Biography
Lucy Punch (born 30 December 1977) is a British actress. She has appeared in the films Ella Enchanted (2004), Hot Fuzz (2007), You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Dinner for Schmucks, (both 2010) and Into the Woods (2014). She is also known for her role as Amy in Bad Teacher (2011), Amanda in the BBC series Motherland and Esmé Squalor in the Netflix series A Series of Unfortunate Events. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lucy Punch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors ...
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Complete Filmography

Nuked
2025
Jack and Gill’s 40th birthday goes off the rails when a weed-laced dinner kicks in—just as they learn a nuclear missile is en route to California. Hig...

I'm Beginning To See the Light
2024
as Sheryl
A tale of self-rediscovery seen through the eyes of a grief-stricken trumpeter, who finds salvation in a lighthouse and its two suicidal visitors.

How to Date Billy Walsh
2024
as Lilly Arnold
Archie has been in love with his best friend Amelia for as long as he can remember. Just when he builds up the courage to declare his feelings, she fa...

Confess, Fletch
2022
as Tatiana Tasserly
The roguishly charming and endlessly troublesome Fletch becomes the prime suspect in a murder case while searching for a stolen art collection. The on...

Book of Love
2022
as Jen Spencer
Henry, an English writer who has written a new book that has become a failure in the U.K, gets notified that the dull book has been highly trending ov...

Silent Night
2021
as Bella
Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one t...

With/In Volume 1
2021
as Lucy (segment "Leap")
Giving creatives the chance to step outside the box while being confined to their own homes, the filmmakers behind With/In range from seasoned directo...

How to Build a Girl
2020
as Sylvia Plath
The journey of Midlands teenager Johanna Morrigan, who reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde: fast-talking, lady sex-adventurer, moves to London, and gets ...

You, Me and Him
2018
as Olivia
Despite their age difference, Lesbian couple Olivia and Alex are very much in love. But as the question of pregnancy rears its head and their neighbou...

The Female Brain
2017
as Lexi
The neurological inner workings of romantic relationships between men and women are studied for science.

The Meddler
2016
as Emily
With a new iPhone, an apartment near the Grove, and a comfortable bank account left to her by her beloved late husband, Marnie Minervini has happily r...

She's Funny That Way
2015
as Kandi
On the set of a playwright's new project, a love triangle forms between his wife, her ex-lover, and the call girl-turned-actress cast in the productio...

Into the Woods
2014
as Lucinda
In a woods filled with magic and fairy tale characters, a baker and his wife set out to end the curse put on them by their neighbor, a spiteful witch.

Cake
2014
as Nurse Gayle
After having visions of a member of her support group who killed herself, a woman who also suffers with chronic pain seeks out the widower of the suic...

Someone Marry Barry
2014
as Melanie Miller
A trio of friends scheme to find a wife for their socially inappropriate friend Barry, and end up finding a girl just like him.

The Goldfish
2013
as The Goldfish (voice)
This film is an adaptation of Etgar Keret's famed short story 'What Of This Goldfish Would You Wish?' in which a young man named Yoni (Jason Ritter) s...

Cottage Country
2013
as Masha
When Todd takes his girlfriend Cammie up to the family cottage for a reclusive proposal, the last thing he expected to be doing was dealing with was h...

Stand Up Guys
2012
as Wendy
After serving 28 years in prison for accidentally killing the son of a crime boss, newly paroled gangster Val reunites with his former partners in cri...

The Procession
2012
as Julie
A mother and son attend a funeral for someone they really don't know, and intend to leave right after, but end up leading the procession to the burial...

Stars In Shorts
2012
as Julie
Seven short films, all of which feature name actors, including Judi Dench, Kenneth Branagh, Colin Firth, Lily Tomlin, Keira Knightley, Jesse Tyler Fer...

Yellow
2012
as Amanda
A young substitute teacher escapes from her drudging everyday life by fantasizing about bizarre parallel realities.

The Wedding Video
2012
as Saskia
When the rogueish but loveable Raif is asked to be his brother Tim's best man at his wedding, he decides the best present for the happy newlyweds woul...

The Giant Mechanical Man
2012
as Pauline
An offbeat romantic comedy about a silver-painted street performer and the soft spoken zoo worker who falls for him.

A Good Old Fashioned Orgy
2011
as Kate
A group of 30-year-olds who have been friends since high school attempt to throw an end-of-summer orgy.

Bad Teacher
2011
as Amy Squirrel
A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after ...

Elektra Luxx
2011
as Dolores
A favor for a woman from her past throws the life of a pregnant, retired porn star into chaos.

Take Me Home Tonight
2011
as Shelly
Recent MIT grad Matt Franklin should be well on his way to a successful career at a Fortune 500 company, but instead he rebels against maturity by tak...

A Little Bit of Heaven
2011
as Sarah Walker
A guarded woman finds out she's dying of cancer but, when she meets her match, the threat of falling in love is scarier than death.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger
2010
as Charmaine
Two married couples find only trouble and heartache as their complicated lives unfold. After 40 years of marriage, Alfie leaves his wife to pursue wha...

Dinner for Schmucks
2010
as Darla
Rising executive Tim Conrad works for a boss who hosts a monthly dinner in which the guest who brings the biggest buffoon gets a career-boost. Tim pla...

(Untitled)
2009
as The Clarinet
A fashionable contemporary art gallerist in Chelsea, New York falls for a brooding new music composer in this comic satire of the state of contemporar...
Big Breaks
2008
as Alexis
Penny and Sam work for a notoriously mean spirited, selfish, and somewhat abusive big fish Hollywood producer, MJ Siegel. They run a day's worth of ou...
1%
2008
as Candace
Drama set in the world of biker gangs.

St Trinian's
2007
as Verity Thwaites
When their beloved school is threatened with closure should the powers that be fail to raise the proper funds, the girls scheme to steal a priceless p...

Grindhouse
2007
as Blonde in Don't Trailer (uncredited)
Grindhouse combines Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror, a horror comedy about a group of survivors who battle zombie-like creatures, and Quentin Taranti...

Hot Fuzz
2007
as Eve Draper
Former London constable Nicholas Angel finds it difficult to adapt to his new assignment in the sleepy British village of Sandford. Not only does he m...

Are You Ready for Love?
2006
as Melanie
A pair of Californian dating gurus come to London to launch their book on how to find love in three days. As a publicity stunt for the book, they try ...

Festival
2005
as Nicky Romanowski
'Festival' is a black comedy set during the annual Edinburgh Fringe festival. The film is based around both the judging of a major comedy award and th...

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Lead Stewardess
The turbulent personal and professional life of actor Peter Sellers (1925-1980), from his beginnings as a comic performer on BBC Radio to his huge suc...

Being Julia
2004
as Avice Crichton
Julia Lambert is a true diva: beautiful, talented, weathly and famous. She has it all - including a devoted husband who has mastermined her brilliant...

Ella Enchanted
2004
as Hattie
Ella lives in a magical world in which each child, at the moment of their birth, is given a virtuous "gift" from a fairy godmother. Ella's so-called g...
Come Together
2002
as Amy

Greenfingers
2001
as Holly
Clive Owen stars as a prison inmate who goes into an experimental "open" prison where the inmates walk around freely and get job training for their im...

Cinderella
2000
as Regan
Zezolla and her family live mid 20th century, where fashion is practically everything. As her father is won over by a selfish woman named Claudette, C...
Jingle Bell Heist
N/A
as Cynthia Sterling
At the height of the holiday season, two strangers team up to rob one of New York's most famous department stores while accidentally falling in love.
Leap
N/A
Sanaa Lathan's directorial debut. A short film created for the With/In anthology.