| Jessica Hynes | |
|---|---|
| Born | Jessica Stevenson 15 November 1972 (age 35) Lewisham, England |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
| Spouse(s) | Adam Hynes |
Jessica Hynes (née Stevenson; born 15 November 1972) is an English actress and writer, most renowned as one of the creators, writers and stars of the British sitcom Spaced. Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Events 655 - Battle of Winwaed: Penda of Mercia is defeated by Oswiu of Northumbria. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works A writer is anyone who creates a written work although the word usually designates those who write creatively or professionally as well as those who have written in many different forms Spaced is a British Television Situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and She was known professionally as Jessica Stevenson until 2007. [1]
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Career
Hynes was born in Lewisham on the 15th November 1972, but grew up in Brighton, where she attended Dorothy Stringer school. Lewisham is a district in south-east London, England and the principal settlement of the London Borough of Lewisham. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Brighton ( is a town on the south coast of England and with its neighbour Hove, forms the city of Brighton and Hove. She and her husband, Adam, whom she met when she was 18, have three children, born in 1998, 2003 and 2006. As a teenager Hynes was part of the National Youth Theatre company, and made her professional début in Peter Greenaway's 1993 film The Baby of Mâcon, playing the first midwife. The London -based National Youth Theatre or NYT is the United Kingdom 's leading organisation for young people in the field of Theatre. Peter Greenaway, CBE (born 5 April 1942) is an English Film director born in Wales. For the first fourteen years of her career, she used her maiden name as a stage name. A stage name, also called a screen name, is a Pseudonym used by Performers and Entertainers such as She teamed up with future Spaced co-star Katy Carmichael in a comedy double-act called The Liz Hurleys, then went on to television parts in the nursing drama Staying Alive (1995-1997) and short-lived sketch shows Six Pairs of Pants, (Un)natural Acts and Asylum - where the Spaced team (Stevenson, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright) first assembled. Katy Carmichael is a professional entertainer who has been on stage many times in Liverpool Stand-up comedy is a style of comedy where the performer speaks directly to the audience with the absence of the theatrical " Fourth wall " Asylum was a British comedy series shown on Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996. Simon Pegg (born Simon John Beckingham; 14 February 1970) is an award-winning English Actor, Comedian, Writer Edgar Wright (born 18 April 1974 in Poole, Dorset) is an English film and Television director.
In 1998 she was cast in the supporting role of Cheryl in the surprise hit sitcom The Royle Family and then in 1999 co-wrote and starred in Spaced. The Royle Family is a popular BAFTA award-winning television sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for Spaced is a British Television Situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and In 2004 she played a minor part as Yvonne in horror comedy Shaun of the Dead, again working with Pegg and Wright. Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British Zombie -themed Comedy (or " rom zom com " as it dubs itself film In 2005 Hynes took the lead role in the BBC One sitcom According to Bex (which she thought was so bad that she sacked her agent for putting her up to it)[1], and had a starring role in British comedy Confetti alongside Jimmy Carr, Martin Freeman, and Mark Heap. According to Bex is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 2005 Confetti is a 2006 British Mockumentary Romantic comedy film that was released on 5 May 2006. James Anthony Patrick Carr Jr (born September 15, 1972 in Isleworth, London) Martin Freeman ( September 8 1971) is an English Actor. He is most famous for his roles as Tim Canterbury in the BBC 's Mark Heap (born 13 May 1957 in Kodaikanal, India is an English Actor best known for a variety of Television comedy roles including struggling
Hynes most recently appeared in Learners, a comedy drama television movie which she wrote and starred in, shown on BBC One in November 2007. Learners is a British Comedy drama Television film starring David Tennant and Jessica Hynes. [2] In addition to her appearance in the television series Doctor Who in the 2007 episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood", Hynes had previously appeared in Big Finish's Eighth Doctor audio adventure Invaders from Mars based on the programme (which also starred her Spaced colleague Simon Pegg). Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. "Human Nature" is the eighth episode of Series 3 of the revived British Science fiction television series Doctor Who "The Family of Blood" is the ninth episode of Series 3 of the revived British Science fiction television series Doctor Who Big Finish Productions is a British company that produces books and audio plays (released straight to Compact disc and The Eighth Doctor is a Fictional character, the eighth incarnation of the Doctor seen on screen in the long-running BBC television She also played Mafalda Hopkirk in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. In JK Rowling 's Fictional universe of Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic is the Government for the Magical community of Britain Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure Film, based on the novel of the same name by
She has cowritten Phoo Action, based on the cartoons of Jamie Hewlett, which first transmitted on BBC 3 in early 2008. Phoo Action was a BBC Three 60 minute TV pilot, one of six drama pilots that transmited in early 2008 and was first broadcast on February 12 2008 at 2100 Jamie Christopher Hewlett (born April 3, 1968) is an English Comic book artist and designer [3]
In the same year Hynes appears in the film Faintheart and in a revival of Alan Ayckbourne's The Norman Conquests at the Old Vic. Sir Alan Ayckbourn CBE (born 12 April 1939 is a popular and prolific English playwright The Old Vic is a Theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road.
