Editing Julia Davis (section)

==Career==
===1998–2006: Career beginnings, ''Human Remains'' and ''Nighty Night''===
Davis decided to become a comedian after a long illness.<ref name=bfi/> She secured her first comedy commission, ''Five Squeezy Pieces'', from [[BBC Radio 4]] in 1998.<ref name="genome.ch.bbc.co.uk">{{cite web |title=Five Squeezy Pieces |url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/5e91f011f309481db02c03dfb43d9d00 |website=BBC Programme Index |date=18 November 1998 |publisher=BBC |access-date=29 April 2022 |quote=18th Nov 1998, 23:00 on [[BBC Radio 4]] FM ( Source: Radio Times)}}</ref> The series was an all-female sketch comedy show, with [[Meera Syal]], [[Arabella Weir]], [[Maria McErlane]], and [[Mel Calman#Personal life|Claire Calman]].<ref name="theguardian/2004/dec/17">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2004/dec/17/broadcasting.arts|title=I am drawn to extremes|first=Stuart|last=Jeffries|date=17 December 2004|website=The Guardian|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="thetimes-655mqq8qxx8">{{cite news|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/something-of-the-night-655mqq8qxx8|title=Something of the night|quote=This led to her being cast in the all-female sketch show Five Squeezy Pieces in ...|date=11 November 2018|access-date=11 November 2018|via=www.thetimes.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2004/jan/03/comedy.television|title=Interview: comedy writer Julia Davis|first=Sam|last=Delaney|date=3 January 2004|website=The Guardian|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref><ref name="laughing-in-dark"/>

She first appeared on television in 1998 in the BBC sketch show ''[[Comedy Nation]]''.<ref name=bfi/> During their radio sketch series ''Five Squeezy Pieces'', [[Arabella Weir]] introduced Davis to [[Arthur Mathews (writer)|Arthur Mathews]] and [[Graham Linehan]] who cast her as a regular cast member in the television sketch show ''[[Big Train]]'' (1998).<ref name="thetimes-655mqq8qxx8"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/oct/22/julia-davis-im-worried-theres-going-to-be-a-backlashsally4ever|title=Julia Davis: 'I'm worried there's going to be a backlash'|first=Harriet|last=Gibsone|date=22 October 2018|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref> Her career gained a further boost in 1998 after she sent a tape of various characters to [[Steve Coogan]], who invited her to write for and participate in his shows during his 1998 national tour.<ref name="laughing-in-dark"/> [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]], director of the ''Big Train'' pilot, cast her for his 1997–1999 radio series ''[[Blue Jam]]'', its successor March–April 2000 TV show ''[[Jam (TV series)|Jam]]'', and ''[[Brass Eye]]''.<ref name="laughing-in-dark"/> Davis went on to appear in many comedy television shows including ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'', ''[[I Am Not an Animal]]'', ''[[Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible]]'', ''[[Ideal (TV series)|Ideal]]'' and ''[[Nathan Barley]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independenttalent.com/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php?action=get_clients_cv_pdf&client_id=4225 |title=Curriculum Vitae: Julia Davis|website=[[Independent Talent Group]]|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independenttalent.com/actors/julia-davis/|title=Julia Davis|website=[[Independent Talent Group]]|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref>

In November 2000, [[Human Remains (TV series)|''Human Remains'']], a dark comedy television series produced by [[Steve Coogan]]'s production company Baby Cow,<ref name=bfi/> co-written by and co-starring [[Rob Brydon]] and Davis, debuted on [[BBC Two]]. In the six-part series, Brydon and Davis played six different couples talking to camera about their unusual relationships. The last episode of ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]'' features Davis, who is heard on the phone as the voice of a woman from a dating agency in conversation with [[David Brent]]. Davis also appeared in 2003 film ''[[Love Actually]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Read |first1=Bridget |title=Julia Davis's Signature Comedy of Discomfort Lands Stateside |url=https://www.vogue.com/article/sally4ever-julia-davis-interview-hbo |website=Vogue |date=9 November 2018 |access-date=4 March 2021 |language=en-us}}</ref>

In 2004 and 2005, Davis wrote and starred in two series of the [[BBC Three]] dark comedy ''[[Nighty Night]]''. The show is centred on her character of peroxide "blonde" [[Psychopathy|sociopathic]] beauty therapist Jill Tyrell.<ref name=bfi/>

===2007–2010: ''Gavin & Stacey'' and ''Lizzie & Sarah''===
From 2007 to 2009, she played Dawn Sutcliffe in ''[[Gavin & Stacey]]'', a role which she reprised in 2019 for a Christmas special and in 2024 in the finale. In 2006, she appeared on ''[[Little Britain Abroad]]'' as a sexy Russian [[mail-order bride]] called Ivanka.

