Yewande "Andi" Osho (born 27 January 1973 in Plaistow, London, England) is a British stand-up comedian and actor' She was born to Nigerian parents.
Having previously worked in television production, Osho turned to acting in 2003. By 2006 she had decided to go into stand-up comedy. She spent a number of years working as a receptionist by day, while perfecting her stand-up comedy routine in the evenings.
In 2006, she starred as Alma in Dael Orlandersmith's powerful drama Yellowman at Liverpool's Everyman Theatre. Other notable theatre work includes a critically acclaimed performance in the title role of Medea (Barons Court Theatre, 2005), Amanda in Cigarettes, Coffee and Paranoia (King's Head Theatre, 2005) and Zimbabwean exile Faith in the devised piece Qabuka (Oval House Theatre, 2005).
Her television roles include Lin Colvin in Casualty, Adeola Brooker in Doctors, Dr Rogers in Footballers' Wives: Extra Time and Angela Parker in Sea of Souls. She has also appeared in Waking the Dead, EastEnders and Night and Day and Russell Brand and Friends for Channel 4.
Osho is also a playwright and one of the founder members of the London writers' group, Vowel Movement. She has contributed to News Review at London's Canal Cafe Theatre, and in 2008 she co-devised a scratch performance of the stage play Up The Café De Paris for the Pulse Fringe Festival. In 2007, she wrote the comedy CSI: Nigeria, currently in production for BBC Three. She is presently writing a sit-com.
She has performed at various comedy clubs and festivals across Britain, including: Jongleurs, The Comedy Store, The Reading Festival, The Pleasance Dome, The Chuckle Club, The Leicester Festival (Summer Sundae), The Comedy Café, The Shoreditch Comedy Festival, Comedy Camp and Hackney Empire.
Andi Osho won the 2007 Nivea Funny Women award.
She co-hosted Tonightly on Channel 4 and appeared in an E4 pilot, The Andi O Show. She has also appeared on Mock the Week, Ask Rhod Gilbert, and is a regular performer on Stand Up for the Week.
On 26 February 2011, Osho participated in Let's Dance for Comic Relief, performing a dance routine to Michael Jackson's "Bad". Despite positive comments from the judges, she did not progress to the final round after a public vote.
She is the only person to have won more than one episode of Celebrity Mastermind. In 2011, she won the Comic Relief episode with The Matrix trilogy as her specialist subject and then in 2012, she took part in a regular episode choosing host John Humphrys as her specialist subject. Osho also takes an occasional presenting role for the comedy club section on BBC Radio 4 Extra
On 19 June, she made her debut in medical drama Holby City as medical student Barbara Alcock, a role she will remain in for three episodes.