Julia Deakin
Julia Margaret Deakin is an English actress. She is known for her roles in the sitcoms So Haunt Me, Oh, Doctor Beeching! and Spaced. Her film appearances include Hot Fuzz and High-Rise.
Early life
Deakin was born in Gainsborough, Lincolnshire, where her parents Wyn and Bill were shopkeepers.She attended Gainsborough High School for Girls, a girls' grammar school. She started French and Drama teacher training near Manchester, then attended Mountview Theatre School.
Career
In theatre, she played Mrs. Sowerberry in Cameron Mackintosh’s large-scale West End revival of Oliver! at the London Palladium in 1994, and can be heard singing the song "That's Your Funeral" on the cast recording.On television, Deakin played Stella Tulley in Side by Side and Marsha, the ageing divorcée landlady, in the sitcom Spaced.
Deakin earlier appeared in the television sitcom Oh, Doctor Beeching!, where she played the role of May Skinner, replacing Sherrie Hewson from the original pilot. She has also made many single television appearances, including playing Jill, the receptionist from Pear Tree Productions, in one episode of the first series of I'm Alan Partridge, a rural dominatrix in Doc Martin as well as roles in Midsomer Murders and Coronation Street. She appeared in the sketch comedy series Big Train alongside fellow Spaced cast members Simon Pegg and Mark Heap. She plays Dr. Jean in the Alan segments on Modern Toss. She played Luella's mother, Genevieve Shakespeare in "The Envious Court", Shakespeare & Hathaway: Private Investigators S2:E9.
She has appeared on radio, as Eva Tattle in The Maltby Collection. She also guest starred in the Doctor Who audio drama Terror Firma for Big Finish Productions. And appeared in an episode of Agatha Raisin with Penelope Keith.
She portrayed Daphne Andrews in House of Anubis. Her character left in series two.