# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/bethany-black
# Generated: 2026-08-13T16:53:12.080Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/bethany-black"
name: "Bethany Black"
slug: "bethany-black"
description: "Bethany Black is an English stand up comedian, actress and writer. As a comedian, Black is described as \"managing to balance dark-tinged comedy with being warm and chatty\". As an actress, she is the first trans person to play a trans character in a British TV series and also the first openly trans actress in Doctor Who."
tagline: "British stand up comedian"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Bethany_black_publicity_shot_1_2007.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "trans woman"
country:
  name: "United Kingdom"
  isoCode: "GB"
category:
  name: "Actors"
  slug: "actors"
profileType:
  name: "Actor"
  slug: "actor"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1978-12-24"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           47.11
  momentum:             9.406384505021522
  historical:           6.433012
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/BeffernieBlack"
    handle:    "BeffernieBlack"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/bethanyblack1978/"
    handle:    "bethanyblack1978"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@beffernieblack"
    handle:    "beffernieblack"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/BethanyBlackFanPage"
    handle:    "BethanyBlackFanPage"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3218721/"
    handle:    "nm3218721"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.bethanyblack.co.uk/"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/2842877"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_Black"
    title: "Bethany Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_Black"
    title: "Bethany Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_Black"
    title: "Bethany Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethany_Black"
    title: "Bethany Black"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%AC%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%A5%E0%A8%A8%E0%A9%80_%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%B2%E0%A9%88%E0%A8%95"
    title: "ਬੈਥਨੀ ਬਲੈਕ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%DB%8C%D8%AA%DA%BE%D9%86%DB%8C_%D8%A8%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9"
    title: "بیتھنی بلیک"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4897723"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1437072"
    title: "Bethany Black"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump