Abby Russell, is an actor, writer and comedian from Sheffield with a love of character comedy. Russell was a residence artist at the Roundhouse Theatre where she made and performed her show Community at the Last Word Festival. In 2021, she was announced as an emerging Brit and received funding to co-write and star in short film Kindred screened at the BFI Imax. Russell is currently appearing in ITV2 sitcom Deep Heat as the regular role, Mango, and will be seen in other television programmes coming out later this year.