Ria Lina Explained

Birth Place:High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England
Active:2001–present
Medium:Stand-up, television, radio
Nationality:British
Genre:Observational comedy, black comedy, satire, wit
Subject:Politics, autism, cultures, race relations, science, family, current events
Children:3

Ria Lina (born 1987) is a British comedian, actress and writer. She has appeared on Yesterday, Today & The Day Before,[1] Mock the Week,[2] Steph's Packed Lunch,[3] The Now Show, The News Quiz,[4] and Have I Got News for You. In 2003, she won an Ethnic Multicultural Media Academy award for Best Comedian.[5]

Early and personal life

Lina's mother is from the Philippines and her father from Germany.[6] She attended an American school in the Netherlands from the age of 14.[6] Subsequently, she earned a BSc in pathology from the University of St Andrews, an MSc in forensic science from London South Bank University and a PhD in virology from University College London.[7]

Lina has three children.[8] Divorced, Lina and her ex-husband continue to share their London household .[9] She is autistic,[10] something she only became aware of in adulthood.[11]

Stand-up

In 2003, Lina was a runner-up at the first Funny Women Awards.[12]

Lina has taken five shows to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. School of Riason[13] was nominated for the Amused Moose Laughter Awards, and contained one of Dave's Top 10 Jokes of the Fringe, and was later broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2016. Lina's Dear Daughter[14] won the Best Comedy award at the Greater Manchester Fringe. Her other shows include Taboo Raider,[15] Thpethial[16] and It's Not Easy Being Yellow.[17]

Television and radio

Appearances include Yesterday Today and the Day Before,[1] Mock the Week,[18] Steph's Packed Lunch,[19] The Dog Ate My Homework,[20] Sky News, Talk Radio, Talk Radio Europe,[21] The Now Show,[22] The News Quiz,[23] Richard Osman's House of Games,[24] Times Radio and Breaking the News.[25]

Further TV work includes Jongleurs Live,[26] The World Stands Up, Sweet 'n' Sour Comedy,[27] Meet The Blogs, Malai Monologues,[28] the film short Christie,[29] and the documentary, A Bit of Oriental.[30]

Lina voiced the character Perun in Xenoblade Chronicles 2.[31] She also narrated and voiced the character Zoe in the full-cast audiobook of cli-fi (climate fiction) adventure MOOJAG and the Auticode Secret[32] by N.E. McMorran / Spondylux Press, London 2020.

Lina appeared in and won Episode 4 of the 21st series of Celebrity Mastermind, broadcast in January 2023.[33] She was one of Alexander Armstrong's co-hosts on Pointless in 2023.[34]

Awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Yesterday, Today & The Day Before . 2021-06-01. British Comedy Guide.
  2. Web site: BBC Two - Mock the Week. 2021-06-01. BBC.
  3. Web site: Steph's Packed Lunch - S2020 - Episode 123. 2021-04-27. Radio Times.
  4. News: On the Sky News Daily podcast, Dermot Murnaghan speaks to comic and virologist, Ria Lina about whether Covid has changed how the country is run. 2021-04-27. Sky News.
  5. Winners of the EMMA Awards announced . 3 January 2021 . BBC . 24 March 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050324055925/http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2003/05_may/30/emma_awards.shtml.
  6. News: Mackenzie . Louise . Who do you think I am? asks funny girl Ria Lina . 25 September 2024 . Gazette & Essex County Standard . Newsquest Media Group Ltd . 16 December 2010. The 30-year-old comedian started doing stand-up while at St Andrews University and in 2000, aged 20, she took the show... to the National Youth Theatre and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival....
  7. Web site: 2022-12-08 . Chortle . Ivo Graham and Ria Lina to appear on University Challenge . 2023-10-27 .
  8. Web site: Asian Network's Big Comedy Night . BBC Asian Network. 9 December 2019 . 2020-02-04.
  9. News: Denton . Jane . How I Manage My Money: Comedian living with ex-husband who puts £50 in pension . i News UK . Associated Newspapers Limited . 28 June 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240628052908/https://inews.co.uk/inews-lifestyle/money/saving-and-banking/how-i-manage-my-money-comedian-living-with-ex-husband-who-puts-50-in-pension-3122559 . 28 June 2024 . en . Money.
  10. Web site: Lina . Ria . 30 June 2015. Political correctness is the best thing that's happened to comedy. 2020-02-04. Chortle .
  11. News: Quinn . Angie . Pointless Ria Lina's life from autism diagnosis to impressive other jobs . 25 September 2024 . My London . 30 October 2023 . en.
  12. Web site: 17 October 2020. First published 18 April 2016; updated 2020. Funny Women Awards . 2022-08-06 . British Comedy Guide . en.
  13. Web site: Ria Lina: School of Riason. 2021-04-27. BBC.
  14. News: Comedy review: Ria Lina: Dear Daughter . 2021-04-27. The Scotsman. 22 August 2016 .
  15. Web site: Watch Ria Lina: Taboo Raider . 2021-04-27. Amazon Prime.
  16. Web site: Ria Lina: Thpethial . 2021-04-27. Chortle.
  17. Web site: Bennett. Steve. Brighton Fringe: Ria Lina: It's Not Easy Being Yellow . 2021-04-27 . Chortle .
  18. Episode listings:
  19. Web site: Steph's Packed Lunch . 2021-04-27. Channel 4.
  20. Web site: CBBC The Dog Ate My Homework. 2021-04-27. BBC.
  21. Web site: Baum. Julie. Ria Lina - the only female Filipina comedian in British stand up who headlines at major clubs in the UK and internationally...with TRE's Dave Hodgson. 2021-04-27. Talk Radio Europe. 7 December 2020 .
  22. Web site: BBC The Now Show . 2021-04-27. BBC. 10 April 2021 .
  23. Web site: The News Quiz. 2021-04-27. BBC.
  24. Web site: BBC Two - Richard Osman's House of Games, Series 5, Week 21: Wednesday. BBC.
  25. Web site: Breaking the News. 2021-04-27. BBC Scotland.
  26. Web site: Jongleurs Live! . Comedy.
  27. Web site: Sweet 'N' Sour Comedy - BBC3 Sketch Show. 2021-04-27. British Comedy Guide.
  28. Web site: RIA LINA. Spotlight.
  29. Web site: Rahman. Azi. Christie. 2008-04-07. IMDb. 2021-04-27.
  30. Web site: A Bit of Oriental. 2021-04-27. Channel 4.
  31. Web site: Ria Lina (visual voices guide) . 2022-09-22 . Behind The Voice Actors . en-US.
  32. Web site: MOOJAG children's cli-fi series (audiobook) . 2023-06-01 . Moojag . en-UK.
  33. Web site: BBC One - Celebrity Mastermind, 2022/23, Episode 4 . 2023-01-20 . BBC . en-GB.
  34. Web site: More stars revealed as Pointless guest hosts . BBC Media Centre. BBC. 23 February 2023.
  35. Web site: Greater Manchester Fringe 2016 Award Winners Announced. Viva Manchester. 2016-08-02.
  36. Web site: Amused Moose Comedy Award 2014. Amused Moose.
  37. Web site: Ria Lina – Comedians l Book Comedians. The Comedy Club.
  38. Web site: New Comedy Awards regional final Brighton. BBC.
  39. Web site: The Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award Final. Chortle.
  40. Web site: Cutting Edge of Comedy. Metro. 2002-08-12.

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