Editing Julia Davis

{{Short description|English actress}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2011}}
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| caption            = Davis in 2019
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| birth_date         = {{birth month and age|1966|08}}
| birth_place        =  England
| occupation         = {{hlist|Actress|comedian|director|writer}}
| years_active       = 1994–present
| partner            = [[Julian Barratt]] (2000–present)
| children           = 2
}}

'''Julia Davis''' (born August 1966) is an English actress, comedian, director and writer. She is known for writing and starring in the comedies  [[Human Remains (TV series)|''Human Remains'']] (2000) and ''[[Nighty Night]]'' (2004–2005). She later worked on the comedies ''[[Hunderby]]'' (2012–2015), ''[[Camping (British TV series)|Camping]]'' (2016), and ''[[Sally4Ever]]'' (2018) which she also directed. 

A nine-time [[BAFTA TV Award]] nominee, she won [[2013 British Academy Television Craft Awards|Best Comedy Writing]] for ''Hunderby'' in 2013 and the 2018 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy]] for ''[[Sally4Ever]]''. She has also received two [[RTS Awards]] and three [[British Comedy Awards]]. In addition to acting in her own works, she has appeared in a variety of other British television comedies, most notably portraying [[List of Gavin & Stacey characters#Dawn Sutcliffe|Dawn Sutcliffe]] in ''[[Gavin & Stacey]]'' (2007–2009, 2019, 2024). Her film roles include ''[[Love Actually]]'' (2003), ''[[Cemetery Junction (film)|Cemetery Junction]]'' (2010), ''[[Four Lions]]'' (2010), and ''[[Phantom Thread]]'' (2017).

==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>

==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>

== Influences and reviews ==
Davis cites [[Julie Walters]] as giving her the confidence to pursue a career in comedy.<ref>{{Cite web|last=AnOther|date=2016-03-07|title=The Full Interview: Björk and Julia Davis|url=https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/8449/the-full-interview-bjork-and-julia-davis|access-date=2021-11-07|website=AnOther|language=en}}</ref>

Discussing her influences for the character of Jill in ''Nighty Night'', Davis told ''[[The Guardian]]'' that "Most of Jill is an amalgam of women I've seen or worked with in the West Country".<ref name="theguardian/2004/dec/17" />

In her book ''Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary UK Television Comedy'' (2024) Laura Minor, lecturer in television studies at [[University of Salford]], notes that Davis is known for creating boundary-pushing [[black comedy]] that centres female anti-hero characters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Reclaiming Female Authorship in Contemporary UK Television Comedy |url=https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-reclaiming-female-authorship-in-contemporary-uk-television-comedy.html#:~:text=This%20book%20explores%20female%20authorship,centric%20and%20female-created%20comedy. |access-date=2024-09-01 |website=Edinburgh University Press Books |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Davis is in a long term relationship with comedian [[Julian Barratt]] of ''[[The Mighty Boosh]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=The New Yorker Studios to Present "The Clearing" Starring Julian Barratt and Julia Davis, on December 9th |website=Fabuk Magazine |date=25 November 2022 |url=https://fabukmagazine.com/the-new-yorker-studios-to-present-the-clearing-starring-julian-barratt-and-julia-davis-on-december-9th/ |access-date=5 December 2024}}</ref><ref name=Guardianinterview/><ref>{{cite news |first=Tim |last=Walker |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8111032/Julia-Davis-TV-executives-crush-comedy.html |title=Julia Davis: TV executives crush comedy |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=5 November 2010 }}</ref> The couple are parents to twin sons, born in 2007.<ref>{{cite news |first=Andrew |last=Dickens |url=http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interview-julia-davis |title=Interview: Julia Davis |newspaper=[[Stylist (magazine)|Stylist]] |access-date=14 November 2014 |archive-date=29 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141029201507/http://www.stylist.co.uk/people/interview-julia-davis |url-status=dead|quote= I've lived on my own quite a lot before, and I do like my solitude. Now I've got twins, it’s quite hard to be on my own. |date=2012 }}</ref>

