Holly Walsh

Holly Walsh is a BAFTA award winning comedian, writer, executive producer and director. 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), British Screenwriters’ Awards (2018) and International Emmy Awards (2021). Holly is also the creator, co-writer and executive producer of The Other One, which launched on BBC1 in June 2020. In addition to creating, writing and exec producing the show, Holly also directed most of the first series and all of the second series. Holly has appeared on all of the top TV British comedy shows including: Live at the Apollo (BBC2), QI (BBC2), Would I Lie To You? (BBC1), Mock The Week (BBC2) 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.