Katherine Ryan Parents: Meet Julia McCarthy, Finbarr Ryan

May 2024 · 1 minute read

Katherine Louisa Ryan is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter, and actress based in the United Kingdom.

She has appeared on numerous British panel shows, including 8 Out of 10 Cats and Never Minds the Buzzcocks, A League of Their Own, Mock the Week, and The One Show.

Would I Tell You the Truth? , QI, Just a Minute, Safeword, and Have I Got News for You She took over as the presenter of Hair on BBC Two in 2015, succeeding Steve Jones.

Ryan has appeared in a number of British television shows, including Campus, Episodes, and her Netflix show The Duchess.

Katherine Ryan Parents: Meet Julia McCarthy, Finbarr Ryan

Ryan’s father, Finbar, is a draughtsman and owner of an engineering company who originally emigrated from Ireland to Canada.

Her mother Julie McCarthy is British/Canadian and owns an IT consulting company. Ryan and her two younger sisters were born and raised in Sarnia, Ontario.

The three siblings spent time in Cork, Ireland, visiting their paternal grandparents.

Ryan’s parents separated when she was a teenager. When she was 18, she decided to leave home and chose to study city planning at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University) in Toronto.

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