Julia Davis
Julia Charlotte L. Davis is an English actress, comedian, director and writer. A nine-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won Best Comedy Writing for Hunderby in 2013 and the 2018 British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy for Sally4Ever. She has also received two RTS Awards and three British Comedy Awards. In addition to acting in her own works, she has appeared in a variety of other British television comedies, most notably portraying Dawn Sutcliffe in Gavin & Stacey (2007–2009, 2019, 2024). Her film roles include Love Actually (2003), Cemetery Junction (2010), Four Lions (2010), and Phantom Thread (2017).
Julia Davis was born in Guildford, Surrey on August 25, 1966 Her mother was a secretary, and her father a civil servant. She grew up in Guildford, Surrey, before moving at the age of 14 to Bath in Somerset. She was raised in the Church of England.
After studying for a degree in English and drama at the College of Ripon and York St John, she returned to Bath working "dead-end jobs", starting a comedy double-act The Sisters of Percy with her friend Jane Roth at a local theatre group. It grew into an improv troupe with Welsh radio DJ Rob Brydon and Ruth Jones.
Davis decided to become a comedian after a long illness. She secured her first comedy commission, Five Squeezy Pieces, from BBC Radio 4 in 1998.
The series was an all-female sketch comedy show, with Meera Syal, Arabella Weir, Maria McErlane, and Claire Calman.
She first appeared on television in 1998 in the BBC sketch show Comedy Nation. During their radio sketch series Five Squeezy Pieces, Arabella Weir introduced Davis to Arthur Mathews and Graham Linehan who cast her as a regular cast member in the television sketch show Big Train (1998). Her career gained a further boost in 1998 after she sent a tape of various characters to Steve Coogan, who invited her to write for and participate in his shows during his 1998 national tour. Chris Morris, director of the Big Train pilot, cast her for his 1997–1999 radio series Blue Jam, its successor March–April 2000 TV show Jam, and Brass Eye. Davis went on to appear in many comedy television shows including I'm Alan Partridge, I Am Not an Animal, Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible, Ideal and Nathan Barley.
In 2004 and 2005, Davis wrote and starred in two series of the BBC Three dark comedy Nighty Night. The show is centred on her character of peroxide "blonde" sociopathic beauty therapist Jill Tyrell.
In 2015, Davis and Marc Wootton created and starred in BBC Radio 4 comedy series Couples, about couples in therapy. It was reported in 2015 that Davis had been commissioned for a new series, Robin's Test, which was later renamed Camping.
In 2016, Davis wrote, directed and starred as shallow nymphomaniac "Fay" in Camping on Sky Atlantic. This was her directorial debut. At the 2017 BAFTA TV Awards, Camping was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy. In 2017, Davis was featured in the Paul Thomas Anderson film Phantom Thread as Lady Baltimore.
Fotos
Películas (47)
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
2025 · Kissy Sturnevan, his Associate
The Fairy Moon
2025 · The Operator
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
2025 · Self
Gavin & Stacey: The Finale
2024 · Dawn Sutcliffe
Person of Interest
2024 · Dr. Kate Shelley
Run Rabbit Run
2024 · Gail
My Massive Cock
2022 · Narrator
Nude Tuesday
2022 · Writer
Sing 2
2021 · Linda Le Bon (voice)
The Clearing
2021 · Deb
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
2019 · Dawn Sutcliffe
Fighting with My Family
2019 · Daphne
Phantom Thread
2017 · Lady Baltimore
Brakes
2017 · Livy
Morning Has Broken
2014 · Gail Sinclair, Writer
The Bird
2014 · Mother
The Understudy
2014 · Felicity
Uncle Wormsley's Christmas
2012 · Mrs. Goodington
Bad Sugar
2012 · Daphne Cauldwell
Arthur Christmas
2011 · UNFITA OPS (voice)
The Angina Monologues
2010 · Herself/Lizzie
The Mighty Boosh: Journey of the Childmen
2010 · Herself
Come on Eileen
2010 · Dee
Four Lions
2010 · Alice
Cemetery Junction
2010 · Mrs. Taylor
Lizzie and Sarah
2010 · Lizzie/Faith, Writer
Steve Coogan: The Inside Story
2009 · Self, Writer
Gavin & Stacey Christmas Special 2008
2008 · Dawn Sutcliffe
Persuasion
2007 · Elizabeth Elliot
For the Love of God
2007 · Mother
Born Equal
2006 · Sally
The Secret Policeman's Ball: The Ball in the Hall
2006 · Self
Fear of Fanny
2006 · Fanny Cradock
Confetti
2006 · Counsellor
AD/BC: A Rock Opera
2004 · Ruth
Shaun of the Dead
2004 · News Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
2004 · Shelley
The Office: The Christmas Special
2003 · Gillian (voice)
Love Actually
2003 · Nancy the Caterer
Appointment with Dr. Terrible
2003 · Interviewee – Actor
Hello, Friend
2003 · (voice)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
2002 · Moira
The Parole Officer
2001 · Insinuating Wife
Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He's It
1999
Coming Soon
1999 · Kim
Lima: Breaking the Silence
1999 · Line Producer
Pretend with Pibble
· Narrator
Series (30)
A Very British Scandal
2021 · Maureen Guinness
The Outlaws
2021 · Rita
The Shivering Truth
2018 · (voice)
Sally4Ever
2018 · Emma, Writer, Director, Creator
Camping
2018 · Executive Producer
Stath Lets Flats
2018 · Kris
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 · Sally Morris
Camping
2016 · Fay, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
Inside No. 9
2014 · Felicity
Psychobitches
2013 · Sylvia Plath, Enid Blyton, Joy Adamson, Helen of Troy / Helen Keller, Mary Pickford, Writer
It's Kevin
2013 · Various, Lizzie
Hunderby
2012 · Dorothy, Writer, Creator
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Sylvia Plath, Enid Blyton, Joy Adamson, Helen of Troy / Helen Keller, Mary Pickford, Writer
Black Mirror
2011 · Judge Charity
Little Crackers
2010 · Susan Johnways, Writer, Director
Chekhov Comedy Shorts
2010 · Popova
10 Minute Tales
2009 · Overbearing Midwife
Gavin & Stacey
2007 · Dawn Sutcliffe
Nathan Barley
2005 · Honda Poppet
Ideal
2005 · Dawn, Amanda With The Weird Eyes (Voice)
I Am Not an Animal
2004 · Claire the Rat (voice)
The Alan Clark Diaries
2004 · Jenny Easterbrook
Nighty Night
2004 · Jill Tyrrell, Producer, Creator
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
2001 · Stephanie Wise
Human Remains
2000 · Various Characters
Jam
2000 · Various
People Like Us
1999 · Lisa Bell
Coming Soon
1999
Big Train
1998
I'm Alan Partridge
1997 · Kate Fitzgerald