Rosie Jones (comedian)

Rosie Jones (born 24 June 1990) is a British comedian, writer and actress.

After starting her career as a writer on panel shows, she went on to appear as a guest on The Last Leg, 8 Out of 10 Cats, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, QI and Hypothetical.

In 2011, following her graduation with a first-class degree from the

University of Huddersfield,

Jones was hired for a year as a junior researcher for Objective Media Group as part of a disability scheme at Channel 4.

She was unemployed for a few years following this.

In January 2015, Jones began a screenwriting class at the National Film and Television School.

Jones reached the final of the 2016 Funny Women Awards.

She began writing for The Last Leg during their coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Jones also wrote for Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule, Would I Lie to You? and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

Jones has performed stand-up comedy at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, incorporating her cerebral palsy into her comedic style; in 2018, she was featured on Edinburgh Nights.

She has also hosted the documentary Am I a R*tard?, the series Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure, and written an episode of Sex Education.

With Helen Bauer, she hosts the podcast Daddy Look at Me.

As an actress, she appeared in six episodes of Casualty between 2021 and 2022.

Jones authored a children's book, The Amazing Edie Eckhart, about an 11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy, and a sequel, The Big Trip.

Jones grew up in Bridlington in the East Riding of Yorkshire and went to Headlands School.

Her parents are teachers.

Aged four, she introduced herself to her class by saying that she had cerebral palsy that made her "talk slowly" and "fall over a lot".

She lost a friend at the age of seven who told her that she was "very bad" at running games.

Jones has had a number of acting roles, appearing on Silent Witness in 2018.

In 2019, Jones was a guest on Hypothetical and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown.

She also appeared on an episode of Joe Lycett's Got Your Back.

Jones has also appeared on BBC Radio 4's The News Quiz, the Channel 4 online programme The Last Leg: The Correspondents, the BBC Three series "Things Not to Say", BBC Radio 4's Fred at the Stand and BBC web series Period Dramas.

In 2021, Jones appeared in the QI episode "Sideshows, Stunts and Scavenger Hunts".

She participated in Celebrity Mastermind in 2023.

She attended the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo as a roving reporter for The Last Leg.

Alongside series creator Laurie Nunn, Jones co-wrote episode four of the second season of the Netflix comedy-drama Sex Education, released in January 2020.

Jones has been a panellist in multiple episodes of 8 Out of 10 Cats and The Last Leg.

Jones appeared as a panellist on BBC One's political debate programme Question Time twice, first on 12 November 2020.

Jones trended on Twitter each time due to the harassment directed towards her.

In May 2021, Jones starred in her own Channel 4 series, Trip Hazard: My Great British Adventure.

Filmed during the COVID-19 pandemic, it features Jones visiting a number of UK tourist destinations, joined by other celebrities.

In March 2022, a second series of five hour-long episodes was commissioned; it premiered on 23 August 2022.

The programme has been nominated for a BAFTA.

Jones presented the 2023 documentary Rosie Jones: Am I a R*tard?

[sic], which is about online hate speech against disabled people.

She reads messages written about her, explores the emotional effect of harassment, the inaction by social media companies and the motivations behind people who send these messages.

The use of the slur retard received widespread criticism and led to the withdrawal of some contributors.

In March 2022, Channel 4 commissioned Dine Hard, a five-part cooking show and chat show that Jones will present.

In 2020, she guest starred in an episode of the third series of the BBC drama Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators.