[5] She holds an upper second-class (2:1) Music BA from St Hilda's College, Oxford and a master's degree from the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama for acting.

[6] Parris's stand-up comedy has been featured on Live at the Apollo,[7] and she has performed solo shows at the Edinburgh Fringe,[8] including It's Fun To Pretend, which was expanded into a UK tour for 2018/19.

[11] As an actor, Parris was cast in the BBC show Murder in Successville,[12] and also appeared on The IT Crowd, Plebs and Count Arthur Strong.

[22] In 2014, Austentatious won the Chortle Award for Best Character, Improv or Sketch Act,[23] and DVDs of their live shows were released by Gofasterstripe in 2015 and 2018.

[25] In 2018, Parris was named Female First's Comedian of the Year, beating Tiffany Haddish, Amy Schumer and Ellen DeGeneres to the prize.