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Full Name: | Lee Ridley |
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Birth Date: | December 31, 1980 |
Age: | 43 years |
Gender: | Male |
Profession: | English stand-up comedian |
Country: | England |
Horoscope: | Capricorn |
Dating | No |
Married | No |
Net Worth | $0.5 million |
Salary | under review |
Eye Color | blue |
Hair Color | light brown |
Birth Place | Consett, Country Durham |
Status | Single |
Nationality | English |
Ethnicity | White |
Education | University of Central Lancashire |
Father | unknown |
Mother | unknown |
Siblings | Nicola Roberts |
Kids | no |
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Lee Ridley (born on 31st December 1980 in Consett, Country Durham, England) is an English stand-up comedian. He is disabled and unable to speak. Despite his disability, he competed and won the 12th Series of Britain’s Got Talent in June 2018.
Lee Ridley: Bio, Age, Education
Lee Ridley was born on 31st December 1980 in Consett, Country Durham, England. The details about his parents are under review. As siblings, he has a sister named Nicola Roberts. As of 2019, he is 39 years old and belongs to the birth sign Capricorn. By nationality, he is English and his ethnicity is White.
At a very early age, he was diagnosed with a neurological form of cerebral palsy, brain infection which left him in a coma for two months. Moreover, the infection has affected his body movement and he is unable to talk.
Talking about his education, he studied journalism and online journalism between 1999 and 2002 at the University of Central Lancashire. He achieved an undergraduate degree in a former, and a master’s degree in the latter.
The information about his height and weight is under review. Likewise, Lee holds 8k followers on Facebook. Unfortunately, he is not active on other social media accounts.
Lee Ridley: Professional Career
- In 2006, Ridley served as a journalist with the BBC and local newspapers.
- After that, he worked as the online content manager for the city of Sunderland in 2007.
- Since 2012, Lee started performing stand-up comedy shows and his first successful show was at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2013.
- Furthermore, he won the BBC Radio New Comedy Awards in 2014 and since 2015, he began to start a professional comedy career.
- Later, in 2018, Ridley took a starring role on Radio 4 sitcom Ability, which he co-wrote with the writer and comedian Katherine Jakeways.
- Moreover, he won the 12th Series of Britain’s Got Talent in June 2018.
- Additionally, Lee also auditioned for America’s Got Talent: The Champions in 2019 but unfortunately, he was eliminated in the preliminaries.
According to the sources, Lee Ridley has an estimated net worth of around $0.5 million as of 2019. However, the information about his salary is still under review.
Lee Ridley: Personal Life; Girlfriend & Affairs
Regarding his love life, he is neither married nor in a relationship. We don’t have enough information about his personal life. Therefore, Lee’s relationship status is single right now. Moreover, he is focusing on and working on improving his skills.
Lee Ridley: Awards and Achievements
- Winner of BBC Radio New Comedy Awards 2014
- Winner of the 12th Series of Britain’s Got Talent 2018
- Nominated for Talent Recap Fan Choice Awards under the category of Favorite Talent Show Winner 2018
Lee Ridley: Rumors and Controversy
There is no rumor and controversy regarding his life.