Julia Davis
Actor
Born August 25, 1966 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK
Julia Charlotte L. Davis is an English actress, comedian, director and writer. A nine-time BAFTA TV Award nominee, she won 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 Dawn Sutcliffe in Gavin & Stacey (2007–2009, 2019, 2024). Her film roles include Love Actually (2003), Cemetery Junction (2010), Four Lions (2010), and Phantom Thread (2017). Julia Davis was born in Guildford, Surrey on August 25, 1966 Her mother was a secretary, and her father a civil servant. She grew up in Guildford, Surrey, before moving at the age of 14 to Bath in Somerset. She was raised in the Church of England.
Filmography
The Toxic Avenger Unrated
Kissy Sturnevan, his Associate
The Fairy Moon
The Operator
Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
Self
Person of Interest
Dr. Kate Shelley
Run Rabbit Run
Gail
My Massive Cock
Narrator
Nude Tuesday
A Very British Scandal
Maureen Guinness
Sing 2
Linda Le Bon (voice)
The Outlaws
Rita
The Clearing
Deb
Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
Dawn Sutcliffe
Fighting with My Family
Daphne
The Shivering Truth
(voice)
Sally4Ever
Emma
Camping
Stath Lets Flats
Kris
Phantom Thread
Lady Baltimore
Brakes
Livy
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
Sally Morris
Camping
Fay
Morning Has Broken
Gail Sinclair
The Bird
Mother
The Understudy
Felicity
Inside No. 9
Felicity
Psychobitches
Sylvia Plath
It's Kevin
Various
Uncle Wormsley's Christmas
Mrs. Goodington
Hunderby
Dorothy
Bad Sugar
Daphne Cauldwell
Playhouse Presents
Sylvia Plath
Black Mirror
Judge Charity
Arthur Christmas
UNFITA OPS (voice)
The Mighty Boosh: Journey of the Childmen
Herself
Come on Eileen
Dee
Four Lions
Alice
Cemetery Junction
Mrs. Taylor
Lizzie and Sarah
Lizzie/Faith
Steve Coogan: The Inside Story
Self
10 Minute Tales
Overbearing Midwife
Gavin & Stacey
Dawn Sutcliffe
Persuasion
Elizabeth Elliot
Born Equal
Sally
Fear of Fanny
Fanny Cradock
Confetti
Counsellor
Nathan Barley
Honda Poppet
Ideal
Amanda With The Weird Eyes (Voice)
AD/BC: A Rock Opera
Ruth
I Am Not an Animal
Claire the Rat (voice)
Shaun of the Dead
News Reporter (voice) (uncredited)
Sex Lives of the Potato Men
Shelley
The Alan Clark Diaries
Jenny Easterbrook
Nighty Night
Jill Tyrrell
Love Actually
Nancy the Caterer
Appointment with Dr. Terrible
Interviewee – Actor
Hello, Friend
(voice)
Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself
Moira
Dr Terrible's House of Horrible
Stephanie Wise
The Parole Officer
Insinuating Wife
Human Remains
Various Characters
Jam
Various
Steve Coogan: The Man Who Thinks He's It
People Like Us
Lisa Bell
Lima: Breaking the Silence
Big Train
I'm Alan Partridge
Kate Fitzgerald