Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her: The No 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

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She recently starred in Armando Iannucci's The Personal History of David Copperfield, and has featured on TV shows including Avenue 5, Doc Martin and The Wrong Mans.

The family also always believed in her dream to become an actor which was characterised by setback after setback.Still the funniest book I’ve touched in a long time and I’d be up for reading any number of sequels. Thanks lifting the lid on life as a wannabe actress and sharing your heartbreaking stories of all you had to endure whilst trying to 'make it' in showbiz. My only criticism is that the book ended a bit abruptly; I was so ready to hear about Daisy finally making it and about how the Coopers lives fiiiinally changed for the better but the book just…ended.

Her strength, courage and determination to succeed shines through this, under the protection of her signature hysterical, and eye watering humor. I’m so delighted I chose to review this in the audio format because what else could be better than Daisy May Cooper reading her own memoir?I expect hearing the author telling the stories would be very different, but reading them on a page left me desperately sorry that she and her family had been through so much. I'm a big fan of Daisy May Cooper and the wonderful This Country, and picked up Don't Laugh, It'll Only Encourage Her in an Audible deal.

There are so many mad crazy experiences in the book that I did, on occasion, question whether not they could all really be true. Mum, I spent all my student loan accidently on a penthouse suite in a fancy hotel in Marble Arch, now I face getting kicked out of drama school. I've always had an over-active imagination and felt the urge to be a massive f**king show-off so acting seemed like the obvious choice of career.She tells every story with equal humor and enthusiasm, in the unique style that we have come to know and love about her. There's the battle Daisy May and brother Charlie had to get back the rights to their own work from a production company who'd promised so much but delivered so little, and Daisy's own battles with low self-esteem and fear of having ideas "above her station". I love This Country, and reading about her early life showed how much of it has been written into the scripts, but I almost wish I hadn't read it. There’s probably another book in the pipeline because there’s no mention of The Wrong Mans or David Copperfield which she acted in before This Country. As for ‘accidentally’ spending the student grant on a London hotel’s penthouse suite before RADA, Daisy really doesn’t come off as very sharp.

This book starts off amazing and until about 3/4 of the way through stays consistently funny (I’m still thinking about that showcase in under the pub) but I can’t help but feel the last few chapters were really rushed!

It made me laugh out loud and at times it was heart breaking to read about the financial situation the family was in and the poverty they endured. The stories about applying for drama courses, and eventually RADA, dreadful auditions, semi-abusive relationships, none of it felt humorous. please don't start reading this book expecting it to be a laugh a minute, because you'll be bitterly disappointed. Together with my brother Charlie, I staggered my way through adolescence from one drama to the next until finally, after years of trying, we had This Country commissioned by the BBC.