Julia Davis

Julia Davis

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1966-08-25 (58 years old)

Biography

Julia Charlotte L. Davis is an English actress, comedian, director and writer. A nine-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won Best Comedy Writing for Hunderby in 2013 and the 2018 British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy for Sally4Ever. She has also received two RTS Awards and three British Comedy Awards. In addition to acting in her own works, she has appeared in a variety of other British television comedies, most notably portraying Dawn Sutcliffe in Gavin & Stacey (2007–2009, 2019, 2024). Her film roles include Love Actually (2003), Cemetery Junction (2010), Four Lions (2010), and Phantom Thread (2017).


Julia Davis was born in Guildford, Surrey on August 25, 1966 Her mother was a secretary, and her father a civil servant. She grew up in Guildford, Surrey, before moving at the age of 14 to Bath in Somerset. She was raised in the Church of England.


After studying for a degree in English and drama at the College of Ripon and York St John, she returned to Bath working "dead-end jobs", starting a comedy double-act The Sisters of Percy with her friend Jane Roth at a local theatre group. It grew into an improv troupe with Welsh radio DJ Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones.


Davis decided to become a comedian after a long illness. She secured her first comedy commission, Five Squeezy Pieces, from BBC Radio 4 in 1998.


The series was an all-female sketch comedy show, with Meera Syal, Arabella Weir, Maria McErlane, and Claire Calman.


She first appeared on television in 1998 in the BBC sketch show Comedy Nation. During their radio sketch series Five Squeezy Pieces, Arabella Weir introduced Davis to Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan who cast her as a regular cast member in the television sketch show Big Train (1998). Her career gained a further boost in 1998 after she sent a tape of various characters to Steve Coogan, who invited her to write for and participate in his shows during his 1998 national tour. Chris Morris, director of the Big Train pilot, cast her for his 1997–1999 radio series Blue Jam, its successor March–April 2000 TV show Jam, and Brass Eye. Davis went on to appear in many comedy television shows including I'm Alan Partridge, I Am Not an Animal, Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, Ideal and Nathan Barley.


In 2004 and 2005, Davis wrote and starred in two series of the BBC Three dark comedy Nighty Night. The show is centred on her character of peroxide "blonde" sociopathic beauty therapist Jill Tyrell.


In 2015, Davis and Marc Wootton created and starred in BBC Radio 4 comedy series Couples, about couples in therapy. It was reported in 2015 that Davis had been commissioned for a new series, Robin's Test, which was later renamed Camping.


In 2016, Davis wrote, directed and starred as shallow nymphomaniac "Fay" in Camping on Sky Atlantic. This was her directorial debut. At the 2017 BAFTA TV Awards, Camping was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy. In 2017, Davis was featured in the Paul Thomas Anderson film Phantom Thread as Lady Baltimore.

Filmography

all 72

Movies 44

TV Shows 28

self 7

Voice 7

Writer 4

Producer 4

Narrator 1

Linda Le Bon (voice)
Sing 2

Sing 2 (2021)

Movie
7.5
Emma / Creator / Director / Executive Producer / Writer
Sally4Ever

Sally4Ever (2018)

TV
Fay / Creator / Executive Producer / Director / Writer
Camping

Camping (2016)

TV
Gail Sinclair / Writer
Morning Has Broken

Morning Has Broken (2014)

Movie
Dorothy / Creator / Writer
Hunderby

Hunderby (2012)

TV
5
Daphne Cauldwell
Bad Sugar

Bad Sugar (2012)

Movie
Lizzie/Faith / Writer
Lizzie and Sarah

Lizzie and Sarah (2010)

Movie
Elizabeth Elliot
Persuasion

Persuasion (2007)

Movie
8
Dawn / Amanda With The Weird Eyes (Voice)
Ideal

Ideal (2005)

TV
Claire the Rat (voice)
I Am Not an Animal

I Am Not an Animal (2004)

TV
News Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Shaun of the Dead

Shaun of the Dead (2004)

Movie
7.33
Jill Tyrrell / Creator / Producer
Nighty Night

Nighty Night (2004)

TV
Various Characters
Human Remains

Human Remains (2000)

TV
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Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Female

Birthday
1966-08-25 (58 years old)

Birth Place
Lambeth, United Kingdom

Citizenships
United Kingdom

Also Known As
Джулія Дейвіс

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