Angie Le Mar

Le Mar attended the Barbara Speake Stage School, and Afro Sax drama club run by Larrington Walker, Ellen Thomas and Treva Etienne.

[1] Her TV appearances include the BBC's The Real McCoy and Channel 4's Get Up, Stand Up, and presented The Saturday Morning Show on Choice FM.

From 1985 Le Mar cut her teeth on the comedy circuit, by initially doing open spots and warm-ups at events such as fashion shows and parties within the black community.

Le Mar launched her professional theatre career in 1994 with her comedy sketch show Funny Black Women on the Edge that premiered at The Civic Centre in Southwark, London, which she wrote and also made her first directing debut, playing several characters.

The show played at the Theatre Royal Stratford East in November 1995, directed by Paulette Randall The show was reprised again in 2007 The Best of Funny Black Women on The Edge through Le Mar's production company Straight To Audience Productions', at the Hackney Empire, directed by Jo Martin and Dawn Reid.

Le Mar wrote her show The Brothers, which was originally aired as a radio production on Choice FM, produced by Ivor Etienne.

While working as a radio presenter on Choice FM, Le Mar was moved by a call she received on her phone in show from a distressed young lady who had been abused by her boyfriend.

Le Mar made her first appearance as a panelist on ITV's popular lunchtime programme Loose Women aired on 2 February 2011.

The Living Room will be an intimate setting in which Le Mar interviews personalities from the world of business, entertainment, politics, sport and lifestyle.

Her many guests included Stevie Wonder, Jermaine Jackson, Danny Glover, Idris Elba, Mica Paris, Maya Angelou and Mary J. Blige to name but a few.

[3] Le Mar was working on her new one-woman show called In My Shoes, to premiere at the Soho Theatre, West End, on 16 October 2011.