- Alice Lowe
Alice Lowe (born April 1977) is an award-winning English
actress andwriter mainly incomedy , from theMidlands .Lowe began her career co-devising and performing in surreal experimental theatre shows such as "City Haunts", "Snowbound" and "Progress In Flying Machines" (with David Mitchell and Robert Webb). These were all collaborations with director Paul King, who has directed her in "
The Mighty Boosh " and "Garth Marenghi".As part of the cast of
Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight she was nominated for thePerrier Award at theEdinburgh Fringe in 2000. In 2001 she won that award for performing in the sequel to "Fright Knight", "Garth Marenghi's Netherhead ". In 2005 she returned to the Fringe with "MoonJourney ", asci-fi themedKate Bush spoof.Her numerous television credits include
Channel 4 's spoof horror comedy "Garth Marenghi's Darkplace ", Beth in theBBC comedy series "My Life in Film ",David Bowie in the BBC series "Snuff Box ", and a recurring role inRob Brydon 's "Annually Retentive ".She has also guest starred in a number of television shows including: as Monkey in
The Priest and the Beast episode of "The Mighty Boosh ", as Patricia in the "Fifty-Fifty" episode of "The IT Crowd ", Madonna in an episode of Channel 4's "Star Stories ", and episode 5 of the BBC sketch show "Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul ".She co-wrote and starred in Channel 4's "
Orcadia ", as well as the short film [http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A10838045 "Stiffy"] directed byJacqueline Wright , which premiered atCannes in 2005 as part of the Kodak Straight 8 competition.Lowe has appeared in two projects directed by
Edgar Wright : the music video for "Bastardo" byCharlotte Hatherley , and the action comedy "Hot Fuzz ".Her self-penned short "Sticks and Balls" was screened at
Cannes in 2007.Lowe is currently developing a feature film " [http://www.thesightseers.co.uk The Sightseers] " with
Steve Oram .Her BBC3 pilot "LifeSpam" is due to screen later this year.
She is currently touring with
Steve Coogan on his 'Alan Partridge and other less successfull characters' Tour. She plays one of the supporting actors. Filling in between Coogan's character changes and playing some of the support characters in sketches. Her most memorable sketch at the show on 9th October 2008, atNottingham Royal Concert Hall beingPaul Calf 's nurse in aBenny Hill style sketch.External links
* [http://www.pfd.co.uk/clients/lowea/a-act.html CV at PFD]
* http://alicelowe.net/
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