Alice Eva Lowe (born 3 April 1977)England & Wales births 1837 – 2006 is an English actress, writer, director, and comedian. She has appeared as Dr. Haynes in '' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch'' and Madeleine Wool/Liz Asher in ''

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''. She wrote, directed, and starred in the 2016 film '' Prevenge'' and starred in and co-wrote the 2012 film ''

Sightseers ''Sightseers'' is a 2012 British black comedy film directed by Ben Wheatley and written by and starring Alice Lowe and Steve Oram. Sightseers was selected to be screened in the Directors' Fortnight section at the 2012 Cannes Film Festival on ...

''. She also starred in the educational children's television series ''

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''.

Early life

Lowe was born in

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, West Midlands, England. She attended Kenilworth School and graduated from

King's College, Cambridge King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a List of colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college lies beside the River Cam and faces ...

, where she studied

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. At university she became involved in theatre and comedy.

Career

Lowe began her career in surreal experimental theatre shows including ''City Haunts'', ''Snowbound'' and ''Progress in Flying Machines'' co-devising and performed along with colleagues such as

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and David Mitchell. Lowe worked under the directorship of Paul King, who has since directed her in ''

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'' and ''

''. She was cast in '' Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight'' alongside fellow Cambridge graduates

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and

Matt Holness Matthew James Holness (born 1975) is an English comedian, director, author, plus actor. He is known for creating and portraying the fictional horror author Garth Marenghi. Early life and education Born in Whitstable, Kent, Holness became a fa ...

and they were nominated for the Perrier Award at the

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in 2000. In 2001, she won an award for performing in the sequel to ''Fright Knight'', '' Garth Marenghi's Netherhead'', at the

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. Her television credits include

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's spoof horror comedy ''

'', Beth in the

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comedy series ''

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'',

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in the BBC series ''

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'', and a recurring role in

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's '' Annually Retentive''. She was part of the all-female comedy show ''Beehive'' along with Sarah Kendall, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Clare Thomson which was aired on E4, and was a regular cast member of the CBBC show ''

'' during the second, third and fifth seasons. Her

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pilot "LifeSpam: My Child Is French" was broadcast in 2009, and she co-wrote and starred in Channel 4's '' Orcadia''. In February 2010, she appeared in and script-edited the pilot for a "sort-of-sketch-show" called ''Missing Scene''. She has also guest starred as Monkey in " The Priest and the Beast" episode of ''

'', as Patricia in the "Fifty-Fifty" episode of ''

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'', a solicitor in the "Travel Writer" episode of '' Black Books'',

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in an episode of Channel 4's '' Star Stories'', and episodes of '' Little Britain'', '' Come Fly with Me'', '' Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul'', '' Beautiful People'' and '' This is Jinsy''. She appeared in the music video for "Bastardo" by Charlotte Hatherley, directed by

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. Lowe co-wrote and starred in the short film ''Stiffy'', directed by

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, which premiered at

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in 2005 as part of the Kodak Straight 8 competition. Her self-penned short film ''Sticks and Balls'' was screened at

in 2007. In 2010 together with Wright she founded the production company ''Jackal Films'', making a short film each month of that year. Lowe appeared in the action comedy film ''

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'', and took a lead role in the 2012 film ''

'', the third production from director

Ben Wheatley Ben Wheatley (born 1972) is an English filmmaker, film editor, and animator. Beginning his career in advertising, Wheatley first gained recognition and acclaim for his commercials and short films, before transitioning into feature films and tele ...

. Sightseers was written by Lowe with Steve Oram, with additional material by Amy Jump. Lowe had a role in the

-directed film '' The World's End''. On

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, she has written three series of ''Alice's Wunderland'' a dark, surreal comedy. In 2016, she made her directorial debut on the critically acclaimed dark comedy '' Prevenge'', which she directed while pregnant. In 2018, Lowe appeared as Dr Haynes on Netflix's first adult-targeted interactive film, '' Black Mirror: Bandersnatch''. In February 2021, Lowe's film '' Timestalker'', was announced. The film will "chronicl one woman's unrequited love across several centuries ..from 1680s Western Scotland to the apocalyptic 22nd Century." Lowe stated that " is film is my homage to the most romantic epics. Lavish, lush and overflowing with emotion." Filming began in late 2022 and was released October 2024.

Personal life

Lowe was pregnant while filming '' Prevenge'' and later gave birth to her daughter Della with partner Paul Synnott.

Filmography

Film

Television

Audio

References

External links

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