Abi is a writer, comedian, voice-performer and actor.
“ Abi Tedder is a twisted powerhouse of funny” - Phil Wang
" Abi Tedder has the rare quality of being able to make me giggle uncontrollably without fully understanding why. She's powerful and crazy" - Trygve Wakenshaw
Abi is ex-Footlights President and member of acclaimed sketch group Minor Delays. Their Edinburgh sellout shows were both among the British Comedy Guide’s Best Reviewed Shows of the Edinburgh Fringe two years running.
“Remarkable Pizzazz” - The Telegraph
“One doubts that major success…will be much further delayed” -The Guardian
"Beautifully performed, classy comedy stuff" - Kate Copstick, The Scotsman
“Hypersonic Comedic Perfection” - The Skinny
“You can consider your tenner on the door a risk free investment…Stars of the Future” - Mail On Sunday
“Damn funny, with proper jokes, tightly packed…facing forward to great things” - Chortle
“This show couldn’t get much better…Tedder’s majestic ability to contort her face, squeezing out every bit of delight from the audience, is exceptional” - Broadway Baby
Abi's debut short film (as a writer/producer/actor) 'Death!' was released in 2025 co-starring Phil Wang, Pierre Novellie, Jason Forbes and Genevieve Gaunt. It's about Death.
Death! was an award winner at Hollyshorts Comedy (Best Student Comedy), the Los Angeles Film Awards (Best Indie Short), Paris International Short Film Festival (Best Actress), Milan Independent Awards (Best Comedy/Best Actress in an Indie Film) and was an Official Selection for HollyShorts London, the European Shorts Awards, the San Francisco Short Film Festival, CPIFF and Shorts on Tap. Director’s Notes chose Death! as one of the “Top Ten Eyecatching Films” of the year.
Abi appeared in QCode Media's narrative podcast Soft Voice alongside Naomi Scott, Bel Powley and Olivia Cooke and appeared as Alison in short film 'Everybody Dies Sometimes' alongside Mathew Horne that showcased at the Tribeca Film Festival.
Abi starred solo in the National Theatre’s New Writing Season (in Caz Moran’s one-woman play Prepper). Abi is a member of critically acclaimed sketch trio Minor Delays and starred alongside Edinburgh Comedy Award Nominee Trygve Wakenshaw in CBBC’s show Aardvark. Abi made her Feature Film debut in 2016's Chubby Funny with her extensive, indispensable performance as 'Weird Woman at Door.'
Abi was the 2010 President of the Cambridge Footlights. While with the Footlights Abi starred solo in the Footlights Prize winning Anything But (A One-Woman Play) judged by Tim Key. She then took Anything But to the Edinburgh Fringe (Pleasance Courtyard) where it was shortlisted for The Sunday Times’ NSDF Emerging Artists Prize.
Abi co-directed Perfect Strangers – The Sell-Out Footlights International Tour Show 2012 (Edinburgh Fringe, UK and US Tour), toured the US in Macbeth as frumpy Witch 1 and was a Finalist in the National Funny Women Awards 2012.