Josephine Grace Brand is an English comedian, writer, presenter and actress. Starting her entertainment career with a move from psychiatric nursing to the alternative comedy stand-up scene and early performances on
Saturday Live, she went on to appear on
The Brain Drain, Channel 4's
Jo Brand Through the Cakehole,
Getting On and various television appearances including as a regular guest on
QI,
Have I Got News for You and
Would I Lie to You?. She also makes regular appearances on BBC Radio 4 in programmes such as
The News Quiz and
Just a Minute. From 2014 to 2019 she was the presenter of
The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice. In 2003, Brand was listed in
The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy. In 2019, Brand became a contestant on
Taskmaster.