Helen Ann Bauer (born 25 March 1991) is an English actor, comedian and writer known for her stand-up comedy in the UK and Berlin, Germany. She was nominated for the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2019.
Early life Bauer is the middle of three children born in Wandsworth, London to Ann and Michael Bauer. She grew up in Fleet, Hampshire and is of German heritage. Her mother ran a drama school from their home, which Helen attended. Her father worked in the water industry. She attended Court Moor School in Fleet, Hampshire and Sixth Form College, Farnborough.
Career Bauer moved to Germany at 23 and began her stand-up career there. She first came to prominence when she was nominated for the BBC New Comedy Award in 2018.
In 2018, she shared a bill at the Pleasance Dome during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. She debuted her first hour-long show, "Little Miss Baby Angel Face", at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019 and was nominated for the Best Newcomer award. Her subsequent shows have included Madam Good Tit in 2022 and Grand Supreme Darling Princess in 2023. Bauer toured her show Bless Her in 2025, for which she was nominated for the Next Up Biggest in Comedy Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Bless Her, as a work in progress, won Best New Show at the Leicester Comedy Festival Awards in 2025.
Bauer has appeared on Extraordinary, Am I Being Unreasonable?, Live at the Apollo, The Emily Atack Show, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, Comedy Central Live, and Hypothetical. She created and starred in a sitcom pilot, Small Doses, for BBC Three. She starred as Pat in Sam Campbell's Channel 4 comedy series Make That Movie (2026).
Bauer co-hosted the Daddy Look at Me podcast with Rosie Jones. She co-hosted the Trusty Hogs podcast with fellow comedian Catherine Bohart from September 2021 to August 2025. She currently hosts the Helen's Log podcast.
Influences Bauer has named Julia Davis as her comedy hero.
Filmography Acting Year Title Role Notes Ref 2022 Late Night Mash Melinda Major 2 episodes 2022 Small Doses Kate Pilot 2022–2025 Am I Being Unreasonable? Lauren 4 episodes 2024 Extraordinary Taylor 1 episode 2025Mitchell and Webb Are Not HelpingSarah1 episode 2026 Make That Movie Pat 6 episodes
As herself Year Title Role Notes Ref2021 Hypothetical Panellist Series 3, episode 6 Live at the Apollo Guest comedian Series 16, episode 2 Alan Davies: As Yet UntitledHerselfSeries 6, episode 2 The Emily Atack Show Sketch ensemble Series 2, episode 3 2023Pointless Celebrities Quiz participant (Team with Sunil Patel)Series 15, Special 2025 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Panellist Series 27, episode 12 2026 Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee (AU) Herself Season 3, episode 4
Comedy specials Year Title Ref2025 Little Miss Baby Angel Face Madam Good Tit Grand Supreme Darling Princess
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