Ria Lina
Born1980 (age 43–44)
High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
MediumStand-up, television, radio
NationalityBritish
Years active2001–present
GenresComedy, standup
Subject(s)Topical comedy, autism, racial identity, education
Children3
Websiterialina.com

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]

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] Subsequently, she earned a B.Sc. in pathology from the University of St Andrews, a M.Sc. in forensic science from London South Bank University and a Ph.D. in virology from University College London.[8]

Lina has three children,[9] and was diagnosed with autism as an adult.[9][10]

Stand-up

In 2003, Lina was a runner up at the first Funny Women Awards.[11]

Lina has taken five shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. School of Riason[12] 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[13] won the Best Comedy award at the Greater Manchester Fringe. Her other shows include Taboo Raider,[14] Thpethial[15] and It's Not Easy Being Yellow.[16]

Television and radio

Appearances include Yesterday Today and the Day Before,[3] Mock the Week,[17] Steph's Packed Lunch,[18] The Dog Ate My Homework,[19] Sky News, Talk Radio, Talk Radio Europe,[20] The Now Show,[21] The News Quiz,[22] Richard Osman's House of Games,[23] Times Radio and Breaking the News.[24]

Further TV work includes Jongleurs Live,[25] The World Stands Up, Sweet 'n' Sour Comedy,[26] Meet The Blogs, Malai Monologues,[27] the film short Christie,[28] and the documentary, A Bit of Oriental.[29]

She voiced the character Perun in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.[30]
She also narrated and voiced the character Zoe in the full-cast audiobook of cli-fi adventure MOOJAG and the Auticode Secret[31] by N.E. McMorran / Spondylux Press, London 2020.

Lina appeared in and won Episode 4 of the 21st series of BBC Celebrity Mastermind, broadcast in January 2023.[32]

Lina acted as one of Alexander Armstrong's co-hosts on Pointless in 2023.[33]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "100 funny jokes and quotes about love, sex and marriage". 10 February 2017 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
  2. ^ a b c 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.
  3. ^ a b "Yesterday, 'Today & The Day Before'". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  4. ^ "BBC Two - Mock the Week". BBC. Retrieved 1 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Steph's Packed Lunch - S2020 - Episode 123". Radio Times. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ a b "Winners of the EMMA Awards announced". BBC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. ^ "Ivo Graham and Ria Lina to appear on University Challenge". Chortle. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Asian Network's Big Comedy Night". BBC Asian Network. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  10. ^ Lina, Ria. "Political correctness is the best thing that's happened to comedy". Chortle. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  11. ^ Guide, British Comedy (18 April 2016). "Funny Women Awards". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  12. ^ "Ria Lina: School of Riason". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Comedy review: Ria Lina: Dear Daughter". The Scotsman. 22 August 2016. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  14. ^ "Watch Ria Lina: Taboo Raider". Amazon Prime. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  15. ^ "Ria Lina: Thpethial". Chortle. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  16. ^ Bennett, Steve. "Brighton Fringe: Ria Lina: It's Not Easy Being Yellow". Chortle. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  17. ^ "BBC Mock The Week". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
    - "BBC Mock The Week". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Steph's Packed Lunch". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  19. ^ "CBBC The Dog Ate My Homework". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  20. ^ Baum, Julie (7 December 2020). "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.
  21. ^ "BBC The Now Show". BBC. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  22. ^ "The News Quiz". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  23. ^ https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00165hc
  24. ^ "Breaking the News". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Jongleurs Live!". Comedy.
  26. ^ "Sweet 'N' Sour Comedy - BBC3 Sketch Show". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  27. ^ "RIA LINA". Spotlight.
  28. ^ Rahman, Azi (7 April 2008). "Christie". IMDb. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  29. ^ "A Bit of Oriental". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  30. ^ "Ria Lina (visual voices guide)". Behind The Voice Actors. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  31. ^ "MOOJAG children's cli-fi series (audiobook)". Moojag. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
  32. ^ "BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind, 2022/23, Episode 4". BBC. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  33. ^ "More stars revealed as Pointless guest hosts". BBC Media Centre. BBC. 23 February 2023.
  34. ^ "Greater Manchester Fringe 2016 Award Winners Announced". Viva Manchester. 2 August 2016.
  35. ^ "Amused Moose Comedy Award 2014". Amused Moose.
  36. ^ "Ria Lina – Comedians l Book Comedians". The Comedy Club.
  37. ^ "New Comedy Awards regional final Brighton". BBC.
  38. ^ "The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award Final". Chortle.
  39. ^ "Cutting Edge of Comedy". Metro. 12 August 2002.

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