Early life

Punch was born in London. She was educated privately at Godolphin School and then Latymer Upper School. She performed with the National Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1997 and began a course at University College London before dropping out to become an actress. Since 2006 Punch has lived in West Hollywood, Los Angeles.

Career

Punch made her acting debut in a 1998 episode of The New Adventures of Robin Hood. Her other TV credits include the naive daughter of Alison Steadman's character in the short-lived series Let Them Eat Cake which starred French and Saunders. She starred as a football player in the kids TV show Renford Rejects, and played the role of victim Melissa Townsend in the 19th episode of Midsomer Murders. In 2000, she made her stage debut as Elaine in Terry Johnson's West End adaptation of The Graduate.

She has worked at the Royal Court and Bush theatres, both in London.

In 2004, Punch played receptionist Elaine Denham on Doc Martin. She left the television show The Class after appearing in eleven of the first 12 episodes. In 2006 she won the Best Actress award at the Monaco International Film Festival for her performance in Are You Ready For Love?.

Punch starred in Woody Allen's 2010 film, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. In August 2010, she appeared in BBC Two's three part police comedy-drama Vexed alongside Toby Stephens. In 2011 Punch appeared opposite Cameron Diaz in Bad Teacher, portraying sanctimonious school teacher Amy Squirrel. Punch was cast as Deena Pilgrim, the female lead in the TV pilot Powers, but the role was recast.

Personal life

Punch gave birth to her first child, a son Rex, in July 2015.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1998	The New Adventures of Robin Hood	Queen Stephanie	TV movie (1 episode: "Orphans")
1999	Renford Rejects	Sue White	TV series (13 episodes)
1999	Days Like These	Helen Foreman	TV series (2 episodes)
1999	Let Them Eat Cake	Eveline	TV series (4 episodes)
1999-2001	Big Bad World	Melissa	TV series (4 episodes)
2000	Cinderella	Regan	TV movie
2000	The 10th Kingdom	Sally Peep	TV series (3 episodes)
2000	Greenfingers	Holly
2001	It's Not Me, It's You	Rose
2001	People Like Us	Kate	TV series (1 episode: "The Actor")
2001	Midsomer Murders	Melissa Townsend	TV series (1 episode: "Tainted Fruit")
2001	Goodbye, Mr Steadman	Linda Mortimer	TV movie
2002	Come Together	Amy	TV movie
2002	I Saw You	Esther	TV series (1 episode: "Episode 1.1")
2003	Second Nature	Car Rental Girl	TV movie
2003	Dinotopia	Shayna	TV series (1 episode: "Night of the Wartosa")
2004	Ella Enchanted	Hattie
2004	My Family	Sarah	TV series (1 episode: "Luck Be a Lady Tonight")
2004	The Life and Death of Peter Sellers	Lead Stewardess
2004	Being Julia	Avice Crichton
2004	Doc Martin	Elaine Denham	TV series (6 episodes)
2005	Festival	Nicky Romanowski
2005	Survivors	Juliet Savage	TV series (1 episode: "In Deep Water")
2006	Agatha Christie's Poirot	Susannah Henderson	TV series (1 episode: "After the Funeral")
2006	Are You Ready For Love?	Melanie	Monaco International Film Festival - Angel Award for Best Actress
2006	Stingray	Lucy
2007	Two Families	Irene	TV movie
2007	The Class	Holly Ellenbogen	TV series (13 episodes)
2007	Hot Fuzz	Eve Draper
2007	Grindhouse	Blonde in 'Don't' Trailer	Uncredited
2007	Comedy Showcase: Ladies and Gentlemen	Alice	TV pilot
2007	The Sarah Silverman Program	Sally	TV series (1 episode: "Ah, Men")
2007	The Omid Djalili Show	Miss Fanny Dashett	TV series ("Episode 1.2")
2007	St. Trinian's	Verity Thwaites
2008	1%	Candace	TV movie
2008	Fairytales	Fenola Gay	TV series (1 episode: "Cinderella")
2008	Wainy Days	Angel	Internet series (1 episode: "Angel")
2009	Big Breaks	Alexis
2009	(Untitled)	The Clarinet
2010	Elektra Luxx	Dolores
2010	You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger	Charmaine
2010	Dinner For Schmucks	Darla
2010	Vexed	DI Kate Bishop	TV series (3 episodes)
2011	A Little Bit of Heaven	Sarah Walker
2011	Take Me Home Tonight	Shelly
2011	Bad Teacher	Amy Squirrel
2011	A Good Old Fashioned Orgy	Kate
2012	Ben and Kate	BJ	TV series (16 episodes)
2012	The Giant Mechanical Man	Pauline
2012	The Wedding Video	Saskia
2012	Yellow	Amanda
2012	Stars in Shorts	Julie
2012	Stand Up Guys	Wendy
2013	Cottage Country	Masha
2014	Someone Marry Barry	Melanie Miller
2014	Into the Woods	Lucinda
2015	She's Funny That Way	a Prostitute
2015	Cake	Nurse Gayle
2016	The Meddler	Emily
2016	New Girl	Genevieve	TV series (Episode: "Sam, Again")

Theatre

Year	Production	Role	Venue	Notes
2000	The Graduate	Elaine	Gielgud Theatre
2001	Boy Gets Girl	Harriet	Royal Court Theatre
2002	A Carpet, A Pony and A Monkey	Kate	Bush Theatre
2014	Great Britain	Paige Britain	Theatre Royal Haymarket

Charities

Lucy Punch supports the following charitable cause: AIDS.

[ Source: Wikipedia ]