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Jessica Stevenson is an English actress and writer, most renowned as one of the creators of the sitcom Spaced.

She was born in Lewisham in 1972 and brought up in Brighton. As a teenager she was part of the National Youth Theatre company, and in 1993 played the First Midwife in Peter Greenaway's The Baby of Mâcon.

She teamed up with future Spaced co-star Katy Carmichael in a stage double-act called The Liz Hurleys, then went on to television parts in the nursing drama Staying Alive (1995-1997) and short-lived sketch shows Six Pairs of Pants and Asylum where the Spaced team of Stevenson, Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright first assembled.

In 1998 she was cast in the supporting role of neighbour Cheryl in sitcom The Royle Family, which became a surprise hit and in 1999 cowrote and starred in Spaced. Since then she has had parts in the 2000s version of Randall and Hopkirk, Bob and Rose and Tomorrow La Scala on TV, Born Romantic on the big screen and also on the West-End stage and has been signed up to write and star in a Hollywood spy comedy called Double Au Pair.

She also appeared in the film Shaun of the Dead
, written by the Spaced team of Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright. She had a small role in Bridget Jones 2: The Edge of Reason, was a guest star in series two of the comedy show Black Books and has also had a role in a Doctor Who audio drama. In 2005 she took the lead role in the BBC One sitcom According to Bex.

Stevenson has won two British Comedy Awards, both for her performances in Spaced: Best Female Comedy Newcomer in 1999 and Best TV Comedy Actress in 2001. In 2003 she was nominated as Best Actress at the British Academy Television Awards for her role in Tomorrow La Scala!.

Jessica is the mother of two children, born in 1998 and 2006.

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