Awards
Hynes has won two British Comedy Awards, both for her performances in Spaced: Best Female Comedy Newcomer in 1999 and Best TV Comedy Actress in 2001. The British Comedy Awards is an annual awards ceremony in the United Kingdom celebrating notable comedians and entertainment performances of the previous year Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) She was nominated for a TV BAFTA for her performance in the largely improvised TV feature Tomorrow La Scala (2000), and for an Olivier Award for her work in the play The Night Heron in 2003. The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA is a British charity that hosts annual awards shows for film television television craft video games and forms of animation The Laurence Olivier Award is regarded as the most prestigious award in British theatre and is presented in recognition of artistic achievement in London theatre
Television credits
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | The House of Eliott | Charlotte Parker | episode 1 |
| 1995 | Six Pairs of Pants | Various characters | TV Series |
| Tears Before Bedtime | Maggie | TV Series | |
| Crown Prosecutor | Jackie South | TV Series | |
| 1996 | Mash and Peas | Various Roles | TV Series |
| Asylum | Martha & Nurse McFadden | TV Series | |
| Staying Alive | Alice Timpson | TV Series | |
| 1997 | Midsomer Murders | Judith Lessiter | episode "The Killings at Badger's Drift" |
| Armstrong and Miller | Various Roles | TV Series | |
| Harry Enfield and Chums | episode "Harry Enfield and His Yule Log Chums" | ||
| 1998 | Unnatural Acts | Various Roles | TV Series |
| Merry-Go-Round | Alice, The Ayatollah's Assistant | episode 1 | |
| The Royle Family | Cheryl Carroll | TV Series | |
| 1999 | People Like Us | Sarah | episode "The Estate Agent" |
| Spaced | Daisy Steiner | TV Series | |
| 2001 | Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) | Felia Siderova | episodes "Mental Apparition Disorder" and "Drop Dead" |
| Bob & Rose | Holly Vance | TV Series | |
| Comedy Lab | Wife | episode "Knife & Wife" | |
| 2002 | Dick Whittington | The Good Fairy | TV Film |
| Black Books | Eva | episode "Hello Sun" | |
| 2005 | According to Bex | Rebecca 'Bex' Atwell | TV Series |
| 2006 | Pinochet in Suburbia | Police Guard | TV Film |
| The Secret Policeman's Ball | Mrs. The year 1994 in film involved some significant events Top grossing films (U The House of Eliott is a British Television series produced and broadcast by the BBC in three series between 1991 and 1994 The year 1995 in film involved some significant events Events March 22 - The Dogme 95 movement is officially announced in Paris The year 1996 in film involved some significant events Major releases this year included Fargo, Trainspotting, The English Patient Mash and Peas was a parodic sketch show written by and starring Matt Lucas & David Walliams. Asylum was a British comedy series shown on Paramount Comedy Channel in 1996. The year 1997 in film involved some significant events Events Summer - Production begins on Star Wars Episode I The Phantom Menace Midsomer Murders is a British television Drama that has aired on ITV1 since 1997 "Armstrong and Miller" are collectively the comedians and actors Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller, and also the name of their television sketch show Harry Enfield's Television Programme is a British Sketch show starring Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse. The year 1998 in film involved some significant events Events February 14 - Sharon Stone marries Phil Bronstein Unnatural Acts was a 1998 Sketch comedy series written by Julian Barratt, Seán Cullen, Rich Easter and Rich Fulcher on the Paramount The Royle Family is a popular BAFTA award-winning television sitcom produced by Granada Television for the BBC, which ran for The year 1999 in film involved some significant events and was arguably the most successful year for films released in the 1990s People Like Us is a British comedy programme a spoof on-location documentary (or Mockumentary) written by John Morton, and starring Chris Spaced is a British Television Situation comedy written by and starring Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson, and The year 2001 in film involved some significant events (For more about non-English films check sources in those languages Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased is a British television series produced by Working Title Films for BBC One. Bob and Rose is a British television drama originally screened in six one-hour episodes on the ITV network in the UK in the autumn of 2001 Comedy Lab is a British television series which showcases pilots of experimental Comedy shows The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Black Books was a British sitcom broadcast on Channel 4 starring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig The year 2005 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with movies like The Devil's Rejects, Cheaper According to Bex is a British sitcom that aired on BBC One in 2005 The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest Peacock | Staged Show | |
