About

Reece Lyons is a multi-award-winning actor and writer based in London.

In 2018, she was a Roundhouse Poetry Slam Finalist, where her poem ‘I Am a Woman and I Have a Penis’ went viral, accumulating over 4 million views online.

In 2020, she appeared alongside legendary poet Professor Benjamin Zephaniah on the BAFTA Award-winning spoken word TV show, Life & Rhymes.

In 2020/21, she was cast as the lead role in Travis Alabanza’s one-woman show, Overflow. A hilarious and devastating tour of women’s bathrooms, which debuted at the Bush Theatre to critical acclaim and was later streamed online in over 22 countries. In 2022, Reece won an Off West End Theatre Award (OFFIE) for her Lead Performance in the show.

Theatre credits include: The Family Sex Show (ThisEgg); Maryland (Royal Court); Overflow (Bush Theatre, Off West End Theatre Award for Lead Performance in a Play); and Fierce Sisters (Mimbre).

Television credits include: Life and Rhymes (Sky Arts); Hanna Season 2 (Prime Video).

Film credits include: Chaser (Short Film, Aoife Josie Clements Special Jury Award for Best Performance).

Audio credits include: Watch Dogs: Truth (Audible); Unattached: Empowering Essays on Singlehood (Audible); and The Sandman: Act II (Audible).