Sara Pascoe has been nominated for the Times/South Bank Breakthrough Award.
The other nominees are actor Luke Pasqualino, classical musician Luke Bedford, visual artist James Capper, opera tenor Nicky Spence, actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw, dancer Francesca Hayward, musician LoneLady, writer Emma Healey and theatre group 1927.
Pascoe was nominated for an Edinburgh Comedy Award last August and was recently seen in BBC comedy W1A
The winner will be chosen in a vote by Times readers and announced on June 7 at the annual South Bank Sky Arts Awards. You can vote here. You don't need to subscribe to the Times to vote.