==Filmography==
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1994 || ''Flush'' || Cleaner || Short film
|-
| 2001 || ''[[The Parole Officer]]'' || Insinuating Wife ||
|-
| 2002 || ''[[Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself]]'' || Moira ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2003 || ''[[Hello Friend]]'' || (voice) || Short film
|-
| ''[[Love Actually]]'' || Nancy the Caterer || Cameo
|-
| rowspan=2|2004 || ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' || News Reporter (voice) || Uncredited role
|-
| ''[[Sex Lives of the Potato Men]]'' || Shelley ||
|-
| 2005 || ''Dating Ray Fenwick'' || Alison || Short film
|-
| 2006 || ''[[Confetti (2006 film)|Confetti]]'' || Counsellor ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2007 || ''[[For the Love of God (2007 film)|For the Love of God]]'' || Mother (voice) || Short film
|-
| ''[[Persuasion (2007 film)|Persuasion]]'' || Elizabeth Elliot ||
|-
| rowspan=4|2010 || ''Come on Eileen'' || Dee ||
|-
| ''The Lost Explorer'' || Vera Cleghorn || Short film
|-
| ''[[Cemetery Junction (film)|Cemetery Junction]]'' || Mrs. Taylor ||
|-
| ''[[Four Lions]]'' || Alice ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Arthur Christmas]]'' || UNFITA OPS (voice) ||
|-
| 2012 || ''David's Fine'' || Narrator || Short film
|-
| 2014 || ''The Bird'' || Mother || Short film
|-
| 2016 || ''Brakes'' || Livy ||
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Phantom Thread]]'' || Lady Baltimore ||
|-
| 2019 || ''[[Fighting with My Family]]'' || Daphne ||
|-
| rowspan=2|2021 || ''The Clearing'' || Deb || Short film
|-
| ''[[Sing 2]]'' || Linda Le Bon (voice) ||
|-
| rowspan=3|2023  || ''[[Run Rabbit Run (film)|Run Rabbit Run]]'' || Gail (Nightshift Nurse) ||
|-
| ''[[The Toxic Avenger (2023 film)|The Toxic Avenger]]'' || Kissy Sturnevan ||
|-
| ''Sweat'' || Tracy || Short film
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1998 || ''[[Comedy Nation]]'' || rowspan=2|Various || Series 1
|-
| 1998–2002 || ''[[Big Train]]'' || Series 1 & 2 (7 episodes)
|-
| rowspan=3|1999 || ''Coming Soon'' || Kim || Television film
|-
| ''[[People Like Us (mockumentary)|People Like Us]]''<ref name=bfi/> || Lisa Bell || Series 1; Episode 1: "The Managing Director"
|-
| ''The Comedy Trail: A Shaggy Dog Story'' || Horse Jockey || Television Special
|-
| rowspan=2|2000 || [[Jam (TV series)|''Jam'']]<ref name=bfi/> || rowspan=3|Various || Mini-series; Episodes 1–6
|-
| ''[[Human Remains (TV series)|Human Remains]]'' || Mini-series; Episodes 1–6. Also co-creator and writer
|-
| rowspan=2|2001 || ''[[Brass Eye]]'' || Series 2; Episode: "Paedophilia"
|-
| ''[[Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible]]'' || Stephanie Wise || Episode 4: "And Now the Fearing..."
|-
| rowspan=2|2002 || ''Ella and the Mothers'' || Nicola || Television film
|-
| ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]'' || Kate Fitzgerald || Series 2; Episode 6: "Alan Wide Shut"
|-
| 2003 || ''[[The Office (British TV series)|The Office]]'' || Gillian (voice) || Series 3; Episode 2: "Christmas Special: Part 2"
|-
| rowspan=3|2004 || ''[[The Alan Clark Diaries]]'' || Jenny Easterbrook || Episodes 1 & 2: "The March of the Grey Men" and "The Lady"
|-
| ''[[I Am Not an Animal]]'' || Clair the Rat (voice) || Episodes 1–6
|-
| ''[[AD/BC: A Rock Opera]]'' || Ruth || Television film
|-
| 2004–2005 || ''[[Nighty Night]]'' || Jill Tyrell || Lead role. Series 1 & 2 (all 12 episodes). Also creator, writer and associate producer. <br> [[British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards for Best New Comedy]] <br> Nominated – [[British Academy Television Award for Best Comedy Performance]] <br> Nominated – [[British Comedy Award|British Comedy Award for Best Female Actress]]
|-
| 2005 || ''[[Nathan Barley]]'' || Honda Poppet || Episode 5
|-
| rowspan=3|2006 || ''[[Fanny Cradock#Media portrayals|Fear of Fanny]]'' || [[Fanny Cradock]] || Television film
|-
| ''[[Born Equal]]'' || Sally || Television film
|-
| ''[[Little Britain Abroad]]'' || Ivanka || Parts 1 & 2
|-
| 2007 || ''[[Persuasion (2007 film)|Persuasion]]'' || Elizabeth Elliot || Television film
|-
| 2007–2009,<br> 2019, 2024 || ''[[Gavin & Stacey]]'' || [[List of Gavin & Stacey characters#Dawn Sutcliffe|Dawn Sutcliffe]] || Series 1–3 & 2 Specials (10 episodes)