In 2009, Davis appeared, in the guise of [[Steve Coogan]]'s personal assistant Debbie Bidwoden, in the TV film ''Steve Coogan – The Inside Story''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/steve_coogan_the_inside_story/|title=Steve Coogan – The Inside Story – BBC2 Factual|publisher=British Comedy Guide|access-date=25 May 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/9502116/Julia-Davis-on-Hunderby-Sky-Atlantic-My-horror-of-cruelty-is-why-I-write-about-it..html|title=Julia Davis on Hunderby, Sky Atlantic: 'My horror of cruelty is why I write about it.'|last=Harvey|first=Chris|date=27 August 2012|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph]]}}</ref>

In 2010, she co-wrote and co-starred in ''Lizzie and Sarah'' with [[Jessica Hynes]]. The pilot aired on 20 March 2010 on [[BBC Two]]. It was made by [[Baby Cow Productions]], and was considered even darker than Davis's previous work;<ref>{{cite news |last=Nicholson |first=Rebecca |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/18/lizzie-sarah-bbc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419103917/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2010/mar/18/lizzie-sarah-bbc |archive-date=2014-04-19 |url-status=dead |title=Lizzie and Sarah: has the BBC lost its nerve over this dark comedy? |newspaper=[[The Guardian]]  |date=18 March 2010 }}</ref> when the BBC did not commission a series, despite a Facebook campaign.<ref name=Guardianinterview>{{cite news |first=Eleanor |last=Morgan |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2010/apr/11/julia-davis-television-comedy |title=Dark star: Julia Davis |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=10 April 2010 }}</ref>

===2011–2014: ''Black Mirror'', ''Psychobitches'' and ''Hunderby''===
Davis has also starred in productions such as the BBC's ''For the Love of God'', ''[[The Alan Clark Diaries]]'', ''Fear of Fanny'', in which she played the original celebrity chef [[Fanny Cradock]], and ''[[Persuasion (2007 film)|Persuasion]]'', an adaptation of the [[Jane Austen]] novel.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janeausten.co.uk/almost-persuaded-itvs-persuasion/|title=Almost Persuaded: ITV's Persuasion|last=Boyle|first=Laura|date=18 July 2011|publisher=Jane Austen Centre}}</ref> In December 2011, Davis appeared in "[[Fifteen Million Merits]]", an episode of the [[anthology series]] ''[[Black Mirror]]'', as Judge Charity on the fictional talent show ''Hot Shot''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.channel4.com/programmes/black-mirror/episode-guide/series-1/episode-2| title=''Black Mirror'' Episode 2 – 15 Million Merits |publisher=Channel 4 |access-date=14 November 2014 }}</ref>

On 22 December 2011, she appeared as Anne Yeaman in the Christmas special and finale of the [[BBC Three]] comedy ''[[How Not to Live Your Life]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b018nq50 |title=Its a Don-derful Life |publisher=BBC |access-date=14 November 2014 }}</ref> Davis appeared in the pilot episode of ''[[Bad Sugar]]'', shown on Channel 4 on 26 August 2012. A full series was set to air in 2013, but was cancelled due to availability of the cast and writers. In 2013, Davis played various characters in BBC sketch show ''[[It's Kevin]]'' and in ''[[Psychobitches]]'' on [[Sky Arts]]. She appeared in an episode of ''[[Inside No. 9]]'' as a stage manager. Davis created, wrote and starred in ''[[Hunderby]]'', which aired for two series on [[Sky Atlantic]] in 2012 and 2015. For ''Hunderby'', Davis won the BAFTA TV Craft Award for Writing – Comedy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2013/tvcraft/writer-comedy|title=2013 Television Craft Writer – Comedy |website=[[BAFTA Awards]] |access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref> At the 2013 BAFTA TV Awards, ''Hunderby'' was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy and Davis was nominated for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-22076218|title=Bafta TV awards: full nominations|date=2013-04-09|access-date=2019-05-16|language=en-GB}}</ref> At the 2012 British Comedy Awards, ''Hunderby'' won the awards for Best New Comedy and Best Sitcom.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a444860/british-comedy-awards-sacha-baron-cohen-hunderby-are-big-winners/|title=Whitehall, 'Hunderby' win Comedy Awards|last=Fletcher|first=Alex|date=2012-12-12|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref>

In 2014, she cowrote and starred in a pilot for Channel 4 called ''Morning Has Broken'', about a struggling daytime TV host. A full series of ''Morning Has Broken'' was commissioned but ultimately did not happen.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2018/12/10/41889/missed_it!_julia_daviss_aborted_channel_4_comedy_morning_has_broken |title=Missed it! Julia Davis's aborted Channel 4 comedy 'Morning Has Broken' |date=2018-12-10  |website=Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide |language=en |access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref> She starred as an eccentric mother in the comedy short film ''The Bird''.<ref>{{Cite web|title='The Bird': five things you didn't know about starlings |url=https://www.timeout.com/london/comedy/the-bird-five-things-you-didnt-know-about-starlings |access-date=2021-11-07 |website=Time Out London |date=13 July 2014 |language=en-GB}}</ref>

