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Jessica Hynes

Hynes at the 2008 San Diego Comic-Con
Born Tallulah Jessica Stevenson
15 November 1972 (1972-11-15) (age 36)
London, England
Years active 1993 - present
Spouse(s) Adam Hynes

Jessica Hynes (née Stevenson; born 15 November 1972) is an English actress and writer, best known as one of the creators, writers and stars of the British sitcom Spaced. She was known professionally as Jessica Stevenson until 2007.[1]

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[edit] Biography

Hynes was born in Lewisham, London, on 15 November 1972, but grew up in Brighton, where she attended Dorothy Stringer school. As a teenager Hynes was part of the National Youth Theatre company, and made her professional début in Peter Greenaway's 1993 film The Baby of Mâcon, playing the first midwife. For the first fourteen years of her career, she used her maiden name as a stage name. Early in her career she teamed up with future Spaced co-star Katy Carmichael in a comedy double-act called The Liz Hurleys, appeared in two productions at Sheffield's Crucible Theatre, and played parts on television in the nursing drama Staying Alive (1995-1997) and short-lived sketch shows Six Pairs of Pants, (Un)natural Acts and Asylum - where the Spaced team (Stevenson, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright) first assembled.

In 1998 she was cast in the supporting role of Cheryl in the surprise hit sitcom The Royle Family and then in 1999 co-wrote and starred in Spaced. In 2004 she played a minor part as Yvonne in horror comedy Shaun of the Dead, again working with Pegg and Wright. In the same year she was also cast as Magda, friend of the titular character, in the Hollywood sequel Bridget Jones' Diary 2. In 2005 Hynes took the lead role in the BBC One sitcom According to Bex (which she thought was so bad that she sacked her agent for putting her up to it)[1], and had a starring role in British comedy Confetti alongside Jimmy Carr, Martin Freeman, and Mark Heap. In early 2007 she took the lead female role in the film Magicians, starring alongside comic duo David Mitchell and Robert Webb.

Hynes most recently appeared in Learners, a comedy drama television movie which she wrote and starred in, shown on BBC One in November 2007.[2] In addition to her appearance in the television series Doctor Who in the 2007 episodes "Human Nature" and "The Family of Blood", Hynes had previously appeared in Big Finish's Eighth Doctor audio adventure Invaders from Mars based on the programme (which also starred her Spaced colleague Simon Pegg). She also played Mafalda Hopkirk in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

She has cowritten Phoo Action, based on the cartoons of Jamie Hewlett, which first transmitted on BBC 3 in early 2008.[3]

In the same year Hynes appears in the film Faintheart and in a revival of Alan Ayckbourne's The Norman Conquests at the Old Vic. She plans to pursue a solo career as a standup comedian[4].

She will have a role in the upcoming movie The Worlds End, the third movie in the Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's "Blood and Ice Cream Trilogy."[5]

[edit] Husband and children

She met her husband, Adam Hynes, when she was 18, and married him in 2002. They have three children.

[edit] Awards

Hynes has won two British Comedy Awards, both for her performances in Spaced: Best Female Comedy Newcomer in 1999 and Best TV Comedy Actress in 2001. She was nominated for a TV BAFTA for her performance in the largely improvised TV feature Tomorrow La Scala (2000), and for an Olivier Award for her work in the play The Night Heron in 2003.

[edit] Television credits

Year Title Role Notes
1994 The House of Eliott Charlotte Parker episode 1
1995 Six Pairs of Pants Various characters TV Series
Tears Before Bedtime Maggie TV Series
Crown Prosecutor Jackie South TV Series
1996 Mash and Peas Various Roles TV Series
Asylum Martha & Nurse McFadden TV Series
Staying Alive Alice Timpson TV Series
1997 Midsomer Murders Judith Lessiter episode "The Killings at Badger's Drift"
Armstrong and Miller Various Roles TV Series
Harry Enfield and Chums episode "Harry Enfield and His Yule Log Chums"
1998 Unnatural Acts Various Roles TV Series
Merry-Go-Round Alice, The Ayatollah's Assistant episode 1
The Royle Family Cheryl Carroll TV Series
1999 People Like Us Sarah episode "The Estate Agent"
Spaced Daisy Steiner TV Series
2001 Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) Felia Siderova episodes "Mental Apparition Disorder" and "Drop Dead"
Bob & Rose Holly Vance TV Series
Comedy Lab Wife episode "Knife & Wife"
2002 Dick Whittington The Good Fairy TV Film
Black Books Eva episode "Hello Sun"
2005 According to Bex Rebecca 'Bex' Atwell TV Series
2006 Pinochet in Suburbia Police Guard TV Film
The Secret Policeman's Ball Mrs. Peacock Staged Show
QI Herself Episode D.12
2007 Doctor Who Joan Redfern episodes "The Family of Blood" and "Human Nature"
Learners Bev TV Film
Never Mind The Buzzcocks Herself TV Series S21E01

[edit] Filmography

Year Title Role
1993 Swing Kids Helga
The Baby of Mâcon The First Midwife
2000 Born Romantic Libby
2002 Tomorrow La Scala! Victoria
Pure Paramedic
2004 Shaun of the Dead Yvonne
Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason Magda
2006 Confetti Sam
2007 Four Last Songs Miranda
Son of Rambow Mary
Magicians Linda
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Mafalda Hopkirk (voice)
2008 Faintheart

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