Nina Conti

Nina Conti (born 1974, in Hampstead, London) is a British actress, comedienne and ventriloquist. Her onstage puppet sidekick is a depressed monkey named Monk. She was born and grew up in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson. She studied at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Conti has worked as an actress since 1996, appearing in multiple roles in Ken and Daisy Campbell's 1999 and 2000 productions of The Warp- Neil... more

Nina Conti (born 1974, in Hampstead, London) is a British actress, comedienne and ventriloquist. Her onstage puppet sidekick is a depressed monkey named Monk. She was born and grew up in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson. She studied at the University of East Anglia (UEA). Conti has worked as an actress since 1996, appearing in multiple roles in Ken and Daisy Campbell's 1999 and 2000 productions of The Warp- Neil Oram's 24 hour play cycle, and was a member of the RSC's 2000/2001 company in Stratford and London. Ken Campbell subsequently devised the ventrioloquist play Let Me Out!!! for her, which she took to the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She appeared as half-Afghan camera operator Azadine in Henry Naylor's play Finding Bin Laden at the 2003 Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She has appeared in several television shows, including Black Books, Holby City, Single, and, recently, the Australian panel show Spicks and Specks. Conti and Monk portrayed a... less