Luisa Omielan (born 7 September 1982)[citation needed] is a British comedian based in Birmingham.
[1] In 2011 Luisa attended training at Second City in Chicago where she specialised in Clowning, Improvisation and Sketch Writing.
[6] In 2014, Omielan was invited to perform for ten nights as part of the Montreal Just for Laughs Festival.
The show then continued to have a week run in the London West End at the Leicester Square Theatre.
A 4-minute clip where Omielan discuses the 'thigh gap' went viral and has since amassed over 43 million views on Facebook.
[13][14][15] In 2018 Luisa was named a Bafta Breakthrough Brit, she is the first comedian to ever be nominated and supported by the scheme.
[16] Autumn 2018 she adapted her live Edinburgh Fringe stage show,[17] Politics for Bitches, into six 30 minute episodes for the BBC.