Poppy Hillstead
Poppy Hillstead is a London based podcaster, writer, actor and filmmaker from Louth, Lincolnshire.
She hosts and produces podcast ‘Poppy Hillstead Has Entered the Chat’ which is now in its 4th series...
Poppy hosts and produces podcast Poppy Hillstead Has Entered the Chat which is now in its 4th series (Winning a Bronze at The British Podcast Awards for Best Comedy, longlisted for Channel 4’s ‘National Comedy Awards’, the latest series was nominated for a Chortle Award) and has been recommended in The Guardian. She was also one third of podcast Gossipmongers which has been recommended in The Guardian, Esquire, NME, The Metro and Vulture. Her most recent podcast, Brainwash Me with Poppy Hillstead was released in September 2024 and saw her win Comedy Podcast Devotee's Most Original Comedy Podcast.
Poppy writes directs and stars in POPPY, a webseries based on her formative years, set in her home town. The second series is currently filming after its Kickstarter fund was successfully reached. Poppy has also written for Channel 4 as well as appearing on Dave and GinxTV.
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| Chortle Awards Best Podcast | Nominee | 2023-01-01 |
| Channel 4’s National Comedy Award Best Podcast | Longlisted | 2021-01-01 |
| The British Comedy Awards Best Comedy | Bronze Winner | 2021-01-01 |
| Wheel of Misfortune BBC Sounds | Guest Host | 2022-01-01 |
| Killing Leprechauns BBC Sounds | Guest | 2022-01-01 |
| Drunk Women Solving Crime Acast | Guest | 2020-01-01 |
| Poppy Hillstead Has Entered The Chat Acast | Host | 2020-01-01 |
| Gossipmongers Acast | Host | 2022-01-01 |
| Let's Go Viral Ginx TV | Guest | 2023-01-01 |
| Great Britain: Wide Open & Ready Dave | Carol Di Romano | 2022-01-01 |
| Learning At Lunchtime NEXT Up | Guest | 2022-01-01 |
| POPPY - Series 1 Online Series | Poppy & Writer | 2022-01-01 |
| Brainwash Me with Poppy Hillstead | Host | 2024-01-01 |