Lolly Adefope is a BAFTA nominated actress, who’s best known for her hit British sitcom Ghosts, created by the team behind Horrible Histories. The critically acclaimed fantasy sitcom ran for 3 seasons, has been nominated for 2 BAFTAs and picked up the Broadcast Press Guild Award for Best Comedy in 2024.

Most recently, Lolly starred opposite Himesh Patel and Richard E. Grant in HBO Superhero satire The Franchise, a role for which she earned her first BAFTA nomination for Female Performance in a Comedy. Previous to this, Lolly has had a variety of roles in notable television series, such as Channel 4’s Loaded, Netflix’s Black Mirror, TBS’s Miracle Workers, Sky1’s Rovers, Jo Brand’s Damned, and Lindy West’s hit feminist comedy Shrill.

Lolly has also had guest roles in iconic British comedy Plebs, Josh Widdecombe’s sitcom Josh, Netflix’s Lovesick and Stephen Mangan’s Hang-Ups. Lolly has also appeared on the big screen in blockbusters such as Thea Sharrock’s Wicked Little Letters and Emerald Fennell’s Saltburn.

Having also had a successful stand-up career, Lolly performed her first solo show at Edinburgh Fringe in 2015, and has since performed at Latitude Festival for several years. She went on to receive two Chortle Awards nominations in 2016 and was named one of The Guardian’s Rising Stars of 2017 and Vanity Fair’s Rising Stars of 2025. She has also appeared as a regular panellist on Taskmaster, and has had guest appearances on The Last Leg, 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown and QI.