# Lucy Montgomery (actress)
**Lucy Montgomery** (born 1975) is an English actress, comedian, and writer known for character comedy on British radio and television, for starring in and writing for the [BBC Three](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-three) sketch show *Tittybangbang*, and for playing Minnie Bilge in the BAFTA-winning children's comedy-drama *Dodger*, on which she also served as writer and executive producer.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) • [2](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lucy_montgomery/) • [12](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/pett-pilots-female-comedy-for-bbc3/1020153.article)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1975, England, UK[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) |
| Training | Cambridge Footlights while at Cambridge University; later the Central School of Speech and Drama[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) |
| Early company | One-third of the comedy theater company Population 3, with James Bachman and Barunka O'Shaughnessy[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) |
| Signature sketch show | *Tittybangbang*, BBC Three, three series from 2005 to late 2007, written for and performed with Debbie Chazen[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) |
| *Dodger* roles | Minnie Bilge (14 episodes, 2022–2023), writer, and executive producer[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) |
| Awards | BAFTA Children's Award for Scripted (2022, winner) and Writer (2022, nominee) for *Dodger*; RTS Best Children's Programme (2023); Writers' Guild of Great Britain Best Children's TV Episode for "Dosh" (2023)[2](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lucy_montgomery/) • [3](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lucy-montgomery/bio/3030525353/) |
| Stage | Suzi in *Viva Forever!*, the West End musical penned by Jennifer Saunders based on the music of the Spice Girls[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) |
## Training and early career
Montgomery was a member of the [Footlights](https://www.edgepedia.org/footlights), the amateur theatrical club at Cambridge University, and subsequently studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) Her comedy career began at the Edinburgh Fringe as part of the trio Population:3, performing the shows *The Elephant Woman*, *The Wicker Woman*, and *Gladiatrix*; she was also a regular member of the Ealing Live! sketch team.[4](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/l/33179/lucy_montgomery/news) Her agent's credits list her Population 3 stage roles alongside later theater work including *Jerusalem* at the [Royal Court Theatre](https://www.edgepedia.org/royal-court-theatre) and *Company* at the Sheffield Crucible.[5](https://www.42mp.com/talent/lucy-montgomery)
She moved into television as a roving reporter on [Channel 4](https://www.edgepedia.org/channel-4)'s *The Friday Night Project* (2005) and provided voiceovers for Paramount Comedy's *Badly Dubbed Porn* and BBC Three's *Live At Johnny's*.[4](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/l/33179/lucy_montgomery/news) Earlier television appearances include *Bo'Selecta!*, *The Mighty Boosh* (2003), and *The IT Crowd* (2006), where her agent's credits list the role of April.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) • [5](https://www.42mp.com/talent/lucy-montgomery) She also worked as an associate producer and scriptwriter in TV and radio, with credits including *The Big Breakfast*, *Gaytime TV*, *Ri:se*, and *Swinging*.[4](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/l/33179/lucy_montgomery/news)
## Sketch comedy and radio
**Tittybangbang.** In 2005 Montgomery began writing for and performing in the comedy-sketch show *Tittybangbang* on BBC Three, alongside Debbie Chazen; the show ran for three series from 2005 to late 2007.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) One of her characters, Maxine Bendix, a woman disfigured by repeated poor-quality cosmetic surgery, used extensive prosthetics, an example noted in academic discussion of prosthetic bodies in British sketch comedy.[6](https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59450/1/2015CollingsRLPhDredacted.pdf)
Her [BBC Radio 4](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-radio-4) work includes the phone-in spoof *Down the Line*, *Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends*, *The Way We Live Right Now*, *The Museum of Everything*, *The Department*, *Another Case of Milton Jones*, *The Party Line*, *Harry Hill's Ghost of a Christmas Present*, *The Pits*, the *Torchwood* story "Lost Souls", and her own *Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack* (2010).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) She appeared in *Bellamy's People* (2010) on [BBC Two](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-two) as various characters and co-writer, *The Law of the Playground* (2006) and *The Wall* (2008) on BBC Three, and produced a pilot for her own BBC sketch show, *The Full Montgomery*, which was not commissioned.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) The unmade show's planned characters included Moaner Lisa, the Wild Swimmers, and Tim Vincent's Mum, with material supplied by writers including [Graham Linehan](https://www.edgepedia.org/graham-linehan), David Quantick, Jonny Sweet, Kevin Eldon, and Rhys Thomas, and Charlie Higson as script editor.[7](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_full_montgomery/)
