“My dad's a very funny man when he gets going. I remember clearly, from a young age, thinking, 'I want to be able to do that, to be in a room full of people and just have them laughing their heads off,' because he does it effortlessly.”

English actress, writer and comedian

Rebecca Front is an English actress, writer, and comedian. She is known for her work in British comedy, especially for her performance in The Thick of It, for which she won the 2010 BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance. Her credits include several well known comedy projects across radio and television, among them On The Hour, The Day Today, Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge, Time Gentlemen Please, Big Train, and Nighty Night. Her work is closely associated with satirical and sketch comedy.