Editing Julia Davis (section)

==Early life and education ==
Julia Davis was born in England{{efn|The [[BFI]] entry<ref name=bfi/> and ''[[The Guardian]]'' interview say she was born in [[Bath, Somerset]];<ref name="laughing-in-dark"/> ''[[The Independent]]'' interview says that she grew up in [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]] was schooled in the [[Home Counties]], and her parents moved to Bath when she was 14.<ref name=gilbert2012/> There does not seem to be a reliable secondary source stating second name or other initials.}} in August 1966.<ref>{{cite web |title=Find and update company information |website=GOV.UK |date=7 June 2018 |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/xtugsihLvpqoEEDbo-48dWD-PJQ/appointments |access-date=5 December 2024| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211107211459/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/xtugsihLvpqoEEDbo-48dWD-PJQ/appointments| archive-date= 7 Nov 2021| url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=bfi>{{cite web |title= Davis, Julia (1966-) Biography |website=BFI Screenonline |url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/1191451/index.html |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref> Her mother was a secretary, and her father a civil servant.<ref name="laughing-in-dark">{{cite interview|first= Julia |last=Davis|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2012/aug/10/julia-davis-laughing-in-dark-hunderby|title=Julia Davis: laughing in the dark|interviewer-first=Oliver|interviewer-last=Burkeman|date=10 August 2012|website=The Guardian|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref> She grew up in [[Guildford]], [[Surrey]], before moving at the age of 14 to [[Bath, Somerset|Bath]] in [[Somerset]].<ref name=gilbert2012>{{cite interview|first= Julia |last=Davis|interviewer-first=Gerard |interviewer-last=Gilbert |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/julia-davis-i-dont-want-to-offend-anyone-8073418.html |title=Julia Davis: 'I don't want to offend anyone'  |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=25 August 2012 }}</ref> She was raised in the [[Church of England]].<ref name="theguardian/2004/dec/17" /> 

After studying for a degree in English and drama at the [[York St John University|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 [[improvisational theatre|improv troupe]] with Welsh radio DJ [[Rob Brydon]] and [[Ruth Jones]].<ref name="laughing-in-dark"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/southeastwales/hi/tv_and_radio/newsid_7843000/7843004.stm |title=What's occurring with Ruth Jones? |work=BBC South East Wales |access-date=29 December 2021 |date=3 December 2009}}</ref>