Judi Love

Judy Love is an English stand-up comedian and presenter. She is a regular panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women. She competed on the BBC competition series MasterChef, which she won, the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing, finishing in tenth place, and the thirteenth series of Taskmaster, finishing in last place.

Judi Love
Love in 2024
Born	(1980-06-04) 4 June 1980 (age 44) Hackney, London, England
Education	Tavistock Institute (BA, MSW)
Occupations	Comedian presenter
Years active	2011–present
Website	www.judilove.co.uk

Early and personal life

Love was born on 4 June 1980 in Hackney, London, where she now lives,^[1] to Jamaican parents and is the youngest of five children. She spent the majority of her youth in and around the East London area.^[2] Love studied a degree in Community Arts and Social Science and a Masters in Social Work from the Tavistock Institute.^[2]

Career

Love began comedy when she performed a set in front of her class for a module, in which she revealed the comedic side of caring for her mother, who died in 2009 from dementia.^[3] In 2011, Love made her professional stage debut with a show titled Laughter Is Healing.^[4] Love hosted the 2019 London Critics' Circle Awards,^[5] and in 2020, she began appearing as a panellist on the ITV talk show Loose Women.^[6][7][8] Love also appeared on Celebrity MasterChef in July 2020, in which she was a finalist.^[9] In 2021, Love was announced as a contestant on the nineteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing.^[10] She was eliminated on 31 October 2021, finishing in tenth place.^[11] Love then starred in series 13 of Taskmaster. On occasion, she deputises for regular DJ's on BBC Radio 2.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2015	Pranksterz	Herself	Reoccurring role (series 1)
2018	King Gary	Furniture Shop Owner	1 episode
2019	8 Out of 10 Cats	Herself	1 episode
	Harry Hills Club Nite	Herself	1 episode
2019–2020	Don't Hate the Playaz	Herself	2 episodes
2020	Comedy Against Living Miserable	Herself	One-off special
	The Stand Up Sketch Show	Herself	Series regular
	Celebrity MasterChef	Contestant	Third place
	Celebrity Karaoke Club	Herself	2 episodes
	Comedy Game Night	Herself	1 episode
	Hey Tracey!	Herself	1 episode
2020–present	Loose Women	Panelist	Series regular
2020–present	Jon Richardson's Channel Hopping	Herself	Series regular
2020–2021	Sorry, I Didn't Know	Team Captain	Series regular
2021	The Ranganation	Herself	1 episode
	Hypothetical	Herself	1 episode
	Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable	Herself	1 episode
	Big Zuu's Big Eats	Herself	Guest
	Strictly Come Dancing	Herself	Contestant
	Celebrity Catchphrase	Herself	Contestant
	RuPaul's Drag Race UK	Herself	Guest
	Blankety Blank	Herself	Panellist
	The Big Fat Quiz of the Year	Herself	Panellist
2021–present	Celebrity Gogglebox	Herself; alongside Charlene White	Black to front special, series 4 and 5
2021–present	This Is My House	Herself	Panellist
2022	Taskmaster	Herself	Contestant, series 13
	8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown	Herself	Contestant
	Would I Lie to You	Herself	Contestant
	The Wheel	Herself	Expert
	Noughts + Crosses	Chidi	Recurring role (season 2)
2023	The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off	Herself	Contestant[12]
2024	Judi Love's Culinary Cruise	Herself	Presenter[13]

See also

• List of Strictly Come Dancing contestants

References

1. Logan, Brian (7 May 2023). "Judi Love review – solo tour crowns funny girl done good". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
2. "It's the one like Judi Love". Judi Love. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
3. Hopps, Kat (23 May 2017). "All-female bill take on 'reality comedy' for Stratford show". Newham Recorder. Archant Community Media. Archived from the original on 6 December 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
4. "Judi Love". The Comedy Store Manchester. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019.
5. Walkley, Luke (8 January 2019). "Judi Love to Host the 39th London Critics' Circle Film Awards". Movie Marker. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
6. "Judi Love". Loose Women. ITV. 10 March 2020. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
7. Sansome, Jessica (3 January 2020). "Loose Women interrupted by Love Island's Iain Stirling after he 'forgets' important details". Manchester Evening News. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
8. Dosani, Rishma (23 January 2020). "Nadia Sawalha's daughters accused her of racism after she called Love Island's Mike Boateng 'the black guy'". Metro. Associated Newspapers. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
9. "Who is Judi Love? Meet the Celebrity Masterchef and Loose Women star". Heart. 30 July 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
10. Houghton, Rianne (13 August 2021). "Strictly Come Dancing 2021 line-up confirms 13th and 14th stars". Digital Spy. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
11. Nugent, Annabel (31 October 2021). "Strictly results: Judi Love is the fifth contestant to be eliminated". The Independent. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
12. "The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off". The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off. 7 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
13. "Judi Love's Culinary Cruise". itv.com/watch. Retrieved 5 November 2024.

External links

• Official website
• Judi Love at IMDb