Katherine Ryan — Blog

When Katherine was asked what she does on the panel show ‘Don’t Hate The Playaz’ she said ‘comedian and Hooter waitress’. That’s certainly not all she is though. Not many comedians can carry off being photographed for a fashion feature in national magazines, be funny on stage (and off stage) and be considered to be knowledgable about the hip hop scene. Oh - did I mention that this shoot was just after Katherine had given birth to her second child. Boom! If anyone can do it, Katherine can.

Both shoots I have done with her have been fashion lead. This time we had the pleasure of dressing her up in a diamanté dress that weighed a ton as well as other great colourful and vibrant outfits from great designers. Katherine had the attitude of a model - I just wear what Jennifer Michalski-Bray (the stylist) tells me to. This was however not a fashion shoot and not a straight shoot of a comedian - but an attempt to find a good middle ground.

Shot for Observer Magazine

Katherine Ryan came into my consciousness as a guest on several UK panel shows. She supposedly came to the UK from Canada, to help set up a branch of Hooters in Nottingham. A one month trip turned out to be permanent and she’s now become a familiar face in the UK comedy scene and on British panel shows. She did a noticeable stint with ‘the Last Leg’ during the Paralympics in Brazil and the last thing I heard she was as a participant in ‘Fake News’ where she’d put out a false story about having had a Bum Lift that went wrong. The story was picked up by a few of the British tabloid newspapers which lead to her winning the Best Fake News story of the show.

Katherine is funny! There’s no ifs and butts about it (excuse the pun). Even her website serves as a simple but perfect gag for a comedienne. Check it out: http://www.katherineryan.co.uk