British comedian and ventriloquist Nina Conti and her foul-mouth monkey Monk have made it to the Grand Finale of CBS’s new talent competition, The World’s Best. She came in third place in the So You Think You’re Funny Competition at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, and Conti has her eyes set on winning The World’s Best and the $1 million prize that comes with it. On March 13, Conti will get to perform one more time in front of the three American judges — actress Drew Barrymore, country singer Faith Hill, and drag queen RuPaul — before the winner is announced.
Nina Conti is the daughter of actor Tom Conti. He was nominated for an Academy Award his lead role in the 1983 film Reuben, Reuben, based on the Peter de Vries novel. (Pre Top Gun actress Kelly McGillis co-starred.) The Scottish actor is also recognized for his roles in the films Paddington 2 (Judge Biggleswade), Derailed with Jennifer Aniston*, and Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence with David Bowie (as Lawrence), among others.
[Check out Nina’s in Her Master’s Voice with Oscar winner Jim Broadbent]
Tom Conti won a Tony Award for Best Actor in the 1979 play Whose Life Is It Anyway? *Fun fact: He played Emily’s father, Ross’s future father-in-law on Friends. The World’s Best airs Wednesdays at 9 pm on CBS.
Tom Conti is 75 today, Happy Birthday Tom! pic.twitter.com/RgfcP0eVQl
— Classic British TV (@Classicbritcom) November 22, 2016
