# Bryony Corrigan
**Bryony Corrigan** (born 1992) is an English actress best known as a founding member of the comedy company Mischief, whose "Goes Wrong" stage and television franchise she helped create, and for playing Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway as a series regular in the [BBC One](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-one) sitcom *The Goes Wrong Show*.[1](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bryony-Corrigan/) • [2](https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/bio/bryony-corrigan/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | Cullercoats, Northumberland, England, UK[1](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bryony-Corrigan/) |
| Company | Founding member of Mischief Comedy[1](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bryony-Corrigan/) |
| Broadway | *The Play That Goes Wrong*, original Broadway production, 2017, as performer (understudy)[1](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bryony-Corrigan/) |
| West End | *Peter Pan Goes Wrong* (2016), *Groan Ups* (2019), *Magic Goes Wrong* (2021, as Spitzmaus), *The Comedy About Spies* (2026, as Elena Popova, replacement)[1](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bryony-Corrigan/) |
| Signature TV role | Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway, series regular in *The Goes Wrong Show* (BBC One)[2](https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/bio/bryony-corrigan/) |
| Award nominations | 2024 WhatsOnStage Award and UK Theatre Award nominations for playing Katie in *I, Daniel Blake*[3](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1730567-bryony-corrigan?language=en-US) |
| Training | LAMDA, 2011–2014[4](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/bryony-corrigan-1b78b092) |
## Mischief and stage career
Corrigan grew up in [Newcastle upon Tyne](https://www.edgepedia.org/newcastle-upon-tyne), where she took dance and drama lessons, and decided to become an actor after a work-experience placement at Northern Stage at the age of 15.[5](https://mischieftheatre.fandom.com/wiki/Bryony_Corrigan) • [2](https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/bio/bryony-corrigan/) She trained on the three-year course at LAMDA from 2011 to 2014, where she got to know other future members of Mischief.[4](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/bryony-corrigan-1b78b092) • [5](https://mischieftheatre.fandom.com/wiki/Bryony_Corrigan)
Her first show with the company was the improvised *Lights! Camera! Improvise!*, later renamed *Mischief Movie Night*, at the Edinburgh Fringe.[5](https://mischieftheatre.fandom.com/wiki/Bryony_Corrigan) Her first West End show was *Peter Pan Goes Wrong*, which opened in 2016.[1](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bryony-Corrigan/) She then appeared in the original Broadway production of *The Play That Goes Wrong* in 2017 as an understudy, and returned to the West End in *Groan Ups* (2019) and *Magic Goes Wrong* (2021), in which she played Spitzmaus.[1](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bryony-Corrigan/) In 2026 she joined the original West End cast of the WhatsOnStage Award-winning *The Comedy About Spies* for its eight-week return run at the [Adelphi Theatre](https://www.edgepedia.org/adelphi-theatre), playing Elena Popova as a replacement.[1](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bryony-Corrigan/)
Outside Mischief, her theater work includes the world premiere stage adaptation of [Bill Bryson](https://www.edgepedia.org/bill-bryson)'s *Notes from a Small Island* at the Watermill Theatre, in a six-strong ensemble in which each actor played up to fifteen characters, and *My Romantic History* at Live Theatre, for which she won Performing Artist of the Year at the Journal Culture Awards.[6](https://www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/interview-actress-bryony-corrigan-on-notes-from-a-small-island-at-the-watermill) • [2](https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/bio/bryony-corrigan/)
## Screen work
Corrigan's best-known television role is Vanessa Wilcock-Wynn-Carroway, a series regular in *The Goes Wrong Show* on BBC One, the television continuation of the Mischief stage franchise.[2](https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/bio/bryony-corrigan/) Her other screen credits include *Good Omens* (BBC/Amazon, as Virtue Device), *[Inspector George Gently](https://www.edgepedia.org/inspector-george-gently)* (BBC), *Holby City* (BBC), and *A Christmas Carol Goes Wrong* (2017).[3](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1730567-bryony-corrigan?language=en-US) • [7](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/bryony_corrigan/)
She played the MP Jo Cox in *The Walk-In* (ITV, 2022), Esther in *My Lady Jane* (Amazon, 2024), and WPC Elliot in *I Fought the Law* (ITV, 2025).[3](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1730567-bryony-corrigan?language=en-US) • [7](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/bryony_corrigan/) • [8](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/227645/bryony-corrigan) In 2024 she was nominated for a WhatsOnStage Award and a UK Theatre Award for her role as Katie in *I, Daniel Blake*.[3](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1730567-bryony-corrigan?language=en-US)
## References
1. [Bryony Corrigan – Broadway & Theatre Credits, BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Bryony-Corrigan/)
2. [Bryony Corrigan, Birmingham Rep](https://www.birmingham-rep.co.uk/bio/bryony-corrigan/)
3. [Bryony Corrigan, The Movie Database (TMDB)](https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1730567-bryony-corrigan?language=en-US)
4. [bryony corrigan, LinkedIn](https://uk.linkedin.com/in/bryony-corrigan-1b78b092)
5. [Bryony Corrigan, Mischief Theatre Wiki (Fandom)](https://mischieftheatre.fandom.com/wiki/Bryony_Corrigan)
6. [Interview: Actress Bryony Corrigan on Notes from a Small Island at The Watermill, West End Best Friend](https://www.westendbestfriend.co.uk/news/interview-actress-bryony-corrigan-on-notes-from-a-small-island-at-the-watermill)
7. [Bryony Corrigan, British Comedy Guide](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/bryony_corrigan/)
8. [Bryony Corrigan, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/people/227645/bryony-corrigan)
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