Olga Koch is a writer and comedian, across radio, television and film. She was nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2018, Best Show at Leicester Comedy Festival in 2020, longlisted for Best Stand Up Show at the National Comedy Awards in 2021 and her show Fight won the 2022 Writer’s Guild Award for Best Radio Comedy.
Olga was born in Russia; her father was in Yeltsin’s government but educated in the West in typical STEM subjects, which she uses as material in her sharp observational comedy.
She has also appeared on Mock the Week (BBC Two), QI (BBC Two), Frankie Boyle's New World Order (BBC Two), Late Night Mash (Dave), Richard Osman's House of Games (BBC Two), Guessable (Comedy Central), Question Team (Dave) and Live at the Apollo (BBC Two).
Olga studied Computer Science at New York University and gained her Masters Degree in the Social Science of the Internet from Keble College, Oxford University.
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