| Occupation Actress Height 1.73 m Role Film actress | Name Lucy Punch Years active 1998–present | |
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| Born 30 December 1977 (age 45) (1977-12-30) London, England, UK Residence Los Angeles, California, USA TV shows Vexed, Doc Martin, Ben and Kate, The Class Education University College London, National Youth Theatre Awards Satellite Special Achievement Award for Outstanding Motion Picture Ensemble Movies Bad Teacher, Into the Woods, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stra, Dinner for Schmucks, She's Funny That Way Similar People Tammy Blanchard, Christine Baranski, MacKenzie Mauzy, Tracey Ullman, Lilla Crawford | ||
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Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977) is an English actress. She has appeared in films such as Hot Fuzz, Bad Teacher, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Dinner for Schmucks, and Into the Woods.
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- You will meet a tall dark stranger exclusive lucy punch interview
- Interview with lucy punch bad teacher
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References
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Early life
Punch was born in Hammersmith, the daughter of Johanna and Michael Punch, who ran a market research company. She was educated privately at Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, London. 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.
Career
Punch made her acting debut in a 1998 episode of The New Adventures of Robin Hood. 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 kids TV show Renford Rejects, and played the role of victim Melissa Townsend in the 19th episode of Midsomer Murders.
In 2000, Punch appeared in the film Greenfingers.. Punch made her stage debut as Elaine in Terry Johnson's West End adaptation of The Graduate. She has worked at the Royal Court and Bush theatres, both in London.
In 2004, Punch played receptionist Elaine Denham on Doc Martin. She left the television show The Class after appearing in 11 of the first 12 episodes. In 2006 she won the Best Actress award at the Monaco International Film Festival for her performance in Are You Ready For Love?
Punch starred in Woody Allen's 2010 film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. In August 2010, she appeared in BBC Two's three part police comedy-drama Vexed. In 2011, Punch appeared in Bad Teacher, portraying sanctimonious school teacher Amy Squirrel.
Punch was cast as Deena Pilgrim, the female lead in the TV pilot Powers, but the role was recast.
Personal life
Punch resides in West Hollywood, California. Her first child, a son named Rex, was born in July 2015.