Jackie Clune

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Jackie Clune (b. 1967, raised in Essex) is a female comedy cabaret performer/writer, actress, and broadcaster who has previously done a Karen Carpenter act. She has appeared on popular British comedy trivia shows such as QI, Never Mind the Buzzcocks and The Staying-in Show and had a small role in a number of episodes of EastEnders, but is largely known for her one woman shows and her portrayal of Julie Burchill, wellknown 'The Guardian' columnist around that time, in a play by Tim Fountain. She is known for her dry anecdotal approach to comedy and camp sense of humour.

For a number of years, much of Clune's comedy act was based on her sexual orientation and she became a headliner at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Clune identified as a lesbian from 1988 to 2000. In one interview in 2003, she suggested that she chose to become a lesbian, apparently at least partly on political grounds, and did not identify with the coming out experiences of certain of her gay friends. She currently identifies as straight and has had four children (including a set of triplets) with her partner Richard Hannant.^[1]

Clune sang the theme tune and wrote additional material for the TV show Smack the Pony. She also wrote the novel Man of the Month Club and Extreme Motherhood, an account of finding herself pregnant with triplets little more than a year after having her first child.^[2]. In 2006, she played the lead female role in the Mamma Mia! international tour.^[3]. On June 4, 2007, she took over the role of the dance teacher Mrs. Wilkinson in Billy Elliot the Musical.

She is a Patron of London HIV charity, The Food Chain.

Future projects may include radio comedy, journalism and a second novel.

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Jackie Clune and Al Collingwood (who usually record for Bucks Music) provided some theme lyrics and music for That Antony Cotton Show which was screened on British television in 2007.