Diane Morgan is an English actress, comedian and writer. Originally from Bolton

Bolton

Bolton is a town in Greater Manchester, in the North West of England. Close to the West Pennine Moors, it is north west of the city of Manchester. Bolton is surrounded by several smaller towns and villages which together form the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, of which Bolton is the...

 she studied at East 15 Acting School

East 15 Acting School

East 15 is a British drama school in Debden, Loughton, Essex. At the main campus, Loughton, it occupies an 18th century mansion, Hatfields, and has its own theatre, the Corbett, which is adjacent. The Corbett Theatre is an adaptation of a 15th-century barn...

 before getting the role of Dawn in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights

Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights

Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights was a BAFTA-nominated English sitcom about The Phoenix Club, a working men's club in the northern English town of Farnworth, Greater Manchester. The show was written by Neil Fitzmaurice, Peter Kay and Dave Spikey, produced by Goodnight Vienna Productions and Ovation...

. Her work as a stand up comedian has seen her placed second in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year Award

Hackney Empire New Act of the Year

The Hackney Empire New Act of the Year was a long-running annual competition that ran at the Hackney Empire theatre in London in order to encourage, discover and promote new stand-up comedy and New Variety talent...

 2006 and runner up in the Funny Women Awards

Funny Women

Funny Women is a stand-up comedy competition in the UK entirely devoted to women. It is the only UK Comedy competition that is Pay to Play charging performers to take part. It was founded in 2003, with the sole intention of honouring female comedians in a generally male-dominated profession...

 2006, for new and aspiring female comedy talent. Since then she has appeared on numerous episodes of BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

's Mock the Week

Mock the Week

Mock the Week is a British topical celebrity panel game hosted by Dara Ó Briain that launched in 2005. The game is influenced by improvised topical stand-up comedy, with several rounds requiring players to deliver answers on unexpected subjects on the spur of the moment.It is made by independent...

and has continued to work with fellow comedian Joe Wilkinson as part of the deadpan sketch group Two Episodes of Mash.

Two Episodes of Mash

Two Episodes of Mash is a sketch group composed of Joe Wilkinson and Diane Morgan. After performing at The Edinburgh Fringe Festival for three consecutive yearsthey appeared on Robert Webb's satirical news show Robert's Web

Robert's Web

Robert's Web is a topical comedy show hosted by Robert Webb looking at the latest news, happenings, videos and pictures from the internet in the last week....

. Still working together to this day they have a comedy sketch show in the works due to air on BBC Radio 2 in October 2011.

Future appearances

As well as her stand up performance dates she will also be appearing in Sky HD's Mount Pleasant as receptionist Talia.

Short films

Morgan has appeared in a number of short films including the Johnathan Van Tulleken directed The Boot Sale written by Rick Edwards which was shortlisted in The Virgin Media Shorts film competition 2010.