Ashley Storrie Explained

Ashley Storrie
Birth Name:Ashley Jane Storrie
Birth Date:1986 4, df=y
Birth Place:Glasgow, Scotland
Occupation:Standup comedian, actress, writer, radio personality
Relatives:Janey Godley (mother)
Years Active:1990–present

Ashley Jane Storrie (born 19 April 1986) is a Scottish stand-up comedian, presenter on radio and television, actress, and writer.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Early life

Born on 19 April 1986 in Glasgow, Scotland, to Sean Storrie, a pub landlord, and Janey Godley, an actress, writer and comedian. Storrie grew up in Calton, Glasgow. Her parents ran The Weavers Inn, a public house,[5] and Storrie's earliest memory of performing is singing The Deadwood Stage there.[6] [7] When they moved from the pub, the family relocated to the affluent West End of Glasgow, where Storrie attended Laurel Bank School in the Hillhead neighbourhood.[8] She was privately educated at Hutchesons' Grammar School, in Glasgow.[9] Storrie's childhood is described in Godley's autobiography, Handstands in the Dark.[10]

Aged four, Storrie appeared in a Ken Loach-directed advertisement for Fairy.[11] In 1997, she appeared in a short film Wednesday's Child as the title character, and in 1999 appeared in her own Edinburgh Festival Fringe show, What Were You Doing When You Were 13?.[12]

Career

Since 2018, Storrie has presented an award-winning music and chat show on BBC Radio Scotland on Friday nights, between 10pm and 1am.[13] [14] [15]

She has appeared on radio shows including The News Quiz on BBC Radio 4, Breaking the News on BBC Radio Scotland and The Funny Life Of show on BBC Radio Scotland[16] [17]

In 2016, Storrie received online recognition for her sketch videos, such as If Harry Potter Was Scottish. Storrie explained that when LADbible bought the video, it received 25 million views. When it was posted again the following year, it received 3 million views a day.[18] [19] If The Handmaid's Tale Was Scottish also went viral on Twitter; it was retweeted by Margaret Atwood, the author of The Handmaid’s Tale.[20] [21]

Storrie’s stand-up material tackles mental health, especially women’s issues (such as smear tests), aiming to reduce isolation through openness. In her 2019 Edinburgh Fringe show Hysterical Storrie used humour to address these topics, encouraging solidarity and connection among her audience.[22]

From 2019-20, Storrie copresented a BBC Scotland television show Up For It with comedians Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Rosco McClelland, with a series of challenges and skits.[23] [24]

Storrie was a 2020 Scottish Comedy Awards winner for best radio comic.[25]

2023-2024, Storrie recounted her lifestory in a twelve-episode comedy show on BBC Radio 4, What's the Story, Ashley Storrie?. The programme has been recommissioned by the BBC for a second series.[26] [27] [28] [29]

In 2023, Storrie co-presented a four-part BBC Scotland television series, Janey and Ashley Get A Real Job. Storrie and her mother, Janey Godley, challenged each other working in various industries, including jobs at a dairy farm, a construction site, in a factory, and at an airport check-in.[30] [31]

Dinosaur

In 2021, Storrie co-created the BBC Three comedy television series Dinosaur with Matilda Curtis. The show aired six full episodes in April 2024.[32] [33]

At the 2024 BAFTA Scotland Awards, Storrie was nominated for Best Actress - Television as Nina in Dinosaur. She was also nominated for Best Writer - Film/Television alongside Matilda Curtis. The show also received two other nominations: Best Scripted Television, and Best Director for Niamh McKeown, for four in total.[34] Storrie was also nominated for the award of the nation's favourite Scot, which is voted on by the public.[35] Storrie won both the best writer award, shared with Curtis, and the Favourite Scot on Screen award.[36] [37] After its award success, Dinosaur was recommissioned for a second series.[38]

Personal life

Storrie is autistic, but was not diagnosed until later in life. She has spoken about how this affected her growing up.[39] [40]

