Alice Lowe

Biography

An English actress and writer, mainly in comedy. She is known for her roles in the Garth Marenghi series and as the lead and co-writer of the 2012 film Sightseers. She wrote, directed and starred in the 2016 black comedy Prevenge, whilst pregnant herself. Lowe was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England. She attended Kenilworth School and graduated from King's College, Cambridge, where she studied classics. At university she became involved in theatre and comedy. Lowe began her career in surreal experimental theatre shows including City Haunts, Snowbound and Progress in Flying Machine co-devising and performed along with colleagues such as Robert Webb and David Mitchell. Lowe worked under the directorship of Paul King, who has since directed her in The Mighty Boosh and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. She was cast in Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight alongside fellow Cambridge graduates Richard Ayoade and Matt Holness and they were nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000. In 2001, she won an award for performing in the sequel to Fright Knight, Garth Marenghi's Netherhead, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her television credits include Channel 4's spoof horror …

Movies & TV Shows

1. Hot Fuzz (2007) — Tina
2. Sherlock (2010) — Tessa
3. The World's End (2013) — Young Lady
4. Paddington (2014) — Geographers' Guild Receptionist
5. Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (2018) — Dr. Haynes
6. Locke (2014) — Sister Margaret (voice)
7. The IT Crowd (2006) — Patricia
8. Skins (2007) — Jemima
9. Kill List (2011) — Radio Reporter
10. Black Books (2000) — Solicitor
11. Sightseers (2012) — Tina
12. Lockwood & Co. (2023) — Adelaide Winkman
13. Inside No. 9 (2014) — Amanda
14. Get Duked! (2019) — Superintendent
15. Prevenge (2017) — Ruth
16. Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004) — Madeleine Wool / Liz Asher
17. The Mighty Boosh (2004) — Monkey
18. Solis (2018) — Commander Roberts
19. Dark Encounter (2019) — Arlene Burroughs
20. Come Fly with Me (2010) — Young Mum
21. Flowers (2016) — Paula
22. Adult Life Skills (2016) — Alice
23. Eternal Beauty (2020) — Alice
24. Sometimes Always Never (2019) — Sue
25. Horrible Histories (2009) — Various
26. Days of the Bagnold Summer (2020) — Carol
27. Burn Burn Burn (2016) — Davina
28. Aaaaaaaah! (2015) — Sitcom Eudora
29. The Ghoul (2017) — Kathleen
30. Snuff Box (2006) — David Bowie
31. Electricity (2014) — Sylvia
32. Timestalker (2024) — Agnes
33. Greatest Days (2023) — Heather
34. Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021) — Self
35. Man to Man with Dean Learner (2006)
36. Beautiful People (2008) — Stacey Bile
37. Saipan (2025) — Fiona McCarthy
38. The Almond and the Seahorse (2022) — Cath
39. Stoner Express (2016) — Roxy
40. Hitmen (2020) — Kirsty (voice)

Directed

1. Prevenge (2017) — Director
2. Timestalker (2024) — Director
3. Solitudo (2014) — Director
4. Sticks & Balls (2007) — Director
5. A Midsummer Night’s Dream — Director
6. Sprites — Director