Cally is a comedian, business leader,
podcaster, writer, keynote speaker and
entrepreneur. Well-known for being a natural
storyteller, full of intelligent, distinctive and
punchline-rich material, Cally is one of the
UK's most sought-after acts for both comedy
and corporate work.
She has held senior management positions
at some of the biggest media companies in
the world. Early in her career, she headed an
independent television production company
that was bought by ITV, and went on to find
herself the youngest and only female
member on the board.
She went on to do a ten-year stint as Senior
Vice President at the US studio giant
ViacomCBS. There, Cally oversaw a multimillion
dollar budget for brands including
Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and
Paramount. If you want someone to blame
for bringing South Park and SpongeBob
SquarePants to the world, you need to look
no further.
It was while working for Comedy Central that
Cally was nudged into the sphere of
performance and as a 45-year old single
parent, Cally first took to the stage. She
quickly cemented her position as one of the
most exciting and distinctive new stand-ups
in the country, with her unflinching, acerbic
and intelligent brand of comedy. Her
television appearances include being a
regular panellist on BBC2’s QI and The
Apprentice: You're Fired, as well as Pointless
Celebrities, Richard Osman’s House of
Games, The Blame Game and Live at the
Apollo.
She is popular with BBC Radio 4 audiences
where her appearances include: The Now
Show, The Unbelievable Truth, Saturday Live
and Museum Of Curiosity. She is also a
regular contributor on Radio 5 Live, Times
Radio and BBC London.
In 2021, Cally launched Namaste
Motherf**kers, the only podcast where the
worlds of comedy, self-help and business
collide. With the help of celebrity guests and
experts, Cally gets to the stories you’ve never
heard before - uncovering not your normal
life lessons, but some big ones nonetheless,
bringing heart and humour into the worlds of
work and wellbeing.
She is now working on a book, incorporating
her own insights alongside the life hacks and
confessions of her celebrity guests. Cally has
also written for The Guardian and the
Financial Times.