This is an accepted version of this page Maisie Elizabeth Adam (born 24 January 1994) is an English stand-up comedian.

[1] She grew up in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, with her parents Phillip and Jill Adam, and her younger brother Daniel.

[2][3] Adam's mother used to work for Leeds Beckett University[4][5] and is the founder and executive director of the Louder Than Words Festival[6] in Manchester.

[7][8][4] In 1999, Adam's parents were charged with felony abuse for leaving their two children unattended in a Florida hotel room for 45 minutes; they spent the night in jail before returning to England.

[3] Adam's maternal grandfather, Sir Lawrence Byford, led an inquiry into the failings of the hunt for the "Yorkshire Ripper".

[10] Her uncle, Mark Byford, was Deputy Director General of the British Broadcasting Corporation and head of BBC Journalism from 2004 to 2011.

[7][24] This led her to try stand-up,[25] with her first gig at the Ilkley Literature Festival fringe on 13 October 2016[26][7][4] with a one-hour show called Living on the Edge.

[4][33][34][35] She portrayed punk singer Siouxsie Sioux in a 2018 episode of Urban Myths, titled "The Sex Pistols Vs. Bill Grundy".

In February 2024, Adam appeared as a contestant in Celebrity Mastermind alongside Michelle Heaton, Nihal Arthanayake and Aaron Evans.