Alice Lowe
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Alice Lowe is an English actress and writer. She was born and grew up in the Midlands.
As part of the cast of Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight she was nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000. In 2001 she won the Perrier Award for performing in the sequel to Fright Knight, Garth Marenghi's Netherhead. In 2005 she returned to the Fringe with "MoonJourney", a sci-fi themed Kate Bush spoof.
On television in 2004 Lowe played Madeleine Wool/Liz Asher in Channel 4's spoof horror comedy Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, and Beth in the BBC comedy series My Life in Film. She appeared in series 3 of surreal sitcom Black Books, as the legal representative of a cat.
Alice also wrote and starred in a short film. Stiffy, directed by Jacqueline Wright, premiered at Cannes in 2005 as part of the Kodak Straight 8 competition, and was praised for its strong narrative. The film can be viewed at http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/filmnetwork/A10838045
She also co-wrote and starred in Channel 4's Orcadia.
She appeared in the music video for "Bastardo" by Charlotte Hatherley, of Ash fame, directed by Edgar Wright.
Recently, she appeared at the beginning in episode 3 (Named Fifty-Fifty), of The IT Crowd as Patricia.
She also appeared as the Mexican urchin, Monkey, in the BBC's The Mighty Boosh and as David Bowie in the BBC's Snuff Box.
She is due to appear as Tina in Edgar Wright and Simon Pegg's forthcoming follow-up to Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz.
Alice is currently developing a comedy series The Sightseers with comedian Steve Oram. Visit http://www.thesightseers.co.uk
Alice started out co-devising and performing in surreal experimental theatre shows such as City Haunts, Snowbound and Progress In Flying Machines (which was with David Mitchell and Robert Webb of Peep Show). These were all collaborations with director Paul King, who directed The Mighty Boosh TV series and live show and the Garth Marenghi live shows.