|-
| 2008 || ''[[Ideal (TV series)|Ideal]]'' || Dawn || Series 4; Episode 8: "The Future"
|-
| rowspan=2|2009 || ''10 Minute Tales'' || Overbearing Midwife || Episode 3: "Ding Dong"
|-
| ''Steve Coogan: The Inside Story'' || Various || Television film. Also writer
|-
| rowspan=3|2010 || ''Lizzie and Sarah'' || Lizzie / Faith || Television film. Also writer and associate producer
|-
| ''Checkov Comedy Shorts'' || Popova || Episode 2: "The Bear"
|-
| ''[[Little Crackers]]'' || Susan Johnways || Series 1; Episode 10: "Julia Davis's Little Cracker: The Kiss". Also writer and director
|-
| rowspan=2|2011 || ''[[Black Mirror]]'' || Judge Charity || Series 1; Episode 2: "[[Fifteen Million Merits]]"
|-
| ''[[How Not to Live Your Life]]'' || Anne Yeaman || Series 4; Episode: "It's a Don-derful Life"
|-
| rowspan=2|2012 || ''Uncle Wormsley's Christmas'' || Mrs. Goodington || Television film
|-
| ''[[Bad Sugar]]'' || Daphne Cauldwell || Television film (pilot)
|-
| 2012–2015 || ''[[Hunderby]]'' || Dorothy || Series 1 & 2 (10 episodes). Also creator and writer <br> [[British Academy Television Craft Awards|British Academy Television Craft Award]] for Best Comedy Writing (2013) <br> [[British Comedy Awards|British Comedy Awards for Best New Comedy Programme]] <br> [[British Comedy Award|British Comedy Award for Best Sitcom]] <br> Nominated – [[British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance]] (2013) <br> Nominated – [[British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy]] (2013) <br> Nominated – [[British Academy Television Craft Award]] for Best Comedy Writing (2016)
|-
| rowspan=2|2013 || ''[[It's Kevin]]'' || rowspan=2|Various || Episodes 1–4
|-
| ''[[Psychobitches]]'' || Mini-series; Series 1; Episodes 1–5. Also writer (Episode 3)
|-
| rowspan=2|2014 || ''[[Inside No. 9]]'' || Felicity || Series 1; Episode 5: "[[The Understudy (Inside No. 9)|The Understudy]]"
|-
| ''Morning Has Broken'' || Gail Sinclair || Television film (pilot). Also creator and writer
|-
| 2016 || ''[[Camping (British TV series)|Camping]]'' || Fay || Mini-series; Episodes 1–6. Also creator, writer, director and executive producer. <br> Nominated – [[British Academy Television Award for Best Situation Comedy|British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy]] (2017) <br> Nominated – [[British Academy Television Craft Award]] for Best Comedy Writing (2017)
|-
| 2017 || ''[[Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams]]'' || Sally Morris || Episode 4: "Crazy Diamond"
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Sally4Ever]]'' || Emma || Episodes 1–7. Also creator, writer and director <br> [[British Academy Television Award for Best Scripted Comedy]] (2019) <br> Nominated – [[British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance]] (2019)<ref name="Sally"/>
|-
| 2020 || ''[[The Shivering Truth]]'' || Various || Series 2; Episode 6: "The Holeways"
|-
| rowspan=2|2021 || ''[[Stath Lets Flats]]'' || Kris Collins || Series 3; Episode 3: "A Drink Because of Friendship"<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2021/09/03/49183/julia_davis_and%c2%a0charlie_cooper_join_stath_lets_flats|title=Julia Davis and Charlie Cooper join Stath Lets Flats : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://metro.co.uk/2021/09/03/this-countrys-charlie-cooper-and-julia-davis-join-stath-lets-flat-series-3-15200844/|title = This Country's Charlie Cooper and Julia Davis join Stath Lets Flat series 3|date = 3 September 2021}}</ref>
|-
| ''[[A Very British Scandal]]'' || [[Maureen Guinness]] || 3-part mini-series<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/2021/a-very-british-scandal-casting-first-look|title=A Very British Scandal|website=bbc.co.uk/mediacentre|access-date=9 November 2021}}</ref>
|-
| 2022 || ''[[The Outlaws (2021 TV series)|The Outlaws]]'' || Rita || Series 2; Episode 2
|-
| rowspan=2|2023 || ''[[Love Me (Australian TV series)|Love Me]]'' || Kel || Mini-series; Series 2; Episode 1: "Sluta håll med"
|-
| ''[[Safe Home (TV series)|Safe Home]]'' || Caitlyn || Episode 3
|-
| rowspan=3|2024 || ''[[The Regime (miniseries)|The Regime]]'' || Marina || Mini-series; Episode 5: "All Ye Faithful"
|-
| ''[[Person of Interest (film)|Person of Interest]]'' || Dr. Kate Shelley || Television film
|}

