Beatrice Louise Edmondson (born 19 June 1987)Beattie Edmondson, IMDb. Retrieved 14 December 2015. is an English actress. She played Kate, one of the three main characters in the BBC Three sitcom Josh.
Early life Beatrice Louise Edmondson is the middle daughter of comedians Adrian Edmondson and Jennifer Saunders. She was born in London and grew up in Devon with older sister Ella and younger sister Freya. After being educated at Exeter School, during her second year at her father's alma mater of the University of Manchester she decided not to audition for the Drama Society, instead forming a comedy group with four female friends. They appeared at the following Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
Career After working the comedy circuit with the all-female sketch troupe, which they named Lady Garden (and later reformed as Birthday Girls with Rose Johnson and Camille Ucan) she broke through into television in 2008. She made her début in the Ben Elton sitcom The Wright Way, which was axed after one series. Her role in the 2015 six-part BBC Three series Josh was singled out by The Independent newspaper as "very watchable", saying her "comic timing stuck out". The show's second series was broadcast in 2016, with a third broadcast in October 2017.
Personal life Edmondson married BBC News researcher Sam Francis on 4 June 2017. Their first child was born in 2019, and the second in 2021.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes2008 Jam & Jerusalem Beattie Martin 2010 Shelfstackers Dani Episode: "Pilot" Robert's Web Various Episode: "Episode 1.1"2011 Comic Relief: Uptown Downstairs Abbey Maid 2012 Absolutely Fabulous Waitress Episode: "Olympics" Spy Girl in Club Episode: "Codename: Family Bonds" Little Crackers Annabel Episode: "Omid Djalili's Little Cracker"2013 The Wright Way Victoria 2014 BBC Comedy Feeds Kate Episode: "Josh" 2015 Pompidou Various Marley's Ghosts Beth Episode: "Episode 1.3"2015–2017 Josh Kate Series regular2016 Fresh Meat Helen S4E022016Bridget Jones's BabyLaura2018 Patrick Sarah Francis Upstart Crow Toby Episode 3.5, "The Most Unkindest Cut of All" Richard Osman's House of Games Herself Series 2, week four2021 The Pursuit of Love Louisa 3 episodes Temple Pam Series 2
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