Ambika Mod causes everyone to lose it! | The Graham Norton Show - BBC

Graham Norton and his guests want to know more when actor Ambika Mod reveals that she finds it hard to close her eyes fully, and sleeps with them open.
Among the guests on Graham's sofa is knight of the stage and screen Ian McKellen, taking the role of Falstaff in Player Kings, a new version of Shakespeare's Henry IV plays.
Also, award-winning actor Michael Sheen, talking about his new Welsh BBC drama series The Way, which he also directed, Ambika Mod, starring in the Netflix version of David Nicholls’ romantic bestseller One Day, and top comic Josh Widdicombe.
With music from chart-topper Gabrielle, who performs her single 'A Place in Your Heart'.
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[@AthelstanEngland]

"I actually have very little information for you about this condition!"... brilliant. I don't know who she is but she's a natural comic!

[@mohitarora2190]

She is in Nextflix's One Day

[@beactivebehappy9894]

I actually talk with that cadence in speech and idk why or how do ppl find it funny cuz i dont 😢 (but i certainly enjoy the attention and laughter i get 😅)

[@martinsuo4004]

For me it's not that the cadency is funny, more captivating. ​@@beactivebehappy9894

[@avikpram]

From the Guardian interview of her (she's Ambika Mod btw) "At Durham University, after failing to get parts in plays, she instead joined its comedy group, the Durham Revue, which she ended up running in her final year. “Writing and performing comedy is never something I thought I would do, but I didn’t really have anything else, and I happened to be good at it."" so there....

[@solomonsmith3658]

She’s also in ‘This is going to hurt’ and did a bloody good job of her role

[@DanielFernandez]

Gandalf was indeed caught sleeping at that moment.

[@TakiMitsuha2016]

😂😂😂😂

[@Cyba_IT]

😂😂😂

[@CNGTunes]

Going senile

[@irandude1655]

He did. 🤣

[@YDMCA]

Why you are not doing videos Mr.magician?

[@whitney2379]

“I actually have very little information for you about this condition” 😂😂😂

[@LLawliet182]

I had to laugh so hard when she said that. :D

[@MsHSpring]

That was a very honest response😂

[@akbar_khalid]

THE BEST RESPONSE.

[@CopyPasteWarrior]

Let me translate it to American... "I've done my own research...."

[@skyguysnips]

@@CopyPasteWarriorstill sounding like a british delivery for me 😂

[@Christina-hj4hh]

And this is why Graham’s show is the best chat show. Everyone gets really relaxed with each other and these absolute gems of stories just flow out of people. It wasn’t a topic of conversation that was pre-planned. But everyone joined in and showed their personalities. Blumin love this show

[@mickcole2763]

Ya completely organic......

[@JohnSmith-bw6pv]

I hope this was sarcasm..

[@thopu-bj8pk]

omg dude attend a live taping if you can, this stuff is HEAVILY SCRIPTED

[@benbutler7304]

@@thopu-bj8pk are you talking about chat shows or graham norton? cos the stuff in america is scripted but every celeb whos been on GH has spoken about how organic it is

[@YouTubeDunk]

Agreed and Graham himself is funny

[@katebart12]

Her comic timing is so good 😂

[@JohnSmith-bw6pv]

🙄

[@harshabhigyan928]

Ikr😂

[@Ariadne4]

True that😂

[@SueP-jg9vx]

i actually knew an indian kid who slept like that. it was creepy lol

[@leakypussy9813]

The flow of this conversation was 🤌🏽

[@bradavon]

I bet she's so pleased with that choice of thumbnail 😆

[@dropkoo]

hahahaha good one

[@thegoodrevbadandyarr4272]

Aaand now its right there on google if you search her name.

[@maple-leafs13]

That's the only reason I cliked on the video. Maybe getting her some attention.

[@BenJalil]

same here@@maple-leafs13

[@yangs255]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bornagainreader]

Her timing and responses to every question are perfect. 😂

[@clickbait007]

It was so refreshing and honest when she said "I really don't have enough information about this condition"... "It'll be a short documentary", Norton crushing it as usual.

[@LokiAndLoiDontGiveADamn]

Ian looks so lovable as always. Man I miss my own grandpa 😢

[@PiracyAgreement]

Like it was bants and the he asks his question & the atmosphere was so sweet. My heart almost fell out

[@repealthepatriotact]

Yeah, my grandpa was gay too.....

[@blinkyblonk4912]

"I actually have very little information for you about this condition!". What a LOVELY sentence !!!! She's terrific .

