Julia Davis
Biografia
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.
Filmografia
Filmy i seriale od najnowszych
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
Film • 2025
jako Kissy Sturnevan, his Associate
The Fairy Moon
Film • 2025
jako The Operator
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Film • 2025
jako Self
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
Film • 2024
jako Dawn Sutcliffe
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
Film • 2024
jako Self
Person of Interest
Film • 2024
jako Dr. Kate Shelley
Uciekaj króliczku, uciekaj
Film • 2024
jako Gail
Mój wielki penis
Film • 2022
jako Narrator
A Very British Scandal
Serial • 2021
jako Maureen Guinness
Sing 2
Film • 2021
jako Linda Le Bon (voice)
Wyjęci spod prawa
Serial • 2021
jako Rita
The Clearing
Film • 2021
jako Deb
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
Film • 2019
jako Dawn Sutcliffe
Na ringu z rodziną
Film • 2019
jako Daphne
The Shivering Truth
Serial • 2018
jako (voice)
Sally4Ever
Serial • 2018
jako Emma
Stath Lets Flats
Serial • 2018
jako Kris
Nić widmo
Film • 2017
jako Lady Baltimore
Brakes
Film • 2017
jako Livy
Elektryczne marzenia Philipa K. Dick'a
Serial • 2017
jako Sally Morris
Camping
Serial • 2016
jako Fay
Morning Has Broken
Film • 2014
jako Gail Sinclair
The Bird
Film • 2014
jako Mother
The Understudy
Film • 2014
jako Felicity
Pod numerem 9
Serial • 2014
jako Felicity
Psychobitches
Serial • 2013
jako Sylvia Plath
It's Kevin
Serial • 2013
jako Various
Uncle Wormsley's Christmas
Film • 2012
jako Mrs. Goodington
Hunderby
Serial • 2012
jako Dorothy
Bad Sugar
Film • 2012
jako Daphne Cauldwell
Playhouse Presents
Serial • 2012
jako Sylvia Plath
Czarne lustro
Serial • 2011
jako Judge Charity
Artur ratuje Gwiazdkę
Film • 2011
jako UNFITA OPS (voice)
The Angina Monologues
Film • 2010
jako Herself/Lizzie
The Mighty Boosh: Journey of the Childmen
Film • 2010
jako Herself
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
Serial • 2010
jako Popova
Come on Eileen
Film • 2010
jako Dee
Cztery lwy
Film • 2010
jako Alice
Cemetery Junction
Film • 2010
jako Mrs. Taylor
Lizzie and Sarah
Film • 2010
jako Lizzie/Faith
Steve Coogan: The Inside Story
Film • 2009
jako Self
10 Minute Tales
Serial • 2009
jako Overbearing Midwife
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008
Film • 2008
jako Dawn Sutcliffe
Gavin & Stacey
Serial • 2007
jako Dawn Sutcliffe
Perswazje
Film • 2007
jako Elizabeth Elliot
For the Love of God
Film • 2007
jako Mother
Born Equal
Film • 2006
jako Sally
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
Film • 2006
jako Self
Fear of Fanny
Film • 2006
jako Fanny Cradock
Confetti
Film • 2006
jako Counsellor
Nathan Barley
Serial • 2005
jako Honda Poppet
Ideal
Serial • 2005
jako Amanda With The Weird Eyes (Voice)
AD/BC: A Rock Opera
Film • 2004
jako Ruth
I Am Not an Animal
Serial • 2004
jako Claire the Rat (voice)
Wysyp żywych trupów
Film • 2004
jako News Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Życie seksualne dostawców ziemniaków
Film • 2004
jako Shelley
The Alan Clark Diaries
Serial • 2004
jako Jenny Easterbrook
Nighty Night
Serial • 2004
jako Jill Tyrrell
To właśnie miłość
Film • 2003
jako Nancy the Caterer
Appointment with Dr. Terrible
Film • 2003
jako Interviewee – Actor
Hello, Friend
Film • 2003
jako (voice)
Wilbur chce się zabić
Film • 2002
jako Moira
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Serial • 2001
jako Stephanie Wise
Kurator
Film • 2001
jako Insinuating Wife
Human Remains
Serial • 2000
jako Various Characters
Jam
Serial • 2000
jako Various
Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He's It
Film • 1999
People Like Us
Serial • 1999
jako Lisa Bell
Coming Soon
Film • 1999
jako Kim
Coming Soon
Serial • 1999
Big Train
Serial • 1998
I'm Alan Partridge
Serial • 1997
jako Kate Fitzgerald
Pretend with Pibble
Film
jako Narrator