Lucy Montgomery (actress)

Lucy Montgomery
Born	(1975-01-24) 24 January 1975 England
Occupation(s)	Actress, comedian, writer
Years active	2000–present
Spouse	Rhys Thomas
Children	2

Lucy Montgomery (born 24 January 1975) is an English comedian, actress and writer, best known for her radio and television work.

Career

While at Cambridge University, Montgomery was a member of Footlights, an amateur theatrical club. Subsequently, she studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Montgomery built her career as one third of Comedy Theatre Company Population 3, along with James Bachman and Barunka O'Shaughnessy, and she appeared as a roving reporter for the comic television programme The Friday Night Project. Other television work has included Bo' Selecta!, The Mighty Boosh, and The IT Crowd.

Montgomery has been heard in several Radio 4 programmes, including the radio phone-in spoof Down the Line, Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends, The Way We Live Right Now, The Museum of Everything, The Department, Another Case of Milton Jones, The Party Line, Harry Hill's Ghost of a Christmas Present, The Pits, the Torchwood story "Lost Souls" and Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack (2010). She was also the voice of Jeanine and other female characters in the Animated Puppetoon children's television series A Town Called Panic.

In 2005, Montgomery began writing for and performing in the comedy sketch show Tittybangbang on BBC Three. The sketch comedy series also stars Debbie Chazen and has had three series, from 2005 to late 2007. She was in The Armstrong and Miller Show on BBC One, and Bellamy's People on BBC Two. She has also been on The Law of the Playground and The Wall on BBC Three, and produced a pilot for her own sketch show pilot for the BBC called The Full Montgomery which went on to run on Radio 4 for two series. She provided the voice of Destiny in Mongrels.

She voiced for the series Badly Dubbed Porn on Comedy Central.

She has starred in many stage productions, including leads in record-breaking and critically acclaimed Jerusalem with Mark Rylance at the Royal Court in 2009, the 2011-12 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company at the Sheffield Crucible and Canvas at the Chichester Festival in 2012.

Montgomery appeared in the musical Viva Forever!, based on the music of the Spice Girls.

Montgomery had various roles in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern and Harry and Paul's History of BBC 2.

Personal life

Montgomery is married to fellow comedian Rhys Thomas. They and their two daughters, Polly (born 2008) and Rosie Rae (born 2010), live in east London.

Television

Year	Series	Role	Notes
2000	A Town Called Panic	Jeanine, additional voices	Voice Only
2004	AD/BC: A Rock Opera	Wise man	TV
2005	Badly Dubbed Porn	Various characters	Voice
	The Robinsons	Amanda	1 episode
	The Mighty Boosh	Townswoman	Episode: "The Priest and the Beast"
	Tittybangbang	Various characters	Also writer
2006	Phobias	The Pogonophobe
2007	Strutter	Elkie Zpittvar	4 episodes
	The Armstrong and Miller Show	Various characters	13 episodes
2008	10 Days to War	Natalie Fay	Episode: "A Simple Private Matter"
	Headcases	Various
	The IT Crowd	April	Episode: "The Speech"
	The Wall	Various/Charles Irons
2010	Bellamy's People of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Various Roles	8 episodes
	Mongrels	Destiny
	The Stephen K. Amos Show	Candi Carmel	1 episode
2011	Absolutely Fabulous	Baron	Episode: "Identity"
2014	The Life of Rock with Brian Pern	Pepita
	The Fast Show	Various	2 episodes
	Crackanory	Various	2 episodes
2015-present	Bob the Builder	Mayor Madison	Voice role
2016–present	Tracey Ullman's Show	Various	Also Writer
	Thomas & Friends	Hannah	UK/US voice

External links

• BBC biog
• Lucy Montgomery at IMDb