Jen
Wakefield

Jen is a Comedian, Writer, Performer and Presenter from London.

Jen took her sketch duo Jiggle and Hyde to Edinburgh for a full run at the fringe as well as featuring as a comedy extra in Beasts: Mr Edinburgh at the Pleasance Dome in 2016.

After writing an article about her heritage for Gal-dem.com, she wrote her first solo character show Girl in da Corner. After a full Edinburgh run in 2017, the show then transferred to Soho Theatre.

Jen was then cast as ‘Jill’ in Jack and the Beanstalk at the Oxford Playhouse. In January 2018 she became a cast member on RIOT GIRLS. The show aired during Channel 4’s Genderquake season. She also filmed another hidden camera comedy sketch for BBC 3’s Blindboy Understroys the World. She will also appear in the full series due to air in late Spring 2019.

Jen performs stand-up, characters and raps in her own sets, and finished her second solo Edinburgh run in 2018 by performing at the BBC Asian Network comedy showcase.

She has also presented on many different platforms. She recently hosted The Comeback for BBC Radio 1 interviewing comedians and personalities such as: London Hughes, Jamali Maddix, Amelia Dimoldenberg, Tolani T, Sophie Duker, Olga Koch, Lauren Pattison, Adam Hess, Birthday Girls, Chris Washington and Sarah Keyworth.