Ria Lina
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Born | High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England | 4 March 1980
Medium | Stand-up, television, radio |
Nationality | British |
Years active | 2001–present |
Genres | Observational comedy, black comedy, satire, wit |
Subject(s) | Politics, autism, cultures, race relations, science, family, current events |
Children | 3 |
Notable works and roles | Pointless Mock the Week Xenoblade Chronicles 2 |
Website | rialina.com |
Ria Lina (born 4 March 1980)[1] is a British comedian, actress and writer. She has appeared on Yesterday, Today & The Day Before,[1] Mock the Week,[2] Steph's Packed Lunch,[3] The Now Show, The News Quiz,[4] and Have I Got News for You. In 2003, she won an Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy award for Best Comedian.[5]
Early and personal life
[edit]Lina's mother is from the Philippines and her father from Germany.[6] She attended an American school in the Netherlands from the age of 14.[6] Subsequently, she earned a BSc in pathology from the University of St Andrews, an MSc in forensic science from London South Bank University and a PhD in virology from University College London.[7]
Lina has three children,[8] and was diagnosed with autism as an adult.[8][9]
Stand-up
[edit]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
[edit]Appearances include Yesterday Today and the Day Before,[1] 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] Richard Osman's House of Games,[22] Times Radio and Breaking the News.[23]
Further TV work includes Jongleurs Live,[24] The World Stands Up, Sweet 'n' Sour Comedy,[25] Meet The Blogs, Malai Monologues,[26] the film short Christie,[27] and the documentary, A Bit of Oriental.[28]
Lina voiced the character Perun in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.[29] She also narrated and voiced the character Zoe in the full-cast audiobook of cli-fi adventure MOOJAG and the Auticode Secret[30] by N.E. McMorran / Spondylux Press, London 2020.
Lina appeared in and won Episode 4 of the 21st series of Celebrity Mastermind, broadcast in January 2023.[31] She was one of Alexander Armstrong's co-hosts on Pointless in 2023.[32]
Awards
[edit]- Winner of the Best Comedy Award Greater Manchester Fringe 2016 for her show 'Dear Daughter'[33]
- Finalist Amused Moose Comedy Award 2014[34]
- Winner of the Best Comedy/Comedian Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy Award 2003[5]
- Winner of the King of Kings Comedy Store Award 2003[35]
- BBC New Comedy Awards 2003 semi-finalist[36]
- Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award 2002 finalist[37]
- Wilkinson Sword Cutting Edge of Comedy 2002 finalist[38]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "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.
- ^ a b "Winners of the EMMA Awards announced". BBC. Archived from the original on 24 March 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
- ^ a b 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.
- ^ "Ivo Graham and Ria Lina to appear on University Challenge". Chortle. 8 December 2022. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ a b "Asian Network's Big Comedy Night". BBC Asian Network. 9 December 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ Lina, Ria. "Political correctness is the best thing that's happened to comedy". Chortle. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Comedy review: Ria Lina: Dear Daughter". The Scotsman. 22 August 2016. 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.
- "BBC Mock The Week". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021. - ^ "Steph's Packed Lunch". Channel 4. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "CBBC The Dog Ate My Homework". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "BBC The Now Show". BBC. 10 April 2021. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "The News Quiz". BBC. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "BBC Two - Richard Osman's House of Games, Series 5, Week 21: Wednesday". BBC.
- ^ "Breaking the News". BBC Scotland. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "MOOJAG children's cli-fi series (audiobook)". Moojag. Retrieved 1 June 2023.
- ^ "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.