[@fatamy8597]

when she asks ian “did you know that?” 🤣

[@edakarsl201]

legandary moment

[@agirlhasnoname567]

“Is he doing it at this moment?” 😂😂😂

[@optimusprimal2]

that little pause @1:57 tells you she was really thinking hard about her experience and trying to clear honest answer. Thats Hilarious.

[@daweiqi3406]

She left me an unforgettable impression from This Is Going to Hurt. Didn’t know she is that genuine funny and brilliant in real life too.

[@kutter_ttl6786]

I have a friend who can do this. He's fallen asleep in class and it looks like he's paying attention, but he also has sleep apnea, so he eventually starts snoring and gets caught.

[@MsHSpring]

😂😂😂

[@pissoff8042]

What a self-damaging combo 😂

[@Selendeki]

God gives with one hand and takes with the other

[@beastvader]

This made me laugh out loud 😂

[@vaninellini]

LMAOO

[@ssr6731]

Her Netflix series one day was sooo lovely

[@thyop89]

She's incredibly funny. I havent seen her in anything yet but her comedic chops are stand-up worthy.

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

she was incredible the This is Going to Hurt! heart breakingly sad. and recently she was in One Day which us what she’s promoting

[@JiminyHCriquet]

met her at a charity do once. she was surprisingly down to earth and VERY FUNNY!

[@user-ez7ml6il1p]

She was great in One Day, and this is why I'm here. I wanted to see how she was in real life, and she's like her character in One Day. Awesome!

[@sumitrana4813]

These 4 had mad comedic chemistry for some reason, everyone is feeding into each other and making everything seem funny.

[@user-ku8qs3qj3k]

Her bit to Ian Mckellan about Gandalf sleeping with his eyes open, every nerd knows how she felt!

[@warrenadams8326]

I adore her. She is phenomenal in ONE DAY

[@brendenc8376]

She is absolutely fantastic. An incredible actress that deserves to be massive. 💚

[@rozetalami6289]

I just finished One Day and didn't know what to expect really. It was beautifully shot, the actors did a great job, especially the guy. I felt so sad at the end.

[@nothngspermanent]

love her honesty

[@michaelma9207]

I remember having to share a room with my mum on a family haven holiday when i was little and getting a fright in the middle of the night because she was snoring with her eyes wide open 😂

[@highnoon7097]

is... is that a lie?

[@jonbondMPG]

@@highnoon7097 there's clearly only one way to find out... and that might be to sleep with Michaels Mum.... 😨

[@flickrebeat8936]

😂​@@jonbondMPG

[@bigmandan61]

​@@jonbondMPGjust done it and I can confirm Michael's telling the truth

[@gator9339]

I remember as a kid having a sleep over with a friend and when I woke up the next morning I saw him snoring with his eyes open, it was creepy.

[@triarb5790]

I sleep with my eyes open too, also always have. And like she said, I have dry eyes. It creeps my husband out. I'm asleep. He snores. That's worse 😂

[@Damian_69_]

Perfect couple

[@IronGoober]

I also sleep with my eyes partially open. It is very irritating! I also feel like closing my eyes is an effort, like she says.

[@_wrl_]

How did I never know this was a thing.

[@EyeSee4.8]

I'm the same sleep with eyes open. Sometimes it really sucks how dry your eyes get.

[@Flawless_Facts]

I also sleep with my eyes open. It's not like full wide open but like 30-40% open, or so I've been told when people accidently wake me up thinking I'm staring into abyss.

[@kristiannelson1851]

Damn, she is beautiful!!! I'm in the States and this is the first I'm hearing of her.

[@theofficialmbc]

I'm from the states too, she was in "this is going to hurt" miniseries on bbc before she was in one day on netflix she's a very talented actress

[@musicvolt4928]

nah

[@cicciocc]

Believe it or not, there is a lot of beauty you'll never hear about. Whether you're in, or out, of states.

[@Karan-er3pn]

BeautifuI? 😂 What in the name of 0 standards

[@tynebar]

@@hassyg4083 She isn't, she's in the series. The movie had Anne Hathaway and was totally crap.

[@LeoDaenerys]

Very unintentionally funny, love her, and guys you are so wrong for that thumbnail 😂😂😅

[@mariamtchokho7499]

This show is the best chat show I know.

[@malindarayallen]

She's adorable! 😂

[@dhoklaaaaabhai]

whats her name ?

