WINNER COMICS COMIC 2025

BBC AUDIO AWARDS WINNER 2024 (Best Sit Com or Comedy Drama)

CHORTLE AWARD BEST ACT WINNER 2023

NW COMEDY AWARDS BEST ACT WINNER 2023

YORKSHIRE COMEDY AWARDS BEST ACT 2023

LEICESTER MERCURY COMEDY AWARD WINNER 2021

YORKSHIRE COMEDY AWARDS BEST ACT 2022

​Nina Gilligan is sometimes outrageous, always hilarious with a charming, loveable persona which belies an acerbic wit.

Nina is a skilled writer, creator, and improviser and has written several comedy shows and plays including ‘Rescued’ Nominated for Best Comedy at Greater Manchester Fringe and ‘Broad Shoulders’ receiving 5-star reviews at the 2019 Edinburgh Festival as well as Late Developer 2022 and Goldfish 2024

​She trained as an actor at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama (now The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) she received the award for best actor in her final year.

​Equally at home in clubs and art centre’s, Nina is headlining, and hosting the best gigs and corporate / fundraising events.  Recently acknowledged as Comics Comic in Jan 2025, 2023’s Best Act at both the Chortle and North West Comedy Awards and 2021 saw her crowned as the WINNER of the prestigious Leicester Mercury Award after also Winning Liverpool Hot Water and being a finalist in English Comedian of The Year in previous year’s.

​Described as ‘A Gem of the Circuit’ and with an ability to ‘Transcend age barriers effortlessly’ she continues to rise through the comedy ranks.

“Phenomenal Performer” Rolling Stone 

​“A bolshier Mrs Merton she’s not one to suffer fools lightly so watch out for a razor-sharp wit used at will” – The Skinny

“a brilliantly talented comic with a serious purpose” Beyond the Joke 

“From the moment Nina Gilligan opens her mouth, you know you’re in safe hands…. Nina is a consummate comedian, her one-liners, observations and general funniness is a joyful constant” Neurodiverse review 

“achingly relatable and effortlessly funny” Scottish Field 

“Goldfish’ is articulate, funny, touching, and powerful, but most of all it is memorable. Gilligan is the clearly-spoken voice of a generation” Entertainment Now  

​​“Gilligan is blessed with almost perfect comic timing………She’s a brilliantly talented comic with a serious purpose” – Beyond the joke

“Brilliant, an outstanding comic” – Toby Foster (Phoenix Nights)