Alice Lowe

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Alice Lowe on IMDb

Born

Sunday 3rd April 1977 (47 years-old)

Nationality

English

Born in Coventry, England, Alice Lowe was educated at Kenilworth School and King's College, Cambridge. Her comedy career began when she co-wrote and performed in a series of surrealist, experimental theatre shows such as City Haunts, Snowbound, and Progress In Flying Machines alongside fellow comedians David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Their work here was directed by Paul King, who has since directed Lowe in such works as The Mighty Boosh and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace.

Soon she was part of the cast in Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight alongside Richard Ayoade and Matt Holness, who together were nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in the year 2000. The year later, she performed in its sequel, Garth Marenghi's Netherhead, and in 2005 she returned to the Fringe with Moonjourney, a sci-fi themed Kate Bush spoof. Her work with the Garth Marenghi series led to a 2004 c]Channel 4[/c] sitcom Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, an inventive spoof of 1980s TV, about a doctor battling evil forces. Here she played Madeleine Wool/Dr. Liz Asher. In this same year she starred in BBC Three sitcom My Life In Film, alongside Kris Marshall and Andrew Scott, a show about a low-budget filmmaking who transforms everyday life into cinematic adventures.

Her other comedy credits in British television include Little Britain, Come Fly With Me, Beautiful People, The IT Crowd, Black Books, and and This Is Jinsy. She also had a recurring role on Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, and in 2008 was part of the all-female comedy show Beehive, alongside Barunka O'Shaughnessy, Sarah Kendall and Clare Thomson.

In 2009, Lowe appeared alongside Steve Coogan on his Alan Partridge and Other Less Successful Characters tour, playing one of the supporting cast.

From 2011 to 2015 she wrote and starred in her own BBC Radio 4 sketch show, Alice's Wunderland, an absurdist and surrealist programme set in a world which is described as the Poundland of magical realms.

In the cinematic world, Lowe co-wrote the film Sightseers with Steve Oram, released in 2012. It follows a couple who travel across England in a caravan, but find to their dismay that the dream quickly goes sour. In 2017 Lowe also wrote and starred in her own part-improvised feature film, Prevenge, a jet-black comedy and "post-feminist revenge movie" about a pregnant woman who embarks upon a killing spree. While filming Prevenge, Lowe was herself pregnant, later giving birth to her daughter Della with partner Paul Synnott, a composer and broadcast technician. Moreover, Lowe has played minor roles in Edgar Wright's Cornetto trilogy of films, appearing in Hot Fuzz and The World's End.

British Independent Film Awards 2016

Best Debut Director (Nominee)

London Critics' Circle Film Awards 2013

Breakthrough British/Irish Filmmaker Of The Year (Winner)
British/Irish Actress Of The Year (Nominee)

British Independent Film Awards 2012

Best Screenplay (Winner)
Best Actress (Nominee)

Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2001

Best Comedy Show (Winner)

Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2000

Best Comedy Show (Nominee)

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