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Jessica Stevenson is perhaps best known to British television audiences for playing Cheryl in the massive British hit sitcom The Royle Family and as co-writer and co-star of the cult sitcom Spaced, for which she won the Best Female Comedy Newcomer Award in the British Comedy Awards 2000. She won Best Actress in the Comedy Awards 2001 for her performances in The Royle Family, Bob & Rose and Spaced. Recently she appeared in the BBC film Tomorrow La Scala, for which she was nominated as Best Actress in the 2003 BAFTA Awards.
Feature film credits include the recent U.K. hit Shaun of the Dead, Born Romantic, Swing Kids and Peter Greenaway's Baby of Macon. Other television credits include Randall & Hopkirk Deceased, House of Eliot and 6 Pairs of Pants.
Stevenson recently appeared in The Night Heron, a Jez Butterworth play at the Royal Court, opposite Ray Winstone, and for which she received a nomination for Best Performance in a Supporting Role in 2003 Oliver Awards.
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Jessica Stevenson Facts
| Occupation | Actress |
| Birthplace | Brighton, Sussex, England, United Kingdom |
Selected Filmography
| Left Behind | ||
| Shaun of the Dead | ||
| Pinochet's Last Stand | ||
| Four Last Songs | ||
| Red Mercury | ||
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