The Actual One ― Or How to Avoid Settling Down for As Long As Possible

Isy Suttie—stand-up comedian, actress and songsmith—has reached her thirties and realized her life is never going to be what she expected. She'll never become that tennis champion, be an expert in birdsong or make a living from playing pinball. Yet Isy maintains her trusty "glass half full" attitude to life. Why? From goldfish-murdering mothers and housemates obsessed with VAT, to boyfriends who don't appreciate gifts of homemade human-sized penguins, Isy delves deep into the vaults of her memory, writing with warmth, agonizing honesty and sharp humor to bring to life all of the scrapes that optimism have led her into.

Isy Suttie is an award-winning comedian, writer, songsmith and actress. With a string of television acting credits to her name, includingShameless, Whites, and Skins, she is perhaps best known for playing Dobby inPeep Show. She has been nominated twice for a British Comedy Award for acting. She also regularly performs her own shows to live audiences, on radio and at the Edinburgh Festival. The second series of her Sony award-winning radio seriesIsy Suttie's Love Letters was broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in April 2014. In 2014 she made her musical theater debut as the starring role inThe A-Z of Mrs P at the Southwark Playhouse.