===Radio===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Blue Jam]]'' || rowspan=2|Various || <ref>{{cite web |title=radiohaha -- Blue Jam |url=https://www.angelfire.com/pq/radiohaha/BLUEJAM.html |website=[[Angelfire]] |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 1998 || ''Five Squeezy Pieces'' || <ref>{{cite web |last1=Lavalie |first1=John |title=Five Squeezy Pieces |url=https://www.epguides.com/FiveSqueezyPieces/ |website=Titles & Air Dates Guide |publisher=epguides.com |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Arnold |first1=Steve |title=Five Squeezy Pieces |url=http://www.britishcomedy.org.uk/comedy/squeezy.html |website=BritishComedy.org.uk |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=radiohaha -- Five Squeezy Pieces |url=https://www.angelfire.com/pq/radiohaha/5SQUEEZY.html |website=[[Angelfire]] |access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>
|-
| 2020 || ''Edith Sitwell in Scarborough'' || Lady Ida || <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m000gd0c|title=Edith Sitwell in Scarborough|work=bbc|date=17 March 2020|access-date=12 April 2020}}</ref>
|}

==Footnotes==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0204919|Julia Davis}}
*{{Screenonline name|id=1191451|name=Julia Davis biography and credits}}
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/people/julia_davis_person_page.shtml Julia Davis biography and credits] on ''BBC comedy'' 

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