Hatty Preston is a comic from London who is now fairly confusingly (to both her and her family) based in Chicago. She has performed at London comedy venues such as The ComedyTavern and The Poodle Club, and was the 2018 winner of Court Jester Comedy’s ‘Breakin’ Thru’ Stand-Up competition in London. She is a regular on shows across Chicago – Comedy Bar, Second City, Laugh Factory and Zanies. This year she has opened for Jourdain Fisher at The Oak City Comedy Festival (Raleigh, North Carolina), been a feature act at The Comedy Bar, Nashville (Tennessee) and performed at The Virgil in Los Angeles. Over the last 12 months she has been featured at comedy festivals in: Cleveland, OH; Iowa City, IA; Milwaukee, WI; Raleigh, NC.
Last year she headlined at The 3rd Annual International Lady Laughs Festival in Madison, WI, with her set filmed for upcoming Glowstix Studios feature ‘I Heart Funny Women’.
As an actress, Hatty is best known for playing Princess Maribel in Lionsgate’s ‘The Royals’ and has also guest-starred in BBC’s ‘Cuckoo’ and ‘Jack Whitehall Live’. On London’s West End, she originated the role of Minty in Jennifer Saunders’ ‘Viva Forever!’.
