Isabel Fay (b. Bath, British 1979) is a comedy writer and performer.
Isabel graduated from Royal Holloway University of London in 2001 with a 2:1 BA (Hons) Lon.
Isabel is represented by the Independent Talent Group - Samira Higham for performing and Laura Rourke for writing
Isabel Fay appeared in the first series of BBC2's How Not to Live Your Life[1] with Dan Clark and David Armand. She also appeared in the Pilot of BBC Three's How Not to Live Your Life, and co-starred with Dan Clark in Dan Clark's Guide to Dating for Comedy Central[2]
Comedian Isabel Fay's self penned debut short film "With or Without U2" has just won Best Comedy Short at the LA Comedy Film Festival 2011, despite the controversy surrounding the film's soundtrack. Isabel wrote it to a choral score of U2's With or Without You the band personally declined her the license to use the score. So Isabel arranged for a chorus to sing the score live along to the muted film, at the LA Comedy Film Festival, and subsequently won the Best Comedy Short trophy.
Isabel appeared in the film Clive Hole, adapted from a short story by Alexi Sayle starring David Schneider, Karl Theobald and Susan Vidler. She also appeared in the film Rekindle by Marios Hamboulides starring Tom Conti, Karl Theobald and My Family's Daniela Denby-Ashe, and she voiced short film Man in a Cat with Kevin Eldon and Josie Long
Also alongside Kevin Eldon, Alice Lowe, Steve Furst, David Bussell and Matthew Stott, Isabel appeared in the pilot for a 'sort-of-sketch-show' called "Missing Scene". The pilot was written by David Bussell, Matthew Stott and Ben Ricketts and script edited by Alice Lowe.
She co-owns internet comedy production company Clever Pie with Tom Hopgood. Clever Pie make hit online comedy sketches and films[3]
For BBC Comedy Online Isabel wrote and performed hit short Common Film Ground[4] And she co-wrote and starred in Leader's Wives[5]
Isabel also made an exclusive sketch for Funny Or Die set to Bonnie Tyler's hit Total Eclipse of the Heart called Total Paperclips of the Heart[6]
For BBC Radio 4 Isabel starred in sitcom pilot 49 Cedar Street, and as a supporting comedy character in Sarah Millican's Support Group.
For CBBC Isabel has appeared in children's comedy shows Little Howard's Big Question and Hacker Time.
Isabel has also shot her own sketch show pilot with Silver River TV[7]. She has appeared in BBC Three's Comedy Shuffle, she wrote and performed on all three series of ITV2's flagship show Comedy Cuts, and wrote and performed as a roving reporter on Monkey TV's online show Newslog, which also stars Steve Punt.
She was a member of the cast for E4's Dogface, and BBC Three's pilot Toju.
Isabel co-created and starred in sketch show The Works with David Armand at Madame Jojo's in Soho
Isabel's solo live work is usually a collaboration with if.comeddies award winning director Matt Holt (directed Brendan Burns if.comeddies award-winning show 2007) and Perrier award winning producer Tom Hopgood (produced Laura Solon's Perrier award winning show 2005).
At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Isabel's first self penned solo comedy show was Magic Steve's Disappearing Act (2006), featuring her magician's assistant character Annette Cadabra.[8] Her second solo show at the festival was Isabel Fay: Altar Ego (2007)[9] Fay performed a third solo Edinburgh show Don't Let A Gift Horse in the House at the 2008 Edinburgh Festival Fringe, at the Pleasance Courtyard[10]