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Olivia Lee |
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Olivia Lee is an English comedienne, actress and television presenter. Lee is from a Jewish family. She studied acting at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Lee went on to land a presenting job alongside Simon Amstell on Channel 4's T4. She later appeared on a comedy show called Balls of Steel where she, among other pranks, interviewed celebrities with a penis shaped microphone. After gaining success she was given her own show on Channel 4 called Naughty Bits, and appeared doing hidden camera pranks on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.
In 2006, Lee was interviewed and featured in a photoshoot for FHM magazine. She also appeared in an episode of The Basil Brush Show in 2004. In March 2009, Lee appeared as a guest on the internet talk show Tom Green's House Tonight. Currently she has her own hidden camera show called Dirty Sexy Funny, which originally piloted on Channel 4 in 2008. It was commissioned by Comedy Central and began airing in March 2010. Lee was also the host of Fox Reality Channel game show, Battle of the Bods before Fox Reality's dissolution ended its run. In 2010, Lee appeared in monthly segments on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, an American late-night television show. On early January 2012, it was announced that she will be joining the cast of Balls of Steel Australia for its second series. Her act in the show is "Prank TV OZ" where she pranks various members of the public while taking on different personas similar to her hidden camera show Dirty Sexy Funny. On 17 March 2012, Lee appeared on a celebrity edition of Channel 4 game show The Bank Job for charity along with Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Shappi Khorsandi and Martin Kemp.