And while her success is down to her own hard graft, Bea tells Stylist it’s crucial to recognize the women that came before her and smashed the glass ceiling that said women aren’t funny.

“I have that [success] because of the female stands-ups I look up to, who didn’t get the privilege I have, because of the doors they broke down,” she muses. “I owe a debt of gratitude to people like Annie Mumolo who wrote Bridesmaids with Kirsten Wiig; Amy Schumer, Julia Louis-Dreyfus… The reason I can do my job is because they proved that women were marketable in a large way. Those sorts of performances do so much: so you don’t have to fight to prove yourself. It means things open up so you can get through in another way.”

Aisling Bea exclusive: the This Way Up creator on the women she owes a debt of gratitude to