
Actor
Lucy Montgomery
Born January 24, 1975 in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK26 films
While at Jesus College, Cambridge, Montgomery was a member of the Footlights, its amateur theatrical club. Subsequently, she studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Montgomery built her career as one third of Comedy Theatre Company Population 3, along with James Bachman and Barunka O'Shaughnessy, and she appeared as a roving reporter for the comic television programme The Friday Night Project. Other television work has included Bo' Selecta!, The Mighty Boosh, and The IT Crowd.
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Montgomery has been heard in several Radio 4 programmes, including the radio phone-in spoof Down the Line, Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends, The Way We Live Right Now, The Museum of Everything, The Department, Another Case of Milton Jones, The Party Line, Harry Hill's Ghost of a Christmas Present, The Pits, the Torchwood story "Lost Souls" and Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack. She produced a pilot for her own sketch show pilot for the BBC called The Full Montgomery which went on to run on Radio 4 for two series.
In 2005, Montgomery began writing for and performing in the comedy sketch show Tittybangbang on BBC Three. The sketch comedy series also stars Debbie Chazen and has had three series, from 2005 to late 2007. She was in The Armstrong and Miller Show on BBC One, and Bellamy's People on BBC Two. She has also been on The Law of the Playground and The Wall on BBC Three. She provided the voice of Destiny in Mongrels. Montgomery had various roles in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern and Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos. She was also the voice of Jeanine and other female characters in the Animated Puppetoon children's television series A Town Called Panic.
She voiced for the series Badly Dubbed Porn on Comedy Central.
She has starred in many stage productions, including leads in record-breaking and critically acclaimed Jerusalem with Mark Rylance at the Royal Court in 2009, the 2011–12 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company at the Sheffield Crucible and Canvas at the Chichester Festival in 2012.
Montgomery appeared in the musical Viva Forever!, based on the music of the Spice Girls.
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The best way into Lucy Montgomery's work
First watchHilda and the Mountain King20217.5as Gerda Gustav (voice)When Hilda wakes up in the body of a troll, she must use her wits and courage to get back home, become human again — and save the city of Trolberg.View filmEssential films
Ranked by acclaim and reachFilmography
26 films as actor- 2023The Kemps: All GoldPC Dolan
- 2023Dodger Special: CoronationMinnie Bilge
- 2023Dodger Special: Bad EggMinnie Bilge
- 2022Dodger Special: ChristmasMinnie Bilge
- 2022Dodger Special: TrainMinnie Bilge
- 2021Hilda and the Mountain KingGerda Gustav (voice)
- 2021Thomas & Friends: Animal AdventuresCarly / Marion (voice)
- 2020The Kemps: All TrueVarious
- 2020BumpsFallon
- 2020Thomas & Friends: Steam Team to the RescueCarly (voice)
- 2020A Year in the Life of a Year 2019
- 2019Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet AgainChristine Baranski
- 2019Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten RomansBirte
- 2019Thomas & Friends: Monkey Trouble!Hannah / Carly (voice)
- 20182018: A Year in the Life of a Year
- 2018Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The MovieCarly / Cowgirls (voice)
- 2018Thomas & Friends: On the Go with ThomasHannah (voice)
- 2018Thomas & Friends: Danger at the DocksCarly (voice)
- 2017Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond SodorLexi / Slate Trucks (voice)
- 2017Bob the Builder: Mega MachinesMayor Madison (voice)
- 2016CirclesMartine
- 2014Harry & Paul's Story of the 2sAnne Robinson / Various
- 2012Phone HomeAstronaut's wife (voice)
- 2011Isle of SpaggHerring / Fred (voice)
- 2011The Itch of the Golden NitStressed Alice (voice)
- 2004AD/BC: A Rock OperaWise Man
