Lucy Punch
Lucy Alice T. Punch (born 30 December 1977)[1][2] is an English actress. She has appeared in the films Ella Enchanted (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Dinner for Schmucks, (both 2010) and Into the Woods (2014). She is also known for her role as Amy in Bad Teacher (2011), Amanda in the BBC sitcom Motherland and Esmé Squalor in the Netflix black comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events. Early life and educationPunch was born on 30 December 1977 in Hammersmith, London, the daughter of Johanna (née Lowe) and Michael Punch, who ran a market research company.[3] She was educated privately at Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, London.[4] She 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.[5] CareerPunch made her acting debut in a 1998 episode of The New Adventures of Robin Hood.[6] Her other TV credits include the naive daughter of Alison Steadman's character in the short-lived series Let Them Eat Cake which starred French and Saunders. She starred as a football player in the children's TV show Renford Rejects, and played the role of the victim Melissa Townsend in the 19th episode of Midsomer Murders. In 2000, Punch appeared in the film Greenfingers. She made her stage debut as Elaine in Terry Johnson's West End adaptation of The Graduate (1967).[7] She has worked at the Royal Court and Bush theatres, both in London.[8] In 2004, Punch played the receptionist Elaine Denham in Doc Martin. She left the television show The Class after appearing in 11 of the first 12 episodes.[9] In 2006, she won the Best Actress award at the Monaco International Film Festival for her performance in Are You Ready for Love?[10] She played the murder victim and actress Eve Draper in Edgar Wright's film Hot Fuzz (2007). Punch starred in Woody Allen's film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010).[11] In August 2010, she appeared in BBC Two's three part police comedy-drama Vexed. In 2011, Punch appeared in Bad Teacher, portraying the sanctimonious school teacher Amy Squirrel.[12] Punch was cast as Deena Pilgrim, the female lead in the TV pilot Powers,[13] but the role was recast. From 2016, Punch played Amanda, leader of the "Alpha mums", in the BBC comedy series Motherland. In May 2024, it was announced that Punch will reprise her role as Amanda in the spin-off Amandaland, with Philippa Dunne and Joanna Lumley reprising their roles of Anne and Amanda's mother Felicity respectively.[14] In 2017, Punch was cast in the role of Esmé Squalor in the second season of the Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events,[15] a role that continued through the show's third and final season. In 2020, Punch starred in the short film "Leap," which was part of the anthology film, With/In. Sanaa Lathan directed and co-starred in "Leap", which was written by Margaret Nagle. It debuted at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2021[16] and was nominated for the Humanitas Prize as Best Short Film in 2022. It was the best reviewed film in the anthology, with Punch being singled out for her work.[17] In December 2022, Punch reprised her role of Amanda in the Motherland Christmas special.[18][19] Personal lifePunch dated James D’Arcy for about three years after they met during filming of the TV movie Come Together in 2002.[20] She gave birth to her first child, a son, in July 2015.[21] FilmographyFilm
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