Ellie Taylor

Ellie Taylor (born 1983 or 1984), born Eleanor Taylor, is an English comedian, television personality, actress, and writer. Born in Basildon, Essex, and raised in Brentwood, she studied English literature at the University of York, where she was a member of the Drama Society. She has appeared on numerous television shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats, Mock the Week, The Mash Report, Plebs, Strictly Come Dancing, and Knuckles.

Taylor was spotted by a model agency scout while interning for FHM magazine, but decided she would rather not model and began doing stand-up comedy in her mid-twenties. She was discovered on the ITV series Show Me the Funny and performed her debut show, Elliementary, at the Edinburgh free fringe in 2014. She made her debut on Mock the Week in 2015 and became a regular on The Mash Report, where she appeared as newsreader Susan; a clip of one of her performances went viral after Madonna shared it. From 2020 to 2023 she played Flo Sassy Collins in Apple TV's Ted Lasso.

As a television presenter, Taylor has hosted Snog Marry Avoid?, Live at the Apollo, The Great Pottery Throw Down, and Bake Off: The Professionals. She has written and performed six stand-up shows, including Cravings, released on Netflix in 2019 as part of Comedians of the World. In 2021 she published her debut book, My Child and Other Mistakes, a Sunday Times bestseller. In 2022 she competed on Strictly Come Dancing with partner Johannes Radebe. She married reporter Phil Black in 2014, and they live in Brentwood, Essex.