Ria Lina
Ria Lina (born 1980)[1][2] is a British comedian, actress and writer. She has appeared on Yesterday, Today & The Day Before,[3] Mock the Week,[4] Steph's Packed Lunch,[5] The Now Show, The News Quiz, Sky News,[6] and Have I Got News for You. In 2003, she won an Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy award for Best Comedian.[7]
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Born | 1980 (age 42–43) High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England |
Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
Nationality | British |
Years active | 2001–present |
Genres | Comedy, standup |
Subject(s) | Topical comedy, autism, racial identity, education |
Website | rialina.com |
Early and personal life
Lina's mother is from the Philippines and her father from Germany.[2] She attended an American school in the Netherlands from the age of 14.[2]
Lina has three children,[8] and was diagnosed with autism as an adult.[8][9]
Stand-up
In 2003, Lina was a runner up at the first Funny Women Awards.[10]
Lina has taken five shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. School of Riason[11] was nominated for the Amused Moose Laughter Awards, and contained one of Dave's Top 10 Jokes of the Fringe, and was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016. Lina's Dear Daughter[12] won the Best Comedy award at the Greater Manchester Fringe. Her other shows include Taboo Raider,[13] Thpethial[14] and It's Not Easy Being Yellow.[15]
Television and radio
Appearances include Yesterday Today and the Day Before,[3] Mock the Week,[16] Steph's Packed Lunch,[17] The Dog Ate My Homework,[18] Sky News, Talk Radio, Talk Radio Europe,[19] The Now Show,[20] The News Quiz,[21] Times Radio and Breaking the News.[22]
Further TV work includes Jongleurs Live,[23] The World Stands Up, Sweet 'n' Sour Comedy,[24] Meet The Blogs, Malai Monologues,[25] the film short Christie,[26] and the documentary, A Bit of Oriental.[27]
She also voiced the character Perun in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.[28]
Lina appeared in and won Episode 4 of the 21st series of BBC Celebrity Mastermind, broadcast in January 2023.[29]
Lina acted as one of Alexander Armstrong's co-hosts on Pointless in 2023.[30]
Awards
- Winner of the Best Comedy Award Greater Manchester Fringe 2016 for her show 'Dear Daughter'[31]
- Finalist Amused Moose Comedy Award 2014[32]
- Winner of the Best Comedy/Comedian Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy Award 2003[7]
- Winner of the King of Kings Comedy Store Award 2003[33]
- BBC New Comedy Awards 2003 semi-finalist[34]
- Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award 2002 finalist[35]
- Wilkinson Sword Cutting Edge of Comedy 2002 finalist[36]
References
- "100 funny jokes and quotes about love, sex and marriage". 10 February 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- Mackenzie, Louise (14 December 2010). "Who do you think I am? asks funny girl Ria Lina". Daily Gazette and Essex County Standard. Retrieved 27 April 2022.
- "Yesterday, 'Today & The Day Before'". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- "BBC Two - Mock the Week". BBC. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
- "Steph's Packed Lunch - S2020 - Episode 123". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "On the Sky News Daily podcast, Dermot Murnaghan speaks to comic and virologist, Ria Lina about whether Covid has changed how the country is run". Sky News. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "Winners of the EMMA Awards announced". BBC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- "Asian Network's Big Comedy Night". BBC Asian Network. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- Lina, Ria. "Political correctness is the best thing that's happened to comedy". Chortle. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Guide, British Comedy (18 April 2016). "Funny Women Awards". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
- "Ria Lina: School of Riason". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Comedy review: Ria Lina: Dear Daughter". The Scotsman. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "Watch Ria Lina: Taboo Raider". Amazon Prime. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "Ria Lina: Thpethial". Chortle. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- Bennett, Steve. "Brighton Fringe: Ria Lina: It's Not Easy Being Yellow". Chortle. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "BBC Mock The Week". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Steph's Packed Lunch". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "CBBC The Dog Ate My Homework". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - Baum, Julie. "Ria Lina - the only female Filipina comedian in British stand up who headlines at major clubs in the UK and internationally...with TRE's Dave Hodgson". Talk Radio Europe. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "BBC The Now Show". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "The News Quiz". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Breaking the News". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
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: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - "Jongleurs Live!". Comedy.
- "Sweet 'N' Sour Comedy - BBC3 Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "RIA LINA". Spotlight.
- Rahman, Azi (7 April 2008). "Christie". IMDb. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "A Bit of Oriental". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- "Ria Lina (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
- "BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind, 2022/23, Episode 4". BBC. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- "More stars revealed as Pointless guest hosts". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 23 February 2023.
- "Greater Manchester Fringe 2016 Award Winners Announced". Viva Manchester. 2 August 2016.
- "Amused Moose Comedy Award 2014". Amused Moose.
- "Ria Lina – Comedians l Book Comedians". The Comedy Club.
- "New Comedy Awards regional final Brighton". BBC.
- "The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award Final". Chortle.
- "Cutting Edge of Comedy". Metro. 12 August 2002.