Siobhan Thompson

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| birth_name = Anna Siobhan Thompson {{Cite web |last=Thompson |first=Siobhan |date=July 2, 2024 |title=Video by Siobhan Thompson |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@vornietom/video/7387147177358839083 |access-date=July 2, 2024 |website=TikTok}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1984|07|29|df=yes}}

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| nationality = British

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British
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| occupation = Comedian, writer

| years_active = 2010–present

| website = {{URL|siobhanthompson.com/}}

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Siobhan Thompson (born 29 July 1984) is a British-American comedian and writer. She is known for her work on the CollegeHumor Originals web series and for her roles on Dropout's Dimension 20.{{Cite web |last=Heim |first=Bec |date=2023-01-02 |title=Dimension 20: All Intrepid Hero Campaigns, Ranked |url=https://screenrant.com/dimension-20-all-intrepid-hero-campaigns-ranked/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} She has appeared in other programmes such as Adam Ruins Everything and Broad City. She was also a staff writer for Adult Swim's Rick and Morty and {{asof|2024|lc=y}} a writer on Krapopolis.{{Cite news |last=Cooke |first=Bruno |date=6 September 2021 |title=Who is Siobhan Thompson, Ricky and Morty season 5 writer? |url=https://www.thefocus.news/tv/siobhan-thompson-rick-and-morty/ |access-date=7 September 2021 |work=TheFocus}}{{Cite news |last=Boyle |first=Michael |date=11 August 2021 |title=On season 5 of 'Rick and Morty,' the future is certainly female |url=https://www.mic.com/p/on-season-5-of-rick-morty-the-future-is-certainly-female-82789461 |access-date=7 September 2021 |work=Mic}}

Biography

Thompson originally moved from England to the United States to be an archaeologist, but soon found herself drawn to comedy.{{Cite web |last=Donahue |first=Helen |title=Interview with Anglophenia's Siobhan Thompson, Part 1 |url=http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/09/interview-with-siobhan-thompson-of-anglophenia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140925120838/http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2014/09/interview-with-siobhan-thompson-of-anglophenia |archive-date=25 September 2014 |website=BBC America |publication-date=September 2014}} She began taking classes at the Upright Citizens Brigade in 2010, and is a member of their Maude team Alamo.{{Cite web |title=Siobhan Thompson |url=https://ucbcomedy.com/user/20042 |website=Upright Citizens Brigade}} She is also the former host of the BBC America web series "Anglophenia", the co-host of the sketch comedy podcast Left Handed Radio, and has appeared in multiple television shows.{{Cite web |last=Nelson |first=Jenny |title=Inside Siobhan Thompson's Twitter and Tweeting What's In Your Brain |url=https://www.vulture.com/2014/08/follow-friday-siobhan-thompson.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181208153441/https://www.vulture.com/2014/08/follow-friday-siobhan-thompson.html |archive-date=8 December 2018 |website=Vulture.com |publication-date=22 August 2014}} (Originally appeared on Splitsider.com){{Cite web |last=Reghay |first=Nayomi |title='Radiolab' gets the pitch-perfect parody it deserves |url=https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/left-handed-radio-what-if-podcast-anna-rubanova-siobhan-thompson |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201041322/https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/left-handed-radio-what-if-podcast-anna-rubanova-siobhan-thompson/ |archive-date=1 December 2017 |website=The Daily Dot |publication-date=20 August 2015}}

She first appeared in a CollegeHumor sketch in May 2015,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XMZIAlKFRY4 |title=What Happens When You Tell People You Can't Eat Gluten |publisher=CollegeHumor |via=YouTube |publication-date=13 May 2015}} and left the company at the end of 2016, before returning in late 2017.{{Citation needed|date=April 2020}}

In June 2018, it was announced that Joss Whedon would produce a comedy TV series created by Thompson and Rebecca Drysdale to air on Freeform.{{Cite news |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=5 June 2018 |title=Joss Whedon to Produce Freeform Female Detective Comedy Series From Siobhan Thompson, Rebecca Drysdale (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/joss-whedon-freeform-pippa-smith-siobhan-thompson-rebecca-drysdale-1202830615 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180907084720/https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/joss-whedon-freeform-pippa-smith-siobhan-thompson-rebecca-drysdale-1202830615 |archive-date=7 September 2018 |work=Daily Variety}}

Thompson is also a player on Dimension 20, a Dungeons & Dragons actual play show that premiered September 2018 on the Dropout streaming service. Her characters include Adaine Abernant (Fantasy High series), Misty Moore/Rowan Berry (The Unsleeping City), Princess Ruby Rocks (A Crown of Candy), Iga Lisowski (The Unsleeping City: Chapter II), Riva (A Starstruck Odyssey), Princess Rosamund Du Prix (Neverafter), Imelda Pulse (Mentopolis), and a young stoat named Jaysohn (Burrow's End).{{Cite web |last=Tyrrell |first=Caitlin |date=2023-10-12 |title=Siobhan Thompson Talks Dimension 20 Burrow's End & Fantasy High Junior Year |url=https://screenrant.com/dimension-20-burrows-end-siobhan-thompson-interview/ |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}} In addition, she has guested on other Dropout programs such as Game Changer. She has also been a guest player character on Not Another D&D Podcast as Apple Scrumper{{Cite web |title=Ep. 32: The Getaway (The Cutthroat Chronicles with Siobhan Thompson) {{!}} Not Another D&D Podcast |url=https://naddpod.com/episodes/episode/ep-32-the-getaway-the-cutthroat-chronicles-with-siobhan-thompson |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=naddpod.com}} and the Rotating Heroes Podcast as Astrid Starborn.