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Lucy Punch

Biography

Lucy Punch is an English actress who was a member of the National Youth Theatre between 1993 and 1997 and started a course at University College London but left before completing it to pursue acting. Her first acting job came in 1998 on The New Adventures of Robin Hood, and she appeared in the sitcom Let Them Eat Cake and children's show Renford Rejects. Films included Greenfingers (2000) and Ella Enchanted (2004). She won Best Actress at the Monaco International Film Festival in 2006 for Are You Ready for Love? and played Eve Draper in Hot Fuzz (2007). Film credits include You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010), Dinner for Schmucks (2010), Bad Teacher (2011), and Into the Woods (2014). On television, she played Amanda in Motherland and its spin-off Amandaland, earning a British Academy Television Award nomination, and appeared in A Series of Unfortunate Events. She made her stage debut in a West End adaptation of The Graduate.

48years old

Turns 49 on December 30in 79 days

  • Born Hammersmith
  • Star sign: CapricornThe sign runs December 22 to January 19

Movie Career

Films
26
Career span
25 years2000 to 2025

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  1. Early training

    Punch trained with the National Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1997, then started a course at University College London and dropped out to become an actress.

  2. First role

    Punch made her stage debut as Elaine in the West End adaptation of The Graduate, which was adapted by Terry Johnson.

Lucy Punch movies on Netflix

Best known for

The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.

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  1. Bad Teacher2011 Comedyas Amy Squirrel

    IMDb rating 5.7225K votes

  2. Dinner for Schmucks2010 Comedyas Darla

    IMDb rating 5.9117K votes

  3. Ella Enchanted2004as Hattie

    IMDb rating 6.382K votes

  4. You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger2010as Charmaine

    IMDb rating 6.349K votes

  5. She's Funny That Way2014as Kandi

    IMDb rating 6.231K votes

  6. A Little Bit of Heaven2011as Sarah Walker

    IMDb rating 6.331K votes

  7. Jingle Bell Heist2025as Cynthia Sterling

    IMDb rating 5.815K votes

  8. Take Me Home Tonight2011as Shelly

    IMDb rating 6.358K votes

Most often with

Twelve actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.

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Films together

Box office

What Lucy Punch's films earned in cinemas worldwide.

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Combined worldwide box office

$648 million

18 of the 26 films have a worldwide figure.

Of the 26 films: 18 worldwide figure; 2 us gross only; 2 never in cinemas; 4 figure not found.

  • 18Worldwide figure
  • 2US gross only
  • 2Never in cinemas
  • 4Figure not found

Highest grossing

The eight biggest films earned 97% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.

  1. 1
    Bad Teacher2011as Amy Squirrel
    $216M33.3% of the total
  2. 2
    Into the Woods2014as Lucinda
    $213M32.8% of the total
  3. 3
    $86M13.3% of the total
  4. 4
    $36M5.6% of the total
  5. 5
    St. Trinian's2007as Verity Thwaites
    $29M4.5% of the total
  6. 6
    Ella Enchanted2004as Hattie
    $27M4.2% of the total
  7. 7
    Being Julia2004as Avice Crichton
    $14M2.2% of the total
  8. 8
    $6.9M1.1% of the total
Stand Up Guys (2012), $5.1 millionThe Meddler (2015), $4.3 millionShe's Funny That Way (2014), $3.1 millionCake (2014), $2.4 millionGreenfingers (2000), $1.4 millionA Little Bit of Heaven (2011), $1.3 millionConfess, Fletch (2022), $500,000Silent Night (2021), $438,825Book of Love (2022), $398,876(Untitled) (2009), $230,600

$19.2 millionfrom the other 10 films with a worldwide figure, 3% of the total