Isy Suttie

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Isobel "Isy" Suttie (born 1978) is a stand-up comic and actor. She was born in Hull, raised in Matlock, Derbyshire, England and trained as an actor at the Guildford School of Acting receiving her First Class B.A. (Hons) in 2000 and representing GSA in the BBC Carleton Hobbs radio awards.

Suttie performs live comedy both as herself and as a number of singing characters, including angsty U.S. singer-songwriter Mary Westenberger and Yvonne, Amy Winehouse's cousin. She is a regular at Robin Ince's Book Club and on the national comedy circuit. BBC Radio writing and performing work includes The Mitch Benn Music Show, TILT BBC7; Out to Lunch BBC Radio 2; The Milk Run, The Ali Mac Music Show BBC Radio 1; The Now Show, The Alternative Women's Institute, Four on the Floor, Danny Robins Music Therapy and Laurence & Gus: Hearts & Minds BBC Radio 4. She is on the writing team of Channel 4's Skins Series 3 (currently in production).

At the 2005 Edinburgh Fringe Festival Suttie was one of the acts in stand-up showcase The Comedy Zone and in 2006 she acted in Danielle Ward's Take-a-Break Tales at the Pleasance with Neil Edmond and Emma Fryer. In 2007 she performed her debut solo stand-up show, Love Lost in the British Retail Industry.

An accomplished musician, Suttie composed and musically directed an a capella score for Marat/Sade at the Arcola Theatre, London in 2001.

Awards include the Daily Telegraph Young Jazz Competition regional winner, the Julian Slade Songwriting Competition winner and Chortle Awards best newcomer nominee.

Other TV credits include Mary Westenberger and Domy in Comedy Cuts ITV, Marie Antoinette, Lovely Lizzie and Jenny Dipp on the CBBC Channel, Mary Shelley in The Trouble With Love (BBC2), Kelly in Cornershop (BBC North), TV Researcher in Love Soup (BBC1) and the recurring character Dobby in series 5 of Peep Show (Channel 4).