Biography
Rebecca Front (born 16 May 1964) is a British stage, film and television actress, comedian and writer, best known for playing characters on the comedy show "The Thick of It" as well as the Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent in the television drama series "Lewis".
Known For
Complete Filmography
The Academy of Armando
2025
as Self
Alan Yentob profiles the stellar career of one of the great satirists of our age, Armando Iannucci, whose impressive body of work includes The Day Tod...
Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me
2022
as Self- Narrator
Artist and illustrator Charlie Mackesy takes us on a journey through his life, revealing the events that inspired his bestselling book The Boy, the Mo...
Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard
2021
as Therapist
The world’s most lethal odd couple – bodyguard Michael Bryce and hitman Darius Kincaid – are back on another life-threatening mission. Still unlicense...
Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza
2020
as Self - Narrator (voice)
An access-all-areas look at how Christmas comes to life at one of the most famous hotels in the world, the iconic Plaza Hotel in New York, at their bu...
Marionette
2020
as Maureen
A therapist loses her grip on reality when a ten-year-old boy claims he can control her future.
The Aeronauts
2019
as Aunt Frances
In 1862, daredevil balloon pilot Amelia Wren teams up with pioneering meteorologist James Glaisher to advance human knowledge of the weather and fly h...
Down a Dark Hall
2018
as Miss Orlonsky
Kit, a troubled girl, is sent to the exclusive Blackwood boarding school, where she discovers that only four other female students have been admitted ...
The Gettys: The World's Richest Art Dynasty
2018
as Narrator (voice)
With unique access to the inner world of the Getty family, this documentary unearths the lasting cultural impact of J Paul Getty and the Getty Centre ...
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
2017
as Herself
Documentary looking back at Alan Partridge's journey from broadcaster caricature to the award-winning study of complexity and pathos that he has becom...
Transformers: The Last Knight
2017
as Aunt Marie
Humans and Transformers are at war. Optimus Prime is gone. The key to saving our future lies buried in the secrets of the past, in the hidden history ...
Edmund the Magnificent
2017
as Shop Keeper
When news breaks that the county pig fete's being revived, the once-legendary Farmer decides to make one final roll of the dice - and invest his life ...
Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me
2017
as Self
Eric and Ernie devotee Miranda Hart celebrates the incomparable comedy duo as she takes a look back at their top twenty greatest TV moments, ranked by...
British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves
2016
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Documentary celebrating the British sitcom and taking a look at the social and political context from which our favourite sitcoms grew. We enjoy a tri...
Grimsby
2016
as Lady at Worldcure Event
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plo...
Billionaire Boy
2016
as Miss Sharpe
The story of Len, who made a billion dollars from inventing a new toilet roll, and his 12-year-old son Joe who appears to have everything he could wan...
Cameraman to the Queen
2015
Mr. Bean: Funeral
2015
as Mourner that Mr. Bean kisses
Mr. Bean returns in a sketch for Comic Relief to celebrate his 25th anniversary.
The Eichmann Show
2015
as Mrs Landau
The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous...
Cat Wars
2014
as Narrator (voice)
Cats are the most popular companion animals in the western world. In the UK their numbers have swollen to more than 10 million. This is great news for...
Great Poets: In Their Own Words
2014
as Narrator (voice)
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from some of Britain's greatest poets.
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014
as Self
Documentary charting and celebrating five decades of often groundbreaking, boundary-pushing comedy from BBC Two.
Jazz Legends in Their Own Words
2014
as Narrator
A journey into the BBC archives unearthing glorious performances and candid interviews from the golden age of jazz. Featuring some of the greatest nam...
Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things
2013
as Self - Narrator (voice)
A tribute to British comedian Mel Smith, who died in July 2013, aged 60, featuring home video footage, rare archive material and many classic sketches...
Fox Wars
2013
as Narrator
Love them or hate them, there are 33,000 urban foxes roaming Britain's suburbia. For the residents of the Copse in Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire...
Chateau Chunder: A Wine Revolution
2012
as Narrator
A documentary on the recent history of Australian wine. How a small group of enterprising Australian winemakers took on the elitist world of wine - a...
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011
as Self
Sketch-show sensation Catherine Tate tells the story of the decade in which she became a household name. She meets with comedy glitterati Alan Carr, D...
Horrid Henry: The Movie
2011
as Miss Oddbod
When Henry fails yet again to hand in his homework for the umpteenth time, he has no idea that this will set off a chain of events which will see him ...
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The True Story
2011
as Narrator
This iconic American story was written in 1900 by L Frank Baum, a Chicago businessman, journalist, chicken breeder, actor, boutique owner, Hollywood m...
Planet 51
2009
as Additional Voices (voice)
When Earth astronaut Capt. Chuck Baker arrives on Planet 51 -- a world reminiscent of American suburbia circa 1950 -- he tries to avoid capture, recov...
You Can Choose Your Friends
2007
as Amanda Snell
Comedy drama about a family reunion written by and starring Richard Herring. It's Ken and Margaret Snell's 45th wedding anniversary and their children...
Sex Actually
2005
as Carol
Colombian Luccio and his girlfriend Angie move into a respectable part of Berkshire, learning that Ron and Helen, the previous owners of their house, ...
Colour Me Kubrick
2005
as Maureen
The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very littl...
George Orwell: A Life In Pictures
2003
as Jura Interviewer
Dramatised biography of writer George Orwell.
The Missing Postman
1997
as Sarah Seymour
When Dorset postman Clive Peacock is forced into early retirement, the years ahead look bleak. But on his last day in the job, in a moment of unexpect...
Company
1996
as Sarah
Set in modern upper-crust Manhattan, an exploration of love and commitment as seen through the eyes of a charming perpetual bachelor questioning his s...
Never Mind the Horrocks
1996
Jane Horrocks showcases her wide-ranging talents as a mimic and comedy performer.
England, My England
1995
as Mary II
The story of Henry Purcell.