Rachel Fairburn

{{Short description|British comedian}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|09|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Harpurhey, Manchester, England

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| occupation =Comedian

| years_active = 2008–present

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Rachel Fairburn is an English comedian. She was born in Harpurhey, Manchester{{Cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/video/2018/08/08/40732/rachel_fairburn_on_the_manchester_accent|title=Rachel Fairburn on the Manchester accent : Video 2018 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|website=www.chortle.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2019-11-02}} and attended St Monica's High School.{{Citation needed|date=October 2021}} She is co-host of the hit comedy podcast All Killa No Filla along with fellow comedian Kiri Pritchard-McLean.{{Cite web|url=https://player.fm/series/all-killa-no-filla-1376344|title=All Killa No Filla podcast|last=FM|first=Player|website=player.fm|language=en|access-date=2019-11-02}} All Killa No Filla has been named one of the top eight true crime podcasts of 2018 by The Independent,{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/features/podcast-best-to-listen-serial-teachers-pet-true-crime-a8544946.html|title=Eight of the best true crime podcasts, from The Teacher's Pet to Serial|date=2018-09-19|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2019-11-02}} Esquire 's number two 'Best True Crime Podcast' in 2018{{Cite web |date=2018-03-13 |title=The Best True Crime Podcasts For Horrifying Commutes |url=https://www.esquire.com/uk/culture/a19405702/real-crime-true-story-podcasts-serial/ |access-date=2019-11-02 |website=Esquire |language=en-GB}} and one of the best podcast of 2018 by The Guardian.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/30/the-50-best-podcasts-of-2018|title=The 50 best podcasts of 2018|last1=Davies|first1=Hannah J.|date=2018-06-30|work=The Guardian|access-date=2019-11-02|last2=Verdier|first2=Hannah|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077|last3=Gibsone|first3=Harriet|last4=Haynes|first4=Gavin}} Time cited their podcast as an example of how female comedians are talking about their experiences in the #MeToo era.{{Cite magazine|url=https://time.com/5374320/comedy-edinburgh-me-too/|title=Meet the Women Turning #MeToo Into Comedy|magazine=Time|language=en|access-date=2019-11-02}} Fairburn and Pritchard-McLean launched their podcast in 2014.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06ygw3r|title=BBC Radio Manchester - The Dead Good Show, Rachel Fairburn|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-02}}

Fairburn has been working as a comedian since 2008.{{Cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/rachel-fairburn-on-how-female-comedians-need-to-have-each-others-backs_uk_5b7583cae4b02b415d7623a1|title=Rachel Fairburn On How Female Comedians Need To Have Each Other's Backs|date=2018-09-20|website=HuffPost UK|access-date=2019-11-02}} The Daily Telegraph named her one of the best comedians at the 2018 Edinburgh Festival Fringe.{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/comedy/what-to-see/best-funniest-top-comedy-shows-edinburgh-fringe-2018/|title=Edinburgh Fringe comedy reviews: the best shows, including 2018 Comedy Awards winner Rose Matafeo|last1=Monahan|first1=Mark|date=2018-08-08|work=The Telegraph|access-date=2019-11-02|last2=Cavendish|first2=Dominic|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|last3=Saunders|first3=Tristram Fane}} Fairburn has appeared on the BBC's 'Funny from the Fringe',{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p05ddzkv|title=BBC Radio 4 - Funny from the Fringe, Day 23: Al Porter, Rachel Fairburn & Stuart Laws.|website=BBC|date=26 August 2017 |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-02}} the 'Evil Genius with Russell Kane'{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p07sj669|title=BBC Sounds - Evil Genius with Russell Kane, Lou Reed|website=BBC|date=31 October 2019 |language=en-GB|access-date=2019-11-02}} and 'Breaking the News' on BBC Radio Scotland.{{Cite web |title=BBC Radio Scotland - Breaking the News, Susie McCabe, Scott Agnew, Rachel Fairburn & Rosco McClelland |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0015cdf |access-date=2022-05-13 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}} Before she was a comedian, she worked full-time in the John Rylands Library.{{Cite news|url=https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/heard-the-one-about-comedy-course-906755|title=Heard the one about comedy course?|date=2013-01-12|access-date=2024-02-09|language=en-GB|website=Manchester Evening News}}{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/manchester/7811448.stm|title=College stand-up comedy classes|work=BBC News|date=5 January 2009|access-date=2 November 2019|language=en-GB}}