“My great-grandfather was a miner who went off and became an entertainer for a few years to get out of the mines. He wasn't a great showbusiness success story, but clearly loved it.”

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.