Judi Love has viewers in stitches whenever she graces our TV screens.
Her loveable personality has seen the mother-of-two as a regular panellist on Loose Women, but she's also been an in-demand guest across a number of different shows in recent times.
And it's clear people are noticing, with her retweeting one fan who asked if she'd had a day off recently, mocking that she's "on bloody everything".
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Judi featured in Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year in 2021, joined Would I Lie To You? for their new series this year, and was also part of the six-part BBC series This Is My House which entertained audiences in lockdown.
Strictly Come Dancing viewers will also know she took part in the 2021 series, and she cooked up a storm in Celebrity MasterChef, winning the Christmas competition.
The single mum ran her own show during the pandemic too, called Quarantine Date Nights.
Speaking of her whirlwind year in December, she told OK!: "I feel I’m just sort of holding it together... if I did sit down and think about everything, I’d have to take a week off just to cry tears of joy.
"I’m so grateful. It’s nice that young girls like I was myself can see themselves and feel inspired or represented."
And, on her appearance on BBC's The Graham Norton Show, Judi said: "When I was struggling as a single mum, me and my friend used to watch The Graham Norton Show together on the phone and have a laugh.
"I thought then how much I’d love to be on it, but there was this bit of self-doubt. So to actually be on the show was a real moment."
The 41-year-old started out in stand-up comedy in 2011 before getting behind the camera, and is said to have been the comedian of her family.
She was born in Hackney, East London, to Jamaican parents and is the youngest of five children.
Judi went on to study a degree in Community Arts and Social Science and a Masters in social work from the Tavistock Institute whilst bringing up her two children alone.
It was when she was a student in 2009 that she discovered her gift for comedy, having to perform in front of her classmates, where she spoke about caring for her mother who was battling Alzheimer's.
Her mum later died and, despite her career reaching new heights last year, behind the scenes she was also dealing with the death of her father.
She told OK!: "I lost my dad and that was very difficult. I’m still getting through that and, you know, just being able to continue on after that is an achievement."
Her personal website says her motto is ‘Laughter is Healing’, which provides an insight into how she deals with life’s many obstacles.
She takes everyday situations and adds her perspective, making it the type of humour people from all walks of life can relate to.
Judi is active on social media, but keeps her family life private, only confirming she has one 16-year-old daughter and one son, 11.
She even pokes fun at people that share their life online, saying: "Some people's news is too much, what happened to the days where things was private?"
But she has opened up on the 'pressures' of being a single mum in juggling her career and parenting.
In her OK! column in October, she wrote: "Last week I was busy with work and realised the tension of being a single parent. Juggling is relentless.
"We guarantee that you will be there every day for your children, as well as school forms, travel, play dates and after-school activities.
"In reality, we can’t put too much pressure on ourselves. The important thing is that we love our children. We are always trying to do our best, which is the final solution to my moment of confusion."
Following the death of George Floyd in 2020, Judi also revealed during a Loose Women show that she's had to have 'heartbreaking' conversions with her son, warning him about the challenges of being a black male.
Judi said: "As a black parent, having to have that conversation with my son at seven-years-old and explaining to him, 'you're a young black boy, and you might be put in a situation where you are judged solely on the basis of your skin' is heartbreaking.
"You see this young child's eyes change, this child who has friends from so many different backgrounds and now has to take this on."
She added: "So I feel like there's three white women on the panel, but you're willing to have this conversation about something that's so needed, and I feel grateful that I can share my story."
As a black woman in showbiz, she has spoken out about representation and diversity within the industry on numerous occasions, highlighting how important it is for young people.
The comedian was part of Loose Women’s first panel of all-black presenters for Black History Month last year.
Reflecting on the monumental episode, Judi told PA: "Being a part of history in representation with regards to having four black women, these amazing talented women, was such an emotional event.
"I was so emotional because the fact this was such a big thing in 2020 made me realise how it was so different and how much it hadn’t been done and then it made me think of many other women of colour who have been in entertainment before me and they missed out on things because this wasn’t seen as something that viewers would watch, or it just wasn’t even thought about because of the demographics."
She added: "I don’t think people realise how much it affects someone’s dreams, or feeling like they are capable, when they don’t see someone that looks like them doing it and whether that is your ethnicity, whether that is your size, whether that is your cultural background, whether that is your disability, whether that is your sexuality, it really does make a difference in someone’s life."
