Joanne McNally is an Irish stand up comedian, writer, and actor. She
is a native of Killiney, County Dublin. She was the co-host of
Republic of Telly for RTÉ and has also appeared on The Late Late
Show, The Afternoon Show, Ireland AM, Two Tube and The Commute for
RTÉ. She has a weekly agony aunt section on RTÉ 2fm Chris and Ciara
show called 'Dr. Joanne', and her own 'Mack the week' segment on the
Eoghan McDermott show on RTÉ 2fm.McNally performed in her first stage
show Singlehood in 2014 where she and seven other people stood on
stage and told stories about their love lives. It was here she was
spotted by comedian PJ Gallagher who brought her into stand up comedy.
Joanne supported Gallagher on his stand up tour Concussion, around
Ireland in 2015, and she was then signed by Irish comedy agency Lisa
Richards. McNally and Gallagher went on to write and star in a comedy
show Separated At Birth, co-written with director Una McKevitt about
their adoptions. Separated at Birth sold out Vicar Street in May 2015
and went on a national tour around Ireland. The two were guests on The
Late Late Show hosted by Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ One in March
2015.McNally was cast as the new co-host of RTÉ2 satirical comedy
sketch TV show Republic of Telly in October 2015, replacing Jennifer
Maguire who left to star in the Irish comedy Bridget & Eamon with
Bernard O'Shea. McNally quit the comedy show in June 2016.
is a native of Killiney, County Dublin. She was the co-host of
Republic of Telly for RTÉ and has also appeared on The Late Late
Show, The Afternoon Show, Ireland AM, Two Tube and The Commute for
RTÉ. She has a weekly agony aunt section on RTÉ 2fm Chris and Ciara
show called 'Dr. Joanne', and her own 'Mack the week' segment on the
Eoghan McDermott show on RTÉ 2fm.McNally performed in her first stage
show Singlehood in 2014 where she and seven other people stood on
stage and told stories about their love lives. It was here she was
spotted by comedian PJ Gallagher who brought her into stand up comedy.
Joanne supported Gallagher on his stand up tour Concussion, around
Ireland in 2015, and she was then signed by Irish comedy agency Lisa
Richards. McNally and Gallagher went on to write and star in a comedy
show Separated At Birth, co-written with director Una McKevitt about
their adoptions. Separated at Birth sold out Vicar Street in May 2015
and went on a national tour around Ireland. The two were guests on The
Late Late Show hosted by Ryan Tubridy on RTÉ One in March
2015.McNally was cast as the new co-host of RTÉ2 satirical comedy
sketch TV show Republic of Telly in October 2015, replacing Jennifer
Maguire who left to star in the Irish comedy Bridget & Eamon with
Bernard O'Shea. McNally quit the comedy show in June 2016.
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