Alice Lowe

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Alice Lowe is an award-winning English actress and writer mainly in comedy. She was born in April 1977, and grew up in the Midlands.

Lowe began her career co-devising and performing in surreal experimental theatre shows such as City Haunts, Snowbound and Progress In Flying Machines (with David Mitchell and Robert Webb). These were all collaborations with director Paul King, who has directed her in The Mighty Boosh and Garth Marenghi.

As part of the cast of Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight she was nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000. In 2001 she won the that award for performing in the sequel to Fright Knight, Garth Marenghi's Netherhead. In 2005 she returned to the Fringe with MoonJourney, a sci-fi themed Kate Bush spoof.

Her numerous television credits include Channel 4's spoof horror comedy Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Beth in the BBC comedy series My Life in Film. She also co-wrote and starred in Channel 4's Orcadia. Lowe is currently developing a feature film The Sightseers with Steve Oram.

Lowe wrote and starred in a short film. Stiffy [1], directed by Jacqueline Wright, premiered at Cannes in 2005 as part of the Kodak Straight 8 competition.

She has appeared in two projects directed by Edgar Wright: the music video for "Bastardo" by Charlotte Hatherley, and the action comedy Hot Fuzz.

She appeared as "Monkey" in The Priest and the Beast episode of The Mighty Boosh.

She starred as Madonna in Channel 4's Star Stories.

She appeared as "Patricia" in the "Fifty-Fifty" episode of The IT Crowd.

She appeared as David Bowie in Snuff Box.

She recently appeared in episode 5 of the BBC sketch show Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul and has a recurring role in Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive.

Her self-penned short "Sticks and Balls" was screened at Cannes in 2007.

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