===2015–present: ''Camping'', ''Sally4Ever'' and podcast===
In 2015, Davis and [[Marc Wootton]] created and starred in BBC Radio 4 comedy series ''Couples'', about couples in therapy. It was reported in 2015 that Davis had been commissioned for a new series, ''Robin's Test'', which was later renamed ''Camping''.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Billen|first=Andrew|title=Julia Davis: 'The snogging scene was like making porn, except we made it look funny'|newspaper=[[The Times]]|language=en|url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/the-snogging-scene-was-like-making-porn-except-we-made-it-look-funny-tnj7fg5c5|access-date=2021-11-07|issn=0140-0460}}</ref>

In 2016, Davis wrote, directed and starred as shallow nymphomaniac "Fay" in ''[[Camping (British TV series)|Camping]]'' on Sky Atlantic. This was her directorial debut. At the 2017 BAFTA TV Awards, ''Camping'' was nominated for Best Scripted Comedy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2017/television/scripted-comedy|title=2017 Television Scripted Comedy  |website=[[BAFTA Awards]] |access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref> In 2017, Davis was featured in the [[Paul Thomas Anderson]] film ''[[Phantom Thread]]'' as Lady Baltimore.<ref>{{cite web |title=Paul Thomas Anderson on Phantom Thread |url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/features/paul-thomas-anderson-phantom-thread-1950s-london-haute-couture-gothic-romance-daniel-day-lewis-vicky-krieps |website=[[British Film Institute]] |date=31 December 2020 |access-date=4 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref> 

In 2018, Davis wrote, directed and starred in the comedy television series ''[[Sally4Ever]]'' on [[Sky Atlantic]] and HBO. Davis plays the character of Emma, who is having a lesbian affair with a woman called Sally, who is having a [[midlife crisis]]. At the 2019 BAFTA awards it won the award for Best Scripted Comedy and Davis was nominated for Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme.<ref name="Sally">{{Cite web|url=https://www.digitalspy.com/tv/a27445639/bafta-tv-awards-2019-winners-list/|title=Here are all the BAFTA TV Award winners for 2019|last=Goodacre|first=Kate|date=2019-05-12|website=Digital Spy|language=en-GB|access-date=2019-05-16}}</ref> She also appeared in the film ''[[Fighting with My Family]]''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=O'Sullivan |first1=Charlotte |title=Fighting With My Family is a comedy that makes us see stars |url=https://www.standard.co.uk/culture/film/fighting-with-my-family-review-a-comedy-that-makes-us-see-stars-a4080086.html |website=[[Evening Standard]] |access-date=4 March 2021 |language=en |date=1 March 2019}}</ref>

Davis launched the podcast comedy ''Dear Joan And Jericha'' with comedian [[Vicki Pepperdine]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2018/jun/29/dear-joan-and-jericha-agony-aunts-of-the-most-ribald-kind-podcasts-of-the-week|title=Dear Joan and Jericha: agony aunts of the most ribald kind – podcasts of the week|first1=Lanre|last1=Bakare|first2=Hannah J.|last2=Davies|first3=Shehani|last3=Fernando|first4=Rowan|last4=Slaney|date=29 June 2018|website=The Guardian|access-date=11 November 2018}}</ref> in 2018. The series has 28 episodes as of May 2024.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dear Joan and Jericha (Julia Davis and Vicki Pepperdine) on Apple Podcasts|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dear-joan-and-jericha-julia-davis-and-vicki-pepperdine/id1376577916|access-date=23 May 2024|website=Apple Podcasts|language=en-GB}}</ref> Davis and Pepperdine published a book on the back of the podcast, ''Why He Turns Away: Dos and Don'ts From Dating to Death''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=sarah-carson|date=2020-11-05|title=Dear Joan and Jericha: 'Funerals are great places to meet men'|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/books/dear-joan-and-jericha-podcast-book-why-he-turns-away-julia-davis-vicki-pepperdine-749824|access-date=2021-11-28|website=inews.co.uk|language=en}}</ref>

Davis played [[socialite]] [[Maureen Constance Guinness|Maureen, Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava]], in [[BBC One]] historical drama ''[[A Very British Scandal]]'', which premiered on BBC One on [[Boxing Day]] 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Ramachandran|first=Naman|date=2021-12-10|title='The Crown' Star Claire Foy in Amazon, BBC's 'A Very British Scandal' – First Trailer Revealed |url=https://variety.com/2021/tv/global/the-crown-claire-foy-a-very-british-scandal-first-trailer-1235130688/ |access-date=2021-12-11 |website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2022, Davis appeared in two episodes of ''[[The Outlaws (2021 TV series)|The Outlaws]]'', as Rita.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.stylist.co.uk/entertainment/tv/the-offenders-bbc/520189|title=BBC One's The Outlaws: the second series of this hilarious comedy-thriller is finally here and we also have a new companion podcast|website=Stylist|last=Dray|first=Kayleigh|access-date=17 November 2022}}</ref>