[@TheRealMcCoyAndChipsAhoy]

Love her ! She's that kind of person that's naturally funny and great actor too !

[@seanstorm3651]

She’s absolutely drop dead gorgeous

[@Norciusz]

Ambika would have been the perfect cast for the Amy Winehouse movie. Period.

[@junehoneycrisp]

She's hilarious 😂😂

[@b.africa1348]

I adored this interaction so much.

[@LSmallCatL]

Best talk/ entertainment show I've ever watched. Every show is interesting whether you know the guest or not because they share their every day problems and become much more relatable this way.

[@gerrysoriano6005]

She is hilarious and very pretty.

[@jhickman4735]

If anyone hasn't seen One Day yet, make sure you have a big box of tissues ready, it's brilliant.

[@irandude1655]

i just love this panel.

[@darcybhaiwala7057]

She actually has gorgeous eyes

[@TakiMitsuha2016]

I feel like we should do a documentary "the woman who doesn't blink"😂😂😂😂😂👀

[@cannot-handle-handles]

And right after he said that she blinked twice. 😀

[@dianelong8892]

Ambika is a rising star for sure . 🌟

[@defiant341]

Brilliant actress and so funny... absolutely love her

[@holdthelight11]

Such a talent. I love her!

[@amywuester136]

My eyes don't close completely when I sleep. I only discovered it when I switched from daily wear contact lenses to the lenses you can wear overnight. My eyes were so dry and irritated and my ophthalmologist did a test to discover that my eyes don't close completely when I blink either. I passed this phenomenon down to my daughter, who has just recently passed it down to her daughter. It's only cute on a baby. 😊 So I'd love to say it's just because we don't want to miss anything going on. But in reality, it's an anatomical issue that can cause more complicated eye issues. And it's NOT cool or fun to have to deal with. 😢

[@wge621]

honey there are no lenses you can wear overnight! please please take them out! even if they're monthly or whatever, you still need to take them out at night.

[@ZarkowsWorld]

Monthly contact-lenses only means you can use them for a month before throwing them away, not that you can have them in....you still need to take them out nightly.

[@christinadebrito322]

​@@ZarkowsWorld on my monthly contacts it's written that you can sleep in them up to several days consecutively. I accidentaly tried it a few times and when they're new and fresh it's quite alright. But i'd still not do it deliberately

[@user-vv1eq2qx2i]

@amywuester136 we are living the same experience!! Sometimes my eyes feel glued shut cause they’re so dry 😂 to everyone saying you should take lenses out at night, these lenses are called ortho k, specially made to wear overnight

[@bluewhale2600]

Do you have big eyes? Because I feel that people with big eyes have this problem. I do too and two of my brothers do as well we all have big eyes

[@lalinda82]

God she’s hysterical and so beautiful!😂🙌

[@Kaltagstar96]

This is the first thing I've seen of Ambika Mod and she's already made a fan out of me because of her comic timing, also, as a fan of The Last Leg, it's nice to see Josh Widdicombe doing some other stuff.

[@kristafb1]

I love her! she was fantastic in This is going to hurt & just finished One Day and she was amazing. Such a talented young woman.

[@t3hpwninat0r]

they're asking her what it's like when she's asleep and no surprise she's like "i dunno man, i was asleep" 🤣

[@BarakAvinoam]

Im so glad she is still with us...

[@mobk9774]

She is so adorable

[@RosaFelix]

😂 this was fun to watch.

[@Trinityblukwt]

My family tell me I too sleep like that!! And now my lovely granddaughter too does the same !😂😂😂

[@jacksdjfam]

OMG she is a breath of fresh air. Funny😂

[@MerlinSingh]

She has natural banter.

[@Dim4323]

THE UNDERTAKER!

[@taoping6451]

Teddy Long: Da Undataka

[@patrick-hubertharrison6714]

"My vision is impaired whilst I'm sleeping" is hilarious 😂

[@01nicole]

SHES SO FUNNY I LOVE HER

[@ChantalA489]

I love how her reaction is like "Doesn't everyone do this?!" as she completely glossed over it in the first 10 seconds of the video.

[@FB-xw6kg]

I really enjoyed watching her in ‘This is going to hurt’, I’m glad to see her succeed and working on bigger projects!

[@TraderQuant]

Natural comic!

[@Fip999]

Superb actress

[@harvey2609]

She's adorable ❤

[@colleenchoquette1236]

This was actually one of the best GN clips I have ever seen. I dont know who this woman is but I will soon. So funny!!

