Holly Walsh is a BAFTA award winning comedian, writer, executive producer and director.
Holly is creator, co-writer and executive producer of the enormously successful Amandaland, for BBC One. The series launched to rave reviews, and has already been commissioned for a second series.
Holly is co-creator, co-writer and executive producer of the BBC sitcom Motherland. In May 2022, Holly and her fellow writers won the BAFTA for Best Scripted Comedy. They have also been nominated for multiple prestigious awards for the show, including Royal Television Society Awards (2017 & 2022), British Screenwriters’ Awards (2018) and International Emmy Awards (2021) and BAFTA (2023).
Holly is the creator, co-writer and executive producer of The Other One, which launched on BBC One in June 2020 and is now available on Netflix. In addition to creating, writing and exec producing the show, Holly also directed most of the first series and all of the second series. Both series of The Other One received widespread critical acclaim. She also script edited the widely acclaimed Channel 4 series Big Boys.
Holly has appeared on all of the top TV British comedy shows including: Live at the Apollo (BBC Two), QI (BBC Two), Would I Lie To You? (BBC One), Room 101 (BBC One), Mock The Week (BBC Two) and 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown (C4).
Before turning her hand to writing, producing and directing television, Holly performed multiple sellout solo stand up shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, securing a nomination for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut show Hollycopter.
