Lucy Punch
Lucy Punch | |
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 Punch at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival premiere of A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | |
| Born | 30 December 1977 |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1998–present |
Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977)[1] is an English film, stage and television actress. Her feature film credits include Hot Fuzz, Bad Teacher, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Dinner for Schmucks and Into the Woods.
Early life
Punch was born in London.[2] She was educated privately at Godolphin School and then Latymer Upper School.[3] She 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.[3]
Career
Punch made her acting debut in a 1998 episode of The New Adventures of Robin Hood.[5] Her other TV credits include the naive daughter of Alison Steadman's character in the short-lived series Let Them Eat Cake which starred French and Saunders. She starred as a football player in the kids TV show Renford Rejects, and played the role of victim Melissa Townsend in the 19th episode of Midsomer Murders. In 2000, she made her stage debut as Elaine in Terry Johnson's West End adaptation of The Graduate.[6]
She has worked at the Royal Court and Bush theatres, both in London.[7][8]
In 2004, Punch played receptionist Elaine Denham on Doc Martin. She left the television show The Class after appearing in eleven of the first 12 episodes.[9] In 2006 she won the Best Actress award at the Monaco International Film Festival for her performance in Are You Ready For Love?.[10]
Punch starred in Woody Allen's 2010 film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger.[11] In August 2010, she appeared in BBC Two's three part police comedy-drama Vexed alongside Toby Stephens. In 2011 Punch appeared opposite Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, portraying sanctimonious school teacher Amy Squirrel.[12] Punch was cast as Deena Pilgrim, the female lead in the TV pilot Powers,[13] but the role was recast.
Personal life
Punch gave birth to her first child, a son Rex, in July 2015.[14]
Filmography
| 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) |
| 1999 | Days Like These | Helen Foreman | TV series (2 episodes) |
| 1999 | Let Them Eat Cake | Eveline | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 1999–2001 | Big Bad World | Melissa | TV series (4 episodes) |
| 2000 | Cinderella | Regan | TV movie |
| 2000 | The 10th Kingdom | Sally Peep | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2000 | Greenfingers | Holly | |
| 2001 | It's Not Me, It's You | Rose | |
| 2001 | People Like Us | Kate | TV series (1 episode: "The Actor") |
| 2001 | Midsomer Murders | Melissa Townsend | TV series (1 episode: "Tainted Fruit") |
| 2001 | Goodbye, Mr Steadman | Linda Mortimer | TV movie |
| 2002 | Come Together | Amy | TV movie |
| 2002 | I Saw You | Esther | TV series (1 episode: "Episode 1.1") |
| 2003 | Second Nature | Car Rental Girl | TV movie |
| 2003 | Dinotopia | Shayna | TV series (1 episode: "Night of the Wartosa") |
| 2004 | Ella Enchanted | Hattie | |
| 2004 | My Family | Sarah | TV series (1 episode: "Luck Be a Lady Tonight") |
| 2004 | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers | Lead Stewardess | |
| 2004 | Being Julia | Avice Crichton | |
| 2004 | Doc Martin | Elaine Denham | TV series (6 episodes) |
| 2005 | Festival | Nicky Romanowski | |
| 2005 | Survivors | Juliet Savage | TV series (1 episode: "In Deep Water") |
| 2006 | Agatha Christie's Poirot | Susannah Henderson | TV series (1 episode: "After the Funeral") |
| 2006 | Are You Ready For Love? | Melanie | Monaco International Film Festival – Angel Award for Best Actress |
| 2006 | Stingray | Lucy | |
| 2007 | Two Families | Irene | TV movie |
| 2007 | The Class | Holly Ellenbogen | TV series (13 episodes) |
| 2007 | Hot Fuzz | Eve Draper | |
| 2007 | Grindhouse | Blonde in 'Don't' Trailer | Uncredited |
