand-up comedians
- English television actresses
- English television writers
- English women comedians