The comedian Jordan Gray was born in Thurrock, Essex, in 1989. She started out as a singer, recording under the name Tall Dark Friend, and was a semi-finalist on The Voice in 2016 – the UK talent show’s first transgender contestant. She switched to comedy the following year and this August was nominated for an Edinburgh comedy award for her acclaimed show Is It a Bird?, which transfers to the Soho theatre from 13 to 23 December. She is the host of the podcast Transplaining and is developing her 2020 web series Transaction into a sitcom of the same name for ITV.
