In this Nina Conti interview, ventriloquist Nina Conti talks about how she comes up with her funny ideas, making characters, how she broke into mainstream comedy, how her career fits in with family life, why more funny women are on TV, why she doesn't do panel shows, what her chat show would look like, Her Masters Voice, her life with Ken Campbell, the documentary she did with monkey on enlightenment, her current tour and what she has coming up in the pipeline.
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In 2002, Nina Conti won the BBC New Comedy Awards, came second in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year and came third in "Laughing Horse New Act of the Year" competitions.
Nina Conti regularly headlines at London comedy venues and has appeared at The Comedy Store.
Nina Conti took her first solo full-length show, Complete and Utter Conti, to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2007, where she introduced some new characters as well as performing familiar routines. In 2008 she won the Barry Award for this show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, tying with Kristen Schaal.
At the Melbourne Comedy Festival 2010 Nina Conti debuted a new puppet, an elderly woman who is her "Granny".
Nina Conti and Granny appeared in episode six of the I series of the BBC comedy quiz show QI in 2011. On that episode, Nina Conti noted that she inherited the Granny puppet from Ken Campbell on Campbell's death.
In 2012, Nina Conti appeared in Russell Howard's Good News with Granny. She also used a mask on an audience member to persuade him to dance. On the series 8 premiere of Live at the Apollo, Nina Conti expanded the act to provide voices for two audience members in masks.
In March 2013, Nina Conti appeared on Let's Dance for Comic Relief with Monk. She danced to "I Like to Move It" by Reel 2 Real.
In June 2013, Nina Conti appeared on Channel 4's Comedy Gala.
Nina Conti appeared as a guest host on the final episode of the ninth series of the BBC stand-up comedy programme, Live at the Apollo, performing her act with Monkey and an additional dummy-mask routine.
In October 2014, Nina Conti appeared on Channel 4's The Feeling Nuts Comedy Night raising awareness of testicular cancer.
In 2015, Nina Conti appeared on BBC Four's Clowning Around, where she trained to be a giggle doctor and clown, and performed to children in hospitals.
In May 2015, Nina Conti appeared on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown in Dictionary Corner and used Fabio, the show's regular prop guy, as a dummy.
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