[5] Born prematurely in Truro while her parents were on holiday in Cornwall,[6] Beaumont grew up with a single mother[4] in the Spring Bank area of Hull.
[15] She switched to comedy after she had initially tried it in an attempt to conquer stage fright[16] and was inspired by her sitcom-like life in Hull.
[18] Beaumont is known for her observational comedy about her home city of Hull including the local dialect and food such as patties and chip spice.
[25] Beaumont is also the narrator in the 2018 BBC documentary Hull's Headscarf Heroes about Lillian Bilocca and the 1968 Triple Trawler Disaster.
[26] Beaumont said that the story moved her especially because her grandparents and their families were "born and bred in the fishing community on [Hull's] Hessle Road.
[31] Beaumont also made her first appearance on 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown alongside her husband Jon Richardson, Sean Lock and Bob Mortimer for the 2019 Christmas special.
In 2021, Channel 4 commissioned a comedy series called Hullraisers from Beaumont, co-written with Anne-Marie O'Connor and Caroline Moran.
[36][37][38] Beaumont also released her first book Drinking Custard: Diary of a Confused Mum, which details her struggles with her pregnancy and motherhood.
[40] Den of Geek's Louisa Mellor praised her as consistently funny and interesting for her "child-like joy" during tasks and strange anecdotes from her childhood.
(and later on episode 237 of the comedy podcast Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster)[42] about pretending to have type 1 diabetes to get food on a plane.
[46] Beaumont supports several UK charities, including Hull Children's University,[47] Mothershare[48] and the Great Laugh campaign.