Ingrid Oliver is a British

United Kingdom

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 actress and comedian, and one half of comedic double act Watson and Oliver.

Career

In September 2005, Ingrid Oliver and Lorna Watson performed their first show together at The Canal Cafe Theatre

Canal Cafe Theatre

The Canal Cafe Theatre is a 60-seat fringe theatre venue in Little Venice, London, specialising in comedy performances.-Location:The theatre is above the Bridge House pub in Little Venice, on the corner of Westbourne Terrace Road and Delamere Terrace, at the meeting point of the Grand Union and...

 in London

London

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. Since then they have taken sell-out shows to The Edinburgh Festival, in both 2006 and 2007.

Oliver has performed in various radio and television productions, including Doc Martin

Doc Martin

Doc Martin is a British television comedy drama series starring Martin Clunes in the title role. It was created by Mark Crowdy, Craig Ferguson and Dominic Minghella. The show is filmed on location in the fishing village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with filming of most interior scenes...

 starring Martin Clunes

Martin Clunes

Alexander Martin Clunes is an English actor and comedian. Clunes is perhaps best known for his roles as Gary Strang in Men Behaving Badly, Doctor Martin Ellingham in Doc Martin and the title character in Reggie Perrin....

 and The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls

The Penny Dreadfuls are a British sketch-comedy troupe consisting of comedians Humphrey Ker, David Reed and Thom Tuck. The sketch team perform regularly on the London comedy circuit.-History:...

' radio series The Penny Dreadfuls present...The Brothers Faversham

The Penny Dreadfuls present...The Brothers Faversham

The Penny Dreadfuls Present... is a British radio comedy programme, written and performed by comedy troupe The Penny Dreadfuls, with each episode looking at a different member of The Brothers Faversham, a collection of heroes of Victorian Britain. The first series was produced and broadcast by the...

. Currently in the radio series "Another Case of Milton Jones". She played the part of Natalie in Peep Show

Peep Show (TV series)

Peep Show is a British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The television programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb themselves, amongst others. It has been broadcast on Channel 4 since 2003. The show's seventh series makes it...

on Channel 4

Channel 4

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She appears in the film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (movie) as Miss Stamp and in early 2009 could be seen in Channel 4

Channel 4

Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...

's new sitcom Plus One

Plus One (TV series)

Plus One is a British sitcom written and created by Tim Allsop & Stewart Williams and made by Kudos for Channel 4. A pilot was originally transmitted in 2007 as part of Channel 4's Comedy Showcase, while a full series of 5 episodes began transmitting in January 2009;The programme centres itself...

.

In 2010 she played Mimi Throckmorton in Material Girl

Material Girl (TV series)

Material Girl is a British romantic comedy produced by Carnival Films, that first aired on BBC One on 14 January 2010. It stars Lenora Crichlow, Dervla Kirwan and Michael Landes.Set in the fashion world, it was inspired by the book Fashion Babylon...

on BBC1, alongside Lenora Crichlow

Lenora Crichlow

Lenora Isabella Crichlow is a British actress best known for playing Annie in the science fiction drama Being Human.-Background:...

 and Dervla Kirwan

Dervla Kirwan

Dervla Kirwan is an Irish actress famous for roles in British television shows such as Ballykissangel and Goodnight Sweetheart...

.

Personal life

Oliver and comedy partner Lorna Watson met at Tiffin Girls' School

Tiffin Girls' School

The Tiffin Girls' School is an all girls grammar school located in Kingston upon Thames, south-west London, England. The school lies in over nine acres on the east side of Richmond Road.-History:...

 in Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames

Kingston upon Thames is the principal settlement of the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames in southwest London. It was the ancient market town where Saxon kings were crowned and is now a suburb situated south west of Charing Cross. It is one of the major metropolitan centres identified in the...

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