Lucy Punch

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Lucy Punch
Born	December 30, 1977 (1977-12-30) (age 30) London, England  United Kingdom
Years active	1998 -
Awards won Other Awards Angel Award, Best Actress for Are You Ready For Love? (2006)

Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977) is an English actress best known for her roles in both the television show Doc Martin on ITV and for her starring role on the United States programme The Class, on CBS.

Contents 1 Selected Film and Television Summaries 2 Trivia 3 Filmography 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Selected Film and Television Summaries

She played Sally Peep in The 10th Kingdom, Hattie in Ella Enchanted, had a supporting role in Istvan Szabo's Being Julia, singleton 'Melanie' in Are You Ready For Love?. Punch also played the naive daughter of Alison Steadman's character in the short lived French and Saunders series, Let Them Eat Cake. She also played the minor roles of Eve Draper in the film Hot Fuzz and Melissa in Midsomer Murders (season 5, episode 1). Punch also appeared in a one off special called Ladies and Gentlemen, a comedy set in the 1800s, she played the role of Alice. Ladies and Gentlemen aired on October 12, 2007 as part of Channel 4's Comedy Showcase. Her most recent roles are Verity Thwaites in the 2007 film, St Trinian's, and Shelly in Kids in America.

[edit] Trivia

• Punch performed with the National Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1997, and began a course at University College London before dropping out to become an actress.
• She left the television show The Class after appearing in all but one of the first twelve episodes.^[1]
• Even though Punch is 30 years old she is still cast as a teenager. In St Trinians she plays a schoolgirl which is a role that is 14 years her junior. Playing younger or older roles is one that has a long tradition in theatre, television and film and allows actors to show their acting range and talent. Punch's work is a part of this tradition.

[edit] Filmography

Film Roles

• Kids in America - Shelly
• St Trinian's - Verity Thwaites
• Grindhouse - Running Blond Woman (segment "Don't")
• Hot Fuzz - Eve Draper, Soundtrack (performer: "Lovefool")
• Stingray (short) - Lucy
• Are You Ready for Love? - Melanie
• Festival - Nicky Romanowski
• Being Julia - Avice Crichton
• The Life and Death of Peter Sellers - Lead Stewardess
• Ella Enchanted - Hattie
• It's Not You, It's Me (short) - Rose
• Greenfingers - Holly

Selected Television Roles

• The 10th Kingdom - Sally Peep
• The Omid Djalili Show
• The Sarah Silverman Program
• Ah, Men - Sally
• Ladies and Gentlemen
• The Class - Holly Ellenbogen
• Two Families - Irene (Television pilot)
• Poirot - Susannah Henderson
• Midsomer Murders - Tainted Fruit - Melissa
• Doc Martin - Elaine Denham
• My Family - Sarah
• Dinotopia: The Series - Shayna
• Fairy tales: Cinderella - Fenola
• Renford Rejects - Sue White

[edit] See also

• Lucy Punch at the Internet Movie Database
• Agency CV
• The Knock Out a fansite

[edit] References