In September 2010 she tried out her first solo show in a week-long run at the Leicester Square Theatre in London. The Guardian's review described a collection of broadly drawn characters, including the Broadway diva Candi Karmel and a Spanish snack vendor, and judged her "brazen tomfoolery" appealing while noting the show needed stronger links between sketches.[8](https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/sep/21/lucy-montgomery-review) The Candi Karmel character also appeared on *The Stephen K. Amos Show*.[5](https://www.42mp.com/talent/lucy-montgomery)
## Writing and later television
Montgomery was a co-writer and ensemble performer on *[Tracey Ullman's Show](https://www.edgepedia.org/tracey-ullmans-show)* (2016–2018) and wrote for *Tracey Breaks the News* (2018).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) • [5](https://www.42mp.com/talent/lucy-montgomery) She created and wrote the television movie *Bumps* (2020), in which she also played Fallon, and served as its executive producer.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) • [5](https://www.42mp.com/talent/lucy-montgomery)
**Dodger.** From 2022 to 2023 she played Minnie Bilge in *Dodger*, the [BBC iPlayer](https://www.edgepedia.org/bbc-iplayer) comedy-drama directed by Rhys Thomas, across 14 episodes, and was also a writer on 13 episodes and the series' executive producer.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) The series brought her the 2022 BAFTA Children's Award for Scripted, with a nomination in the Writer category, the 2023 [Royal Television Society](https://www.edgepedia.org/royal-television-society) award for Best Children's Programme, and the 2023 Writers' Guild of Great Britain Award for Best Children's TV Episode for the episode "Dosh".[2](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lucy_montgomery/) • [3](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lucy-montgomery/bio/3030525353/)
Her screen work in the 2020s also includes Clare Boxall in the medical drama *Breathtaking* (2024), Other Janet in the miniseries *Boat Story* (2023), PC Gibbs in *The Kemps: All Gold* (2023), Naomi Isaacs in *Hapless*, and Mrs Niven in *Strike: Ink Black Heart*.[5](https://www.42mp.com/talent/lucy-montgomery) • [1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/)
## Voice work
Montgomery has an extensive voice career. She provided the voice of Destiny in the BBC puppet sitcom *Mongrels* (2010)[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/) and has voiced roles in animated series including *Disenchantment*, *Hilda* (and the film *Hilda and the Mountain King*, as Gerda), *Hey Duggee*, and *Big Tree City*.[9](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/lucy-montgomery/) • [10](https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/lucy-montgomery/umc.cpc.70fxt1f3rhv5cxdslg0te4k7l) [Video game](https://www.edgepedia.org/video-game) credits include *[The Talos Principle 2](https://www.edgepedia.org/the-talos-principle-2)* (Pandora), *[Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty](https://www.edgepedia.org/cyberpunk-2077-phantom-liberty)*, *Forza Motorsport*, and *Dragon Quest Monsters: The Dark Prince*.[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/)
## Personal life
Montgomery is married to the comedian and director Rhys Thomas; the couple have two daughters, Polly Thomas (born 2008) and Rosie Rae Thomas (born 2010).[1](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/)
## Distinguishing the name
The actress Lucy Montgomery is a different person from the Canadian author **Lucy Maud Montgomery** (1874–1942), best known for *Anne of Green Gables* (1908), whose name appears frequently in theater and publishing databases. The two are nonetheless linked in one credit: the actress played Suzi in *Viva Forever!*, and theater listings for the musical appear under the author's page on some sites because of the shared name.[11](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Lucy-Maud-Montgomery/)
## References
1. [Lucy Montgomery (I), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1835936/)
2. [Lucy Montgomery, British Comedy Guide](https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/lucy_montgomery/)
3. [Lucy Montgomery Biography, Celebrity Facts and Awards, TV Guide](https://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/lucy-montgomery/bio/3030525353/)
4. [Lucy Montgomery, comedian news, Chortle](https://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/l/33179/lucy_montgomery/news)
5. [Lucy Montgomery, 42 Management & Production](https://www.42mp.com/talent/lucy-montgomery)
6. [Prosthetics and the body in British sketch comedy, UEA PhD thesis (R. L. Collings, 2015)](https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/59450/1/2015CollingsRLPhDredacted.pdf)
7. [The Full Montgomery, British Comedy Guide](https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_full_montgomery/)
8. [Lucy Montgomery, review by Brian Logan, The Guardian, 21 September 2010](https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/sep/21/lucy-montgomery-review)
9. [Lucy Montgomery, TV Insider](https://www.tvinsider.com/people/lucy-montgomery/)
10. [Lucy Montgomery Films and Shows, Apple TV](https://tv.apple.com/gb/person/lucy-montgomery/umc.cpc.70fxt1f3rhv5cxdslg0te4k7l)
11. [Lucy Maud Montgomery, BroadwayWorld](https://www.broadwayworld.com/people/Lucy-Maud-Montgomery/)
12. [Pett pilots female comedy for BBC3](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/pett-pilots-female-comedy-for-bbc3/1020153.article)
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