Jessica Knappett

Jessica Knappett is an English comedy writer and actress.

Early Life

Knappett studied drama and English at the University of Manchester.^[1] She was a founder member of Lady Garden, a sketch group who met in Manchester in 2005

^[2] and performed their first show at the 2008 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, returning in 2009 and 2010. During this period, the group toured throughout England, and performed at Sheffield, Manchester, Brighton, Comedy Festivals in 2008, had a 3 month residency at Jesterlarf in Cambridge, were 2009 Hackney New Act & Laughing Horse Finalists, and won an Argus Angel for their show in the Brighton Fringe in May 2009.^[3]

Career

Knappett played Lisa in The Inbetweeners Movie, released on the 19th August 2011.

As a writer, she is currently developing Drifters, a sitcom pilot, with Inbetweeners writers Iain Morris and Damon Beesley.^[4]

She is an admirer of the American comic actresses Tina Fey, Kristen Schall, Kristen Wiig and UK television stars Miranda Hart, Rebecca Front, Katherine Parkinson.^[4]

Other work

As well as playing a lead role in The Inbetweeners Movie, Knappett has made a number of television and radio appearances.

She has appeared as "the Sister" in E4's How Not to Live Your Life and "Becky" in series 2 of Lunch Monkeys for BBC3.^[5]

She played the role of Carly in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Shedtown, starring Johnny Vegas and Kevin Eldon.

References

1. ^ Begbie, Hannah. "Jessica Knappett". United Artists. http://unitedagents.co.uk/jessica-knappett. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 
2. ^ Husband, Stuart; Harrod, Horatia (27 Oct 2010). ""Britain's funniest women"". The Telegraph (Online Edition). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/theatre/comedy/8080206/Britains-funniest-women.html. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 
3. ^ Lady Garden. "Lady Garden, About". http://www.ladygardencomedy.co.uk/about.php. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 
4. ^ ^{a b} Morgan, Philippa (16 August 2011). "What To Wear On The Red Carpet?". http://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/fashion/news/2011/08/the-inbetweeners-actress-jessica-knappett-fashion. Retrieved 26 August 2011. 
5. ^ "Jessica Knappett". IMDB. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm4183033/. Retrieved 26 August 2011.