Eleanor Jane Taylor (born 4 November 1983) is an English comedian, television personality, actress and writer.
Taylor has written and performed five stand-up comedy shows: Elliementary (2015), Infidelliety (2016), This Guy (2017–2018), Cravings (2019) — also shown on Netflix as part of Comedians of the World[1] — and Don't Got This (2019–2021).
[3] Taylor was discovered on ITV series Show Me the Funny, an X Factor-style contest for aspiring stand-up comedians.
Taylor also plays Gloria, the next-door business-owner to the main characters in ITV2 Ancient Roman comedy series Plebs.
[16] On 5 July 2018, it was announced Taylor and Anna Whitehouse would host a new talk show on radio station Heart FM on Sunday nights from 10pm to 1am.
[1] Taylor has also been a guest on 8 Out of 10 Cats, Pointless Celebrities, Insert Name Here, QI, The Last Leg, Big Brother's Bit on the Side, and Show Me the Funny.
In 2019, she again became a fill-in presenter on Heart, this time for Amanda Holden, on the national breakfast show alongside regular host Jamie Theakston.
[20] In July 2021, Taylor published her debut book My Child and Other Mistakes: How to ruin your life in the best way possible, which became a Sunday Times bestseller.