Alice Lowe
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Alice Lowe ( b. England 1977 )
Alice Lowe is an award-winning English actress and writer mainly in comedy. She was born and grew up in the Midlands.
She 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 the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000. In 2001 she won the that award for performing in the sequel to Fright Knight, Garth Marenghi's Netherhead. In 2005 she returned to the Fringe with "MoonJourney", a sci-fi themed Kate Bush spoof.
Her numerous television credits include Channel 4's spoof horror comedy Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Beth in the BBC comedy series My Life in Film. She also co-wrote and starred in Channel 4's Orcadia. Lowe is currently developing a comedy series The Sightseers with Steve Oram.
Lowe wrote and starred in a short film. [Stiffy http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A10838045], directed by Jacqueline Wright, premiered at Cannes in 2005 as part of the Kodak Straight 8 competition, and was praised for its strong narrative[citation needed].
She has appeared in two projects directed by Edgar Wright: the music video for "Bastardo" by Charlotte Hatherley, and the action comedy film Hot Fuzz.