| 2007 | Comedy Showcase: Ladies and Gentlemen | Alice | TV pilot |
| 2007 | The Sarah Silverman Program | Sally | TV series (1 episode: "Ah, Men") |
| 2007 | The Omid Djalili Show | Miss Fanny Dashett | TV series ("Episode 1.2") |
| 2007 | St. Trinian's | Verity Thwaites | |
| 2008 | 1% | Candace | TV movie |
| 2008 | Fairytales | Fenola Gay | TV series (1 episode: "Cinderella") |
| 2008 | Wainy Days | Angel | Internet series (1 episode: "Angel") |
| 2009 | Big Breaks | Alexis | |
| 2009 | (Untitled) | The Clarinet | |
| 2010 | Elektra Luxx | Dolores | |
| 2010 | You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger | Charmaine | |
| 2010 | Dinner For Schmucks | Darla | |
| 2010 | Vexed | DI Kate Bishop | TV series (3 episodes) |
| 2011 | A Little Bit of Heaven | Sarah Walker | |
| 2011 | Take Me Home Tonight | Shelly | |
| 2011 | Bad Teacher | Amy Squirrel | |
| 2011 | A Good Old Fashioned Orgy | Kate | |
| 2012 | Ben and Kate | BJ | TV series (16 episodes) |
| 2012 | The Giant Mechanical Man | Pauline | |
| 2012 | The Wedding Video | Saskia | |
| 2012 | Yellow | Amanda | |
| 2012 | Stars in Shorts | Julie | |
| 2012 | Stand Up Guys | Wendy | |
| 2013 | Cottage Country | Masha | |
| 2014 | Someone Marry Barry | Melanie Miller | |
| 2014 | Into the Woods[15] | Lucinda | |
| 2015 | She's Funny That Way | a Prostitute | |
| 2015 | Cake | Nurse Gayle | |
| 2016 | The Meddler | Emily | |
| 2016 | New Girl | Genevieve | TV series (Episode: "Sam, Again") |
Theatre
| 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 | |
| 2014 | Great Britain | Paige Britain | Theatre Royal Haymarket[16] |
References
- ^ "Lucy Punch profile at". Yahoo TV. Yahoo! Inc. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
- ^ Goodman, Jillian. "Bad Teacher's Lucy Punch on her 'Über-Goddess' Co-star Cameron Diaz, Playing the Slut, and Women in Comedy". Vulture.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- ^ 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, 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Lucy Punch- Biography". Yahoo! Movies. Retrieved 16 July 2013.
- ^ Eyre, Hermione (3 December 2010). "Lucy Punch is making a mark on Hollywood". thisislondon.co.uk. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ Clapp, Susannah (11 November 2001). "Eric and Ernie for ever". The Observer. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ Koenig, Rhoda (27 May 2002). "A Carpet, a Pony and a Monkey, Bush Theatre, London". The Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2011.
- ^ Adalian, Joseph (11 January 2007). "'Class' to air on Net first – Entertainment News, Business News, Media". www.variety.com. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "Monaco International Film Festival of non violent films". monacofilmfestival.net. Monaco International Film Festival. Retrieved 5 June 2011.
- ^ Jay A. Fernandez (29 May 2009). "Woody Allen welcomes Brit Lucy Punch". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 June 2009.
- ^ "Lucy Punch cast in Bad Teacher". reuters.com. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
- ^ "'Powers' TV Series Casts Deena Pilgrim", 21 June 2011, MTV
- ^ "Lucy Punch On How She Named Her Baby Boy". TeamCoco. Retrieved 22 January 2016.
- ^ WORLD EXCLUSIVE! New Confirmed Casting For the INTO THE WOODS Movie, Starring Streep & Depp Broadway World, Retrieved 27 July 2013
- ^ "Lucy Punch stars in West End Great Britain". whatsonstage.com. Whats On Stage. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
External links
- Lucy Punch at IMDb
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- Actresses from London
- People educated at Godolphin School
- People educated at Latymer Upper School
- English television actresses
- English film actresses
- English stage actresses
- English radio actresses
- British expatriate actresses in the United States
- 20th-century British actresses
- 21st-century British actresses
- National Youth Theatre members