Nina Conti
Nina Conti is one of the UK’s finest ventriloquists, accompanied by her depressed and subversive monkey, Monk!
Nina was born and grew up in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson. She studied at the UEA (University of East Anglia) where she obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Philosophy.
She has worked as an actress since 1996, appearing on a number of occasions with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon and the Barbican.
Nina was born and grew up in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson. She studied at the UEA (University of East Anglia) where she obtained a First Class Honours Degree in Philosophy.
She has worked as an actress since 1996, appearing on a number of occasions with the Royal Shakespeare Company at Stratford-upon-Avon and the Barbican.
One of the UK's
Finest Ventriloquists
She featured in multiple roles in Ken and Daisy Campbell’s 1999 and 2000 productions of The Warp- Neil Oram’s 24 hour play cycle, and was a member of the RSC’s 2000/2001 company in Stratford and London. Ken Campbell subsequently devised the ventrioloquist play Let Me Out!!! for her, which she took to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2001.
She has appeared in several television shows, including Black Books, Holby City, Single, and, recently, the Australian panel show Spicks and Specks.
Conti and Monk portrayed a morning weather team on the fictional “Wake Up L.A.” in Christopher Guest’s 2006 film, For Your Consideration.
In 2002 Nina decided to pursue a career in comedy, and in that year she won the BBC New Comedy Awards, came second in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, and came third in Laughing Horse New Act of The Year competitions.
Conti now regularly headlines at London comedy venues, and has appeared at The Comedy Store. She often performs at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2003 she appeared as half-Afghan camera operator Azadine in Henry Naylor’s play Finding Bin Laden.
She took her first solo full length show, Complete and Utter Conti to Edinburgh in 2007, in which she introduced some new characters as well as familiar routines. In 2008, she won the Barry Award for this show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Conti’s radio work includes Clare in the Community and guesting on Parsons and Naylor’s Pull-Out Sections.
She has appeared in several television shows, including Black Books, Holby City, Single, and, recently, the Australian panel show Spicks and Specks.
Conti and Monk portrayed a morning weather team on the fictional “Wake Up L.A.” in Christopher Guest’s 2006 film, For Your Consideration.
In 2002 Nina decided to pursue a career in comedy, and in that year she won the BBC New Comedy Awards, came second in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year, and came third in Laughing Horse New Act of The Year competitions.
Conti now regularly headlines at London comedy venues, and has appeared at The Comedy Store. She often performs at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2003 she appeared as half-Afghan camera operator Azadine in Henry Naylor’s play Finding Bin Laden.
She took her first solo full length show, Complete and Utter Conti to Edinburgh in 2007, in which she introduced some new characters as well as familiar routines. In 2008, she won the Barry Award for this show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
Conti’s radio work includes Clare in the Community and guesting on Parsons and Naylor’s Pull-Out Sections.
Testimonials
"Nina was exceptional. We were actually quite shocked, but that made it all the more hilarious!"
Diageo
Diageo
"A gem...funny, poignant and novel" Guardian
"Uproriously funny" The Scotsman
"Uproriously funny" The Scotsman
"A mighty imagination at work" SundayTimes
"clever witty and downright brilliant" The Mirror
"clever witty and downright brilliant" The Mirror