[@Vic-Valentine]

shes so charming, even with her paranormal sleeping habits

[@xXDEUC35Xx]

I love how she's being serious, but it's still hilarious lol

[@simongarcia200]

Ambika, I adored that show with the guy from The Perfume. it was real.

[@dw69376]

I love the way she pronounces the word 'baby'

[@BATT_DAMON]

I love her wit.

[@Zindo.Majesty.HisMajesty]

I’ve always hated talk shows until I found Graham…😮

[@openureyes]

Amazing actor 👏

[@beeeps]

She uses the same unusual intonation at the end of sentences that Amelia Dimoldenberg uses.

[@robertwilson3866]

Young person intonation....

[@ASK-hn3di]

@@robertwilson3866 You sound a little salty, Robert.

[@robertwilson3866]

@@ASK-hn3di That's a reflection of you. I didn't make any kind of salty statement!

[@optimusprimal2]

wooo. like if you only listen to her voice without watching you would think its Amelia.

[@hassyg4083]

both pretty

[@judioates8938]

I sleep with my eyes slightly open as well and this causes horribly dry eyes in the morning.

[@Caringsoul245]

What...💀 Like HOW???!!!😳

[@hannamichael7471]

Same here..i completely relate to her..n i guess its a big eye thing sometimes..?..may be..

[@9catlover]

i love her so much

[@TEXAS2459]

wow this was brilliant

[@mimir3702]

I love her

[@dianeyoung2914]

I love how these types of stories come out on Grahams show,lol

[@KushQueen9]

😂😂😂😂 she is so funny!

[@cpkay33]

im glad i binged one day before seeing this cuz thats ill ever be thinking about !

[@ankitdixit6073]

Hell with your story, tell about this😅😅. That last line, I have really little information about this condition was gold😂. It tells she didn't really plan to tell this and get humour, it was Just natural and that's what made it funny

[@deaconstjohn8643]

All british guests are the best shows !!!

[@Barettix]

I agree.

[@marianobotindari5362]

She is so serious about it hahahah

[@kumarjatin83]

oh my god… this is amazing…

[@user-mg7ol1en2u]

I love her truth.

[@grahamekellermeier8280]

Amazing didn't see that coming that's a eyefull.

[@SteveEricJordan]

bc of the british accent i was hearing "see with your eyes open" multiple times and thought she misspoke and everyone was laughing because of that. i couldnt believe it when i realized it. the funny thing is gandalf ACTUALLY can sleep with his eyes open, its a scene in the movies (maybe only in the special extended versions) which is a nice little coincidence.

[@pooty47]

Adorable - all of you

[@kennyzee3221]

I remember Margi Clark was the one who introduced Graham to me. He was a sidekick on her show and was pretty funny alongside her. I wasn't sure a Graham Norton show was going to work when it started but boy did he step up. He is brilliant.

[@Sabah_Ismail]

I love Ambika!😂

[@adrianmalkovich7101]

I used to have an Indian girlfriend who also did this. A little bit creepy at first, but you get used to waking up next to somebody staring at you with fully white eyes.

[@liorschwimmer]

Ambika is stunning :)

[@pisceanholocaust]

I loved this!!!!!

[@Knickerson]

I did this when I was younger. Used to freak people out when they would start talking to me only to realize that I slept with my eyes open.

[@DIYglenn]

I remember reading about a tattoo artist that fixed that for someone who had "too short" eyelids, so they wouldn't close during night, and she had very dry eyes. Supposedly the tattoo artist "tattooed" her eyelids with a series of stripes without using ink, and that made the skin on the eyelids heal up slightly longer than before.

[@torabhattacharyya2158]

I lost it at THE WOMAN WHO DOESN'T BLINK😮

[@jorgeayala5292]

Since i was a kid i sleep with my eyes open ad that brings me problems like i have red eyes when i wake up and have baggy eyes all the time because of that. Also i sleepwalked until 3 years ago and did it quite often when i was young, now imagine a 7 year old kid walking in the house with white eyes and moving like a fugging zombie, so the next morning every single member of my family were afraid of me and had quite a lot of similar experiences i never get tired of hearing

[@TheFormActually]

she's hilarious !

[@Methequeen]

Michael Sheen ❤

[@biojockey]

Pitch perfect comic timing

[@sevraonic8656]

She got very good support buddies. Ian just like I'm too old for that 😅

[@cairosharn]

Too busy looking at her ceiling😂