| QI | Herself | Episode D. In traditional Chinese culture, qi (zh [[wikt氣 氣]] Pinyin qì, Wade-Giles ch'i Jyutping 12 | |
| 2007 | Doctor Who | Joan Redfern | episodes "The Family of Blood" and "Human Nature" |
| Learners | Bev | TV Film | |
| Never Mind The Buzzcocks | Herself | TV Series S21E01 |
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Swing Kids | Helga |
| The Baby of Mâcon | The First Midwife | |
| 2000 | Born Romantic | Libby |
| 2002 | Tomorrow La Scala! | Victoria |
| Pure | Paramedic | |
| 2004 | Shaun of the Dead | Yvonne |
| Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason | Magda | |
| 2006 | Confetti | Sam |
| 2007 | Four Last Songs | Miranda |
| Son of Rambow | Mary | |
| Magicians | Linda | |
| Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix | Mafalda Hopkirk (voice) |
References
- ^ a b Gareth McLean talks to screen star Jessica Stevenson about feminist history. 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. "The Family of Blood" is the ninth episode of Series 3 of the revived British Science fiction television series Doctor Who "Human Nature" is the eighth episode of Series 3 of the revived British Science fiction television series Doctor Who Learners is a British Comedy drama Television film starring David Tennant and Jessica Hynes. Never Mind the Buzzcocks is a Comedy Panel game show with a pop and Rock music theme currently presented by Simon Amstell The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Swing Kids is a Film produced in 1993 and directed by Thomas Carter. The Baby of Mâcon is a 1993 film written and directed by Peter Greenaway starring Ralph Fiennes, Julia Ormond The year 2000 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films Please note that following the tradition of the The year 2002 in film involved some significant events The first significant releases of sequels took place between Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Pure is a 2002 British film directed by Gillies MacKinnon. Plot Following the death of her husband 10-year-old Paul's mother The year 2004 in film involved some significant events Major releases of sequels took place Shaun of the Dead is a 2004 British Zombie -themed Comedy (or " rom zom com " as it dubs itself film Bridget Jones The Edge of Reason is a 2004 Romantic comedy film directed by Beeban Kidron, based on Helen Fielding 's novel of The year 2006 in film involved some significant events Releases of sequels took place with Superman Returns, Pirates of the Caribbean Dead Man's Chest Confetti is a 2006 British Mockumentary Romantic comedy film that was released on 5 May 2006. 2007 saw major releases such as The Simpsons Movie, National Treasure Book of Secrets, Son of Rambow is a 2007 Comedy-drama film written and directed by Garth Jennings. Magicians is a 2007 British Comedy film released on May 18 2007. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is a 2007 fantasy adventure Film, based on the novel of the same name by In JK Rowling 's Fictional universe of Harry Potter, the Ministry of Magic is the Government for the Magical community of Britain The Guardian website. The Guardian (until 1959 The Manchester Guardian) is a British Newspaper owned by the Guardian Media Group. Retrieved on 2007-05-25. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1085 - Alfonso VI of Castile takes Toledo Spain back from the Moors.
- ^ Press Releases: David Tennant and Jessica Hynes in the driving seat for new BBC One comedy drama Learners.. BBC website. Retrieved on 2007-04-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
- ^ Press Releases: Jessica Hynes in Phoo Action. BBC website. Retrieved on 2007-04-03. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1043 - Edward the Confessor is crowned King of England.
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