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Jessica Knappett (born 1984) is an English comedy writer and actress. She is best known for playing Meg in the TV series Drifters, which she created, and Lisa in The Inbetweeners Movie.
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- Jessica knappett richard herring s leicester square theatre podcast 137
- Drunk history series 2 episode 4 jessica knappett
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References
Drunk history series 2 episode 4 jessica knappett
Early life
Knappett was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire and grew up in Bingley. She read a Double Honours degree in Drama and English at the University of Manchester. She was a founder member of Lady Garden, a sketch group who met in Manchester in 2005 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, were 2009 Hackney New Act & Laughing Horse Finalists, and won an Argus Angel for their show in the Brighton Fringe in May 2009.
Career
Knappett was the creator, writer, executive producer and star of comedy Drifters for E4 in which she played the role of Meg. Due to the popularity and success of the first series, it was quickly repeated on Channel 4 and later commissioned for a further three. Knappett was nominated for an RTS award for Best Comedy writer and Broadcast award for Drifters series 2. Series 4 aired on E4 and Channel 4 at the end of 2016.
Knappett played the lead role of Lisa in The Inbetweeners Movie and appeared in Steve Coogan's Alan Partridge Movie Alpha Papa and the TV Movie Irreversible alongside David Schwimmer. Other credits include Drunk History for Comedy Central, Mid-Morning Matters for Sky One, Twenty Twelve for BBC Two, E4's Meet the Parents for Objective Productions, How Not to Live Your Life and Lunch Monkeys for BBC3. She also played the role of Carly in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Shedtown alongside Johnny Vegas. She has also recorded a string of pilots, including Everything Happens for No Reason written by Richard Herring, alongside Noel Fielding
Knappett makes regular appearances on panel shows such as 8 Out of 10 Cats and contributes to "The Guardian", "The Independent", "Glamour", "Shortlist" and "NME".
Personal life
Knappett married American musician and writer Dan Crane in September 2016.. The couple are expecting their first child in Summer 2017.
Her brother is the comedy producer Ben Knappett.
She has in interviews mentioned that Drifters was a semi-autobiographical, therapeutic re-writing of history.