References

  1. News: Beacom . Brian . 'I'm rebelling against my upbringing': Ashley Storrie on being the daughter of a comedy legend . 2 October 2022 . . 30 July 2017 . en.
  2. News: Donaldson . Brian . Interview: Ashley Storrie – 'I have been known to go a bit Tonto'. 8 June 2016. The List. 29 September 2024. en-GB.
  3. News: Ward . Sarah . Daughter of late comic Janey Godley wins two Bafta Scotland awards . . 17 November 2024 . 17 November 2024.
  4. News: Ferguson . Brian . Janey Godley's daughter Ashley Storrie in tearful tribute as Scottish Bafta wins deny Baby Reindeer . . 17 November 2024 . 17 November 2024.
  5. Web site: Remembering Janey Godley's Glasgow pub she owned in the 1980s . Small . Alexander . . 4 November 2024 . 20 November 2024.
  6. Web site: Ashley Storrie: 'Mum became a comedian, so we became a travelling circus act' . Davies . Ashley . The Times . 10 April 2024 . 8 November 2024.
  7. Web site: The Weavers Inn . Gorevan . John . Old Glasgow Pubs . 13 November 2016. 8 November 2024.
  8. Web site: Ashley Storrie on being the daughter of a comedy legend - and taking her on at her own game . . Beacom . Brian . 31 July 2017 . 4 November 2024.
  9. Web site: The Hutchie Herald . October 2014 . Hutchesons' Grammar School.
  10. Book: Godley . Janey . Handstands in the dark : a true story of growing up and survival . 2005 . Ebury Publishing . London . 978-1-4481-1754-3.
  11. Book: Godley, Janey . Handstands In The Dark . Penguin Books Limited . 2005 . Kindle . B0060MB6K0 . Page=341-342 of 425.
  12. News: Gibbons . Fiachra . Young ones storm festival . 29 September 2024 . . 16 August 1999.
  13. Book: Godley, Janey . Janey The Woman That Won't Shut Up . Hodder & Stoughton Limited . 2024 . Kindle . 9781399728041 . Page 89 of 187.
  14. News: The Ashley Storrie Show . BBC Radio Scotland . Ashley . Storrie . 8 November 2024.
  15. News: ‘Am I allowed to be funny?’ Ashley Storrie on acting, autism – and grieving her mum, Janey Godley . The Guardian . Libby . Brooks . 3 December 2024.
  16. Web site: The Funny Life Of . Sutherland . Julia . Different Brains . 19 January 2018 . 8 November 2024.
  17. News: The News Quiz . BBC Radio 4 . Andy . Zaltzman . 8 November 2024.
  18. Web site: If stuff were Scottish or where humourless feminists with clinical depression get their laughs. . Jowett . Lorna . cstonline.net . 7 December 2018 . 8 November 2024.
  19. Web site: Meet Tanya Potter, Harry's long lost Glaswegian cousin . Russell . Jennifer . Glasgow Live . November 2016. 4 November 2024.
  20. Web site: HuffPost Contributor Ashley Storrie . Writer . Staff. 8 November 2024.
  21. Web site: 'Get it roon ye': If Harry Potter was Scottish - Glaswegian wizard Tanya Potter goes viral . Jackson . Debbie. 1 November 2016. 8 November 2024.
  22. News: Stand-up Ashley Storrie on viral success, mental health and rebelling against comedy . The Sunday Post. Ross . Crae . 9 November 2024.
  23. News: Glasgow comedians Ashley Storrie and friends on pre-lockdown adventures in new show, 'Up for It' . Glasgow Times . Carla . Jenkins . 9 November 2024.
  24. Web site: Up For It . . 4 November 2024.
  25. Web site: 2020 Scottish Comedy Award winners revealed . 23 September 2020 . . 5 November 2024.
  26. Book: Godley, Janey . Janey The Woman That Won't Shut Up . Hodder & Stoughton Limited . 2024 . Kindle . 9781399728041 . page 164-165 of 187.
  27. Web site: What's the Story, Ashley Storrie? . . 5 November 2024.
  28. News: What's the Story, Ashley Storrie? . Dapster Productions . Richard . Melvin . 5 November 2024.
  29. News: ‘Am I allowed to be funny?’ Ashley Storrie on acting, autism – and grieving her mum, Janey Godley . The Guardian . Libby . Brooks . 3 December 2024.
  30. Web site: Janey And Ashley Get A Real Job . . 15 November 2024.
  31. Web site: Janey And Ashley Get A Real Job . . 15 November 2024.
  32. News: Hinds . Alice . Comedian Ashley Storrie on why playing an autistic young woman in her first dramatic role has helped her open up about her own diagnosis . 25 August 2021 . . 30 May 2021.
  33. News: Gallacher . Stephen . Comedian Ashley Storrie on new sitcom Dinosaur, neurodiversity and relationship with mum Janey Godley . 29 September 2024 . . 7 April 2024.
  34. Web site: Four Scottish Bafta nods for Ashley Storrie's Dinosaur . . 2 October 2024 . 4 November 2024.
  35. News: McLean . Pauline . Gadd and Storrie lead hopefuls at Scottish Baftas . . 17 November 2024 . 17 November 2024.
  36. News: Pollock . Laura . Ashley Storrie pays tribute to Janey Godley in Bafta Scotland speech . . 17 November 2024 . 17 November 2024.
  37. News: Pollock . Laura . Public to vote for Favourite Scot on Screen Bafta Scotland award . . 11 October 2024 . 17 November 2024.
  38. Web site: BBC announces the return of BAFTA winning comedy series Dinosaur . . 18 November 2024 . 18 November 2024.
  39. Web site: Talking with Dinosaur star and co-creator Ashley Storrie . Des Roches Rosa . Shannon . Thinking Autism Guide . 5 April 2024 . 4 November 2024.
  40. Web site: British Comedy & Neurodiversity, with Ashley Storrie . Moss . Hayley . Different Brains . 22 April 2024 . 8 November 2024.

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