Amy is a comedian, actor and writer from Hull who brims with natural warmth and charm.
She is a three time Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee and the only act ever to be nominated twice in one year; both for Best Newcomer (as a solo act) and Best Show (with her double act The Delightful Sausage.)
Skilled in both dramatic and comedic acting she has appeared in Sex Education (Netflix) Life (BBC1) Alma’s Not Normal (BBC2) Somewhere Boy, Hull Raisers, Big Mood (C4) and more.
A welcome guest on panel and chat shows such as; The Jonathan Ross Show (ITV) Never Mind the Buzzcocks (Sky) Richard Osman’s House of Games (BBC) Pointless Celebrities (BBC) Alan Davies; As Yet Untitled (Dave) and more. Would I Lie to You, Cats Does Countdown and more to air in 2024.
After a stellar run at the Edinburgh Fringe with her show The Girl Before the Girl You Marry, Amy sold out a run at the Soho Theatre and embarked on her first national tour. She has filmed stand up for Comedy Central, was selected to be part of the prestigious New Faces Gala at the Montreal Comedy Festival and performed a 30 minute pre-headline set at the Latitude Comedy Arena.
Amy is a triple nominated writer, gaining a nomination for three consecutive shows. Beyond writing for live work she was the lead writer on the multi-award nominated Emily Atack Show, The BAFTA winning Class Dismissed and wrote on (and starred in) CBBC’s hit show Big Fat Like demonstrating she is a sharp joke writer whilst also excelling at long form and character work.In her double act The Delightful Sausage they have written to a brief and performed on shows such as Late Night Mash and Stand Up To Cancer which went out live on Channel 4. As well as writing a Radio 2 special The Delightful Sausage; On Staycations and a six part Radio 4 series where they interview children and write sketches around their questions called Big Little Questions.
A regular on Radio4, Amy has enjoyed leading cast roles in returning sitcoms such as Punt and Dennis’ The Train on Platform 4 and Phil Ellis is Trying. She has also featured on Rufus Hound’s; My Teenage Diary, Steph McGovern’s; Ultimate Choice and Al Murray’s; Completely Out of Character.
Amy co-hosts the hit podcast Northern News featured in The Guardian’s Best Podcasts of 2023 so far… And, along with Isy Suttie, hosted the tremendously successful BBC companion podcast Obsessed With Happy Valley. Amy has been a guest on James Acaster and Ed Gamble’s Off Menu and Richard Herring’s RHLSTP as well as many more.
'Joyous hour... remember Gledhill’s name, because it’s about to be everywhere' ★★★★★ Independent. 'Could hardly be more endearing... adroit joke-making at work' ★★★★ Guardian
'A jaw-droppingly good debut' ★★★★ Times ★★★★★ The Skinny ★★★★★ Funny Women ★★★★ Telegraph
★★★★ Scotsman ★★★★ The List. One of the funniest people making comedy right now -The Metro
Amy has multiple things currently in development and will be filming her own Channel 4 Blap in 2024.