Julia Davis

Julia Davis is an English actress, comedian, writer and director known for dark comedy. Born in Lambeth, South London, and raised in Guildford, she first appeared on television in 1998 in the BBC sketch show Comedy Nation. With Rob Brydon she co-wrote and co-starred in Human Remains, the dark comedy series from 2000, and won a Royal Television Society Award for Best Performance for it. She wrote and starred in Nighty Night in 2004 and 2005, and was creator, writer and star of Hunderby, a black comedy set in the 1830s that Sky Atlantic showed across two series in 2012 and 2015. For Hunderby she won a BAFTA for comedy writing. She created, wrote, directed and starred in Camping, and wrote, directed and starred in Sally4Ever, which won Best Scripted Comedy at the BAFTAs. A nine-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she portrayed Dawn Sutcliffe in Gavin & Stacey and appeared in films including Cemetery Junction (2010) and Four Lions (2010).