Julia Davis (born 1966) is an English comedy writer and performer. 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 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 The performing arts are those forms of Art which differ from the Plastic arts insofar as the former uses the artist's own Body, Face and presence She is perhaps most famous for her BBC Three creation, Nighty Night. BBC Three is a television channel from the BBC broadcasting via Digital cable, terrestrial, IPTV and satellite platforms Nighty Night is a BBC Television Sitcom, with a black edge to its humour
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Background
In her home town of Bath, Somerset, England, after studying Drama at the University of York, she formed a double act with Jane Roth at a local theatre group. Bath is a city in Somerset in the south west of England It is situated west of London and south-east of Bristol. Somerset ( or) is a county in south west England The County town is Taunton, which is in the south of the county The University of York is a Campus university in the city of York, England. A double act, also known as a Comedy duo, is a comic device in which humor is derived from the uneven relationship between two partners usually of the same They then formed an improvisation troupe along with the now famous Rob Brydon. Rob Brydon (born Robert Brydon Jones, 3 May, 1965, Swansea) is a Welsh Actor, Comedian and impressionist
Davis' partner is Mighty Boosh star Julian Barratt with whom she has two children - twin boys called Walter and Arthur. The Mighty Boosh, colloquially referred to as The Boosh, is the collective name for the creators of the British television situation comedy written by and starring Julian Barratt (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, Musician Music producer and Actor.
Television
She got her first break into television when Steve Coogan invited her to appear in one episode of the second series of his sitcom I'm Alan Partridge, after she sent him a tape of a performance. Stephen John "Steve" Coogan (born 14 October 1965 is an English Comedian, actor writer producer and director. I'm Alan Partridge is a BBC Situation comedy. Two series of six episodes were produced the first in 1997 and the second in 2002 She has since starred in many other comedy television shows in the UK including roles in Big Train, Brass Eye, Jam, Human Remains, Gavin & Stacey, I Am Not An Animal, Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, Nathan Barley. Big Train is a surreal British Television Comedy Sketch show created by Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan Brass Eye is a UK television series of satirical spoof documentaries which aired on Channel 4 in 1997 and was re-run in 2001 Jam is a British comedy television series created by Chris Morris. Human Remains (2000 was a BBC Television Comedy series consisting of six episodes written by and starring Rob Brydon (from Gavin & Stacey is a BAFTA award winning British sitcom originally aired on BBC Three and later shown on BBC Two, written I Am Not an Animal is an animated comedy series telling the tale of highly intelligent animals rescued from a Vivisectionist laboratory Dr Terrible's House of Horrible was a British television series created by Graham Duff, co-written by and starring Steve Coogan. Nathan Barley is a Channel 4 sitcom written by Charlie Brooker and Chris Morris, starring Nicholas Burns, Julian Barratt
2004 saw Davis write and star in the highly acclaimed dark comedy Nighty Night, which returned for a second series in 2005. Nighty Night is a BBC Television Sitcom, with a black edge to its humour In more serious roles Davis has starred in productions such as the BBC' s For the Love of God, The Alan Clark Diaries (in which she plays secretary to the notorious MP), Fear of Fanny, where she played the original celebrity chef Fanny Cradock, and Persuasion, an adaptation of the Jane Austen novel. Fanny Cradock (born Phyllis Nan Sortain Pechey on February 26 1909 Apthorp House Fairlop Road Leytonstone, Essex, England Persuasion is the newest adaptation of the classic Jane Austen novel of the same name published in 1818 Jane Austen (16
Film
Davis appeared in films such as AD/BC: A Rock Opera, Love Actually, Confetti and Sex Lives of the Potato Men. AD/BC redirects here For AD (Anno Domini or BC (Before Christ as dates see Anno Domini. Love Actually is a 2003 British Romantic comedy Film written and directed by Richard Curtis. Confetti is a 2006 British Mockumentary Romantic comedy film that was released on 5 May 2006. Sex Lives of the Potato Men is a British comedy film released in 2004.
External links
- Julia Davis at the Internet Movie Database
- Julia Davis biography and credits at the British Film Institute's Screenonline
- Guardian Unlimited interview with Julia Davis, Dec 17 2004
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