Emma Fryer is a British

United Kingdom

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 stand-up comedian

Stand-up comedy

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, actress and writer from Coventry

Coventry

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, best known for playing Tania in BBC Three

BBC Three

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's Ideal

Ideal (TV series)

Ideal is a British comedy-drama, or dark comedy originally broadcast on digital channel BBC Three, created by Graham Duff and produced by BBC Comedy North and Baby Cow Productions. It stars Johnny Vegas as small-time cannabis dealer Moz....

, Janine in E4's PhoneShop

PhoneShop

PhoneShop is a British sitcom first broadcast on Channel 4 as a television pilot on 13 November 2009, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. This was followed by a six-episode series on E4 that started on 7 October 2010...

and Gaynor in BBC 2's Home Time

Home Time

Home Time is a British television comedy-drama written by and starring Emma Fryer with Neil Edmond co-writing. The first series ran between 14 September and 22 October 2009 on BBC Two.- Series 1 :...

, which she co-wrote with Neil Edmond

Neil Edmond

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In 2005, she was a finalist in the So You Think You're Funny?, Funny Women

Funny Women

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and Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year

Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year

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competitions. She has also appeared as one of the spoof presenters in Channel 4

Channel 4

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's Comedy Lab Swizzcall, played the lead character, Dawn Jones, in the online sitcom Where are the Joneses? and provided the single additional voice in the finale of Tim Key's

Tim Key

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 All Bar Luke

All Bar Luke

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Fryer was nominated for the Times

Times

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 Breakthrough Award 2010, while Home Time was nominated for Best Sitcom at both the 2010 South Bank Show Awards and The Rose D'Or

Rose d'Or

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