Lucy Punch
| Lucy Punch | |
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 Punch at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy |
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| Born | Lucy Alice T. Punch 30 December 1977 Hammersmith, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977)[1] is an English actress. Her credits include films like Bad Teacher and Dinner for Schmucks, and television shows Doc Martin and Ben and Kate.
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Personal life [edit]
Punch was born in Hammersmith, London.[2] Her parents run a market research company. Punch was educated privately at Godolphin School and then Latymer Upper School.[3] Punch performed with the National Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1997, and began a course at University College London before dropping out to become an actress.[4]
Since 2006, Punch has lived in West Hollywood, Los Angeles, United States.[3]
Career [edit]
Punch made her debut in a 1998 episode of The New Adventures of Robin Hood.[citation needed] Her other TV credits include the naive daughter of Alison Steadman's character in the short-lived series, Let Them Eat Cake that starred French and Saunders. She starred as a football player in the kids TV show Renford Rejects.
In 2000, she made her stage debut as Elaine in Terry Johnson's West End adaptation of The Graduate.[5] She has also worked at the Royal Court and Bush theatres, both in London.[6][7]
In 2004, Punch played the cheeky, kooky receptionist, Elaine Denham, in the television show Doc Martin.
She left the television show The Class after appearing in all but one of the first 12 episodes.[8]
In 2006, she won the best actress award at the Monaco International Film Festival for her performance in Are You Ready For Love?.[9]
Punch starred in Woody Allen's 2010 film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, having replaced Nicole Kidman.[10] In August 2010, she appeared in BBC Two's three part police comedy-drama Vexed alongside Toby Stephens.
In 2011, Punch starred alongside Cameron Diaz and Justin Timberlake in Jake Kasdan's Bad Teacher.[11]
Punch was cast as Deena Pilgrim, the female lead in the TV pilot Powers for the FX channel,[12] but the role was recast.
Filmography [edit]
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The New Adventures of Robin Hood | Queen Stephanie | TV movie (1 episode: "Orphans") |
| 1999 | Renford Rejects | Sue White | TV series (13 episodes) |
| Days Like These | Helen Foreman | TV series (2 episodes) | |
| Let Them Eat Cake | Eveline | TV series (4 episodes) | |
| Big Bad World | Melissa | TV series (4 episodes: 1999–2001) | |
| 2000 | Cinderella | Regan | TV movie |
| The 10th Kingdom | Sally Peep | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| Greenfingers | Holly | ||
| 2001 | It's Not Me, It's You | Rose | |
| People Like Us | Kate | TV series (1 episode: "The Actor") | |
| Midsomer Murders | Melissa Townsend | TV series (1 episode: "Tainted Fruit") | |
| Goodbye, Mr Steadman | Linda Mortimer | TV movie | |
| 2002 | Come Together | Amy | TV movie |
| I Saw You | Esther | TV series (1 episode: "Episode 1.1") | |
| 2003 | Second Nature | Car Rental Girl | TV movie |
| Dinotopia | Shayna | TV series (1 episode: "Night of the Wartosa") | |
| 2004 | Ella Enchanted | Hattie | |
| My Family | Sarah | TV series (1 episode: "Luck Be a Lady Tonight") | |
| The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Lead Stewardess | ||
| Being Julia | Avice Crichton | ||
| Doc Martin | Elaine Denham | TV series (6 episodes) | |
| 2005 | Festival | Nicky Romanowski | |
| Survivors | Juliet Savage | TV series (1 episode: "In Deep Water") | |
| 2006 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Susannah Henderson | TV series (1 episode: "After the Funeral") |
| Are You Ready For Love? | Melanie | Monaco International Film Festival – Angel Award for Best Actress | |
| Stingray | Lucy | ||
| 2007 | Two Families | Irene | TV movie |
| The Class | Holly Ellenbogen | TV series (13 episodes) | |
| Hot Fuzz | Eve Draper | ||
| Grindhouse | Blonde in 'Don't' Trailer | uncredited | |
| Comedy Showcase: Ladies and Gentlemen | Alice | TV pilot | |
| The Sarah Silverman Program | Sally | TV series (1 episode: "Ah, Men") | |
| The Omid Djalili Show | Miss Fanny Dashett | TV series ("Episode 1.2") | |
| St. Trinian's | Verity Thwaites | ||
| 2008 | 1% | Candace | TV movie |
| Fairytales | Fenola Gay | TV series (1 episode: "Cinderella") | |
| Wainy Days | Angel | Internet series (1 episode: "Angel") | |
| 2009 | Big Breaks | Alexis | |
| (Untitled) | The Clarinet | ||
| 2010 | Elektra Luxx | ||
| You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Charmaine | ||
| Dinner For Schmucks | Darla | ||
| Vexed | DI Kate Bishop | TV series (3 episodes) | |
| 2011 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Sarah Walker | |
| Take Me Home Tonight | Shelly | ||
| Bad Teacher | Amy Squirrel | ||
| A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | Kate | ||
| 2012 | |||
| Ben and Kate | BJ | TV series | |
| Cottage Country | Masha | post-production | |
| The Giant Mechanical Man | Pauline | ||
| Stars in Shorts | Julie | ||
| The Wedding Video | Saskia | ||
| Yellow | Amanda |
Theatre [edit]
| Year | Production | Role | Venue | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | The Graduate | Elaine | Gielgud Theatre | |
| 2001 | Boy Gets Girl | Harriet | Royal Court Theatre | |
| 2002 | A Carpet, A Pony and A Monkey | Kate | Bush Theatre |
References [edit]
- ^ "Lucy Punch". Yahoo TV. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved 2011-06-18.
- ^ "England & Wales Births"
- ^ a b Nicole Lampert (9 August 2012). "From doing the rounds with Doc Martin to cook-ins with Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch is our kooky new queen of comedy". Daily Mail. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
- ^ Tavis Smiley June 17, 2011.
- ^ Eyre, Hermione (2010-12-03). "Lucy Punch is making a mark on Hollywood". thisislondon.co.uk. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
- ^ Clapp, Susannah (2001-11-11). "Eric and Ernie for ever". The Observer. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
- ^ Koenig, Rhoda (2002-05-27). "A Carpet, a Pony and a Monkey, Bush Theatre, London". The Independent. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
- ^ Adalian, Joseph (2007-01-11). "'Class' to air on Net first – Entertainment News, Business News, Media". www.variety.com. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ "Monaco International Film Festival of non violent films". monacofilmfestival.net. Monaco International Film Festival. Retrieved 2011-06-05.
- ^ Jay A. Fernandez (2009-05-29). "Woody Allen welcomes Brit Lucy Punch". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2009-06-02.
- ^ "Brit actress Lucy Punch cast in Bad Teacher". www.reuters.com. 2010-02-08. Retrieved 2010-02-08.
- ^ "'Powers' TV Series Casts Deena Pilgrim" June 21, 2011, MTV
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