Emily Lloyd-Saini is a British comedian, actress, broadcaster and writer from

Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robi ...

. She is known for her comedy duo EGG, with

Anna Leong Brophy Anna Leong Brophy is a British comedian and actor. Early life Leong Brophy grew up in Brent, London. She is of Irish, Chinese, and Kadazan descent. Career Leong Brophy presents the ''Still Legit'' podcast with her comedy partner Emily Lloyd-S ...

Career

Lloyd-Saini is a graduate of the

Oxford School of Drama The Oxford School of Drama is a drama school in the United Kingdom. It is based at Wootton, ten miles north of Oxford. The school is an independent, vocational drama school which runs a three-year acting course and a one-year acting course, bot ...

under George Peck. She was a finalist of

Funny Women Funny Women is an online and in-person workshop community dedicated to the support of female comedians. It was founded by Lynne Parker in 2002 as a reaction to misogynistic comments from a comedy promoter. Funny Women helps women find their voice, ...

in 2011. In January 2017, Lloyd-Saini began a weekly show with

Mawaan Rizwan Mawaan Rizwan (born 18 August 1992) is a Pakistani-born British actor and comedian who began his career as a YouTuber. Early life Rizwan was born in Lahore, Pakistan; his mother, Shahnaz, was one of nine siblings and had starred in a number ...

on the

BBC Asian Network BBC Asian Network is a British Asian radio station owned and operated by the BBC. The station's target audience is people "with an interest in British Asian lifestyles", especially British Asians between the ages of 18 and 34. The station has ...

. As part of sketch duo EGG (with

) she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2018. She was a cast member in ITV2's '' Buffering'', and played DI Ryle in Sky One's ''

Code 404 ''Code 404'' is a British police procedural comedy-drama television series created by Tom Miller, Sam Myer and Daniel Peak, and produced by Kudos. The first series premiered on 29 April 2020 on Sky One, before later moving to Sky Comedy, wher ...

''. She was a panellist on BBC Two's ''

Mock The Week ''Mock the Week'' is a British topical satirical celebrity panel show, created by Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It was produced by Angst Productions for BBC Two, and was broadcast from 5 June 2005 to 4 November 2022. The programme was present ...

'' in December 2021. In November 2022 she appeared opposite Kristen Bell as "Moffy" in the Amazon film, '' The People We Hate At The Wedding.''

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