Lucy Montgomery
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.
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.
Acting
TV
The IT Crowd
as April
2006
TV
Disenchantment
as Bunty (voice)
2018
TV
Strike
as Mrs Niven
2017
TV
Hilda
as Gerda Gustav (voice)
2018
Movie
Hilda and the Mountain King
as Gerda Gustav (voice)
2021
TV
Absolutely Fabulous
as Baron
1992
TV
The Mighty Boosh
as Townswoman
2004
Movie
Horrible Histories: The Movie — Rotten Romans
as Birte
2019
TV
The Windsors
as Elizabeth I
2016
Movie
Thomas & Friends: Big World! Big Adventures! The Movie
as Carly / Cowgirls (voice)
2018
TV
Boat Story
as Other Janet
2023
Movie
AD/BC: A Rock Opera
as Wise Man
2004
TV
Mongrels
as Destiny (voice)
2010
TV
Hey Duggee
as Hennie (voice)
2014
TV
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge
as Anthea Turner
2010
Movie
The IT Crowd Manual
as Self
2014
Movie
Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor
as Lexi / Troublesome Trucks (voice)
2017
TV
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
as Self
2014
TV
Big Tree City
as Kit (voice)
2022
TV
Worzel Gummidge
as Jackie Pudding
2019
TV
Breathtaking
as Clare Boxall
2024
Movie
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Yet Again
as Christine Baranski
2019
Movie
Bob the Builder: Mega Machines - The Movie
as Mayor Madison (voice)
2017
TV
Strutter
as Elkie Zpittvar
2006
Crew
TV
Two Weeks to Live
Writer
2020
TV
Psychobitches
Writer
2013
TV
Swinging
Writer
2005
Movie
Dodger Special: Coronation
Writer
2023
TV
Playhouse Presents
Writer
2012
Movie
Dodger Special: Christmas
Writer
2022
Movie
Dodger Special: Bad Egg
Writer
2023
Movie
Dodger Special: Train
Writer
2022
Bumps
Writer
2020