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Jessica Knappett

English actress and writer (born 1984)

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birth_name	Jessica Amy Knappett
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birth_place	Bingley, West Yorkshire, England
occupation	Comedian, actress, writer
years_active	2005–present
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children	2
height_cm	177

Jessica Amy Knappett (born 9 April 1984) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She is the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of the E4 sitcom Drifters, and appeared as Lisa in The Inbetweeners Movie. She was also one of the writers on the BBC1 sitcom Avoidance, in which she co-stars.

Early life

Jessica Amy Knappett was born on 9 April 1984 in Bingley, West Yorkshire. She attended Woodhouse Grove School in nearby Apperley Bridge before studying Drama and English at the University of Manchester. She was a co-founder of Lady Garden, a sketch comedy group formed in Manchester in 2005.

Career

Knappett was the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of the E4 sitcom Drifters, in which she played Meg. She described the show as a semi-autobiographical and therapeutic re-writing of her own history.

Knappett played Lisa in The Inbetweeners Movie and appeared in the Alan Partridge film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa and the TV film Irreversible. Other credits include Drunk History for Comedy Central, Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge for Sky One, Twenty Twelve for BBC Two, Meet the Parents for E4, and How Not to Live Your Life and Lunch Monkeys for BBC Three. She also played Carly in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series Shedtown alongside Johnny Vegas. She has recorded a string of pilot episodes, including Everything Happens for No Reason written by Richard Herring, alongside Noel Fielding.

Knappett appearances on panel shows include 8 Out of 10 Cats, Hypothetical, and The Last Leg. She has written for The Guardian. She was a contestant on the seventh season of Dave's comedy gameshow Taskmaster, falling off the stage during a task in one episode.

Personal life

Knappett married Dan Crane in September 2016. They have two children and live in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2024	Would I Lie to You?	Herself	Series 17, Episode 8
Celebrity Mastermind	Series 22, Episode 9
2023	Richard Osman's Festive House of Games	Series 7, Episodes 56–60
2022–2024	Avoidance	Claire	Series 1, Episodes 1–6, and Series 2, Episodes 1–6
2022	Dodger	The Countess	Series 1, Episode 10: "Revenge"
The Weakest Link	Herself	Series 2, Episode 8: "New Year's Eve Special"
Mel Giedroyc: Unforgivable	Series 2, Episode 8
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown	Series 22, Episode 4
Meet the Richardsons	Series 3, Episode 4
2021	Series 2, Episode 3
Question Team	Series 1, Episode 8
Outsiders	Series 1, Episodes 1–6
Rob Beckett's Undeniable	Series 1, Episodes 1–6
Complaints Welcome	Series 1, Episodes 1–3
Hypothetical	Series 3, Episode 2
Paul Sinha's TV Showdown	Series 1, Episode 4
Hitmen	Caroline	Series 2, Episode 2: "Sniper"
Ghosts	Lucy	Series 3, Episodes 2, 4 & 6
2020	Richard Osman's House of Games	Herself	Series 4, Episodes 41–45
Don't Hate the Playaz	Series 3, Episode 7
8 Out of 10 Cats	Series 22, Episode 6
Channel Hopping with Jon Richardson	Series 1, Episode 4
Guessable	Series 1, Episode 2: "Alan and Lincoln's Wooden Teeth"
Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun	English Lady at Bar	Series 1, Episode 5: "Night-Time!"
2019	Zone of Champions	Nicky Brimble	Series 1, Episodes 1–6
Judge Romesh	Court Clerk	Series 2, Episodes 1–12
Hypothetical	Herself	Series 1, Episode 1
The Russell Howard Hour	Series 2, Episode 8
Dave Gorman: Terms and Conditions Apply	Series 1, Episode: "Udder Fudge"
The Inbetweeners: Fwends Reunited	Television Special
The Last Leg	Series 18, Episode 8
2018	Series 16, Episode 11: "The Last Leg of the Year 2018"
Taskmaster	Series 7, Episodes 1–10
Travel Man	Series 7, Episode 2: "48 Hours in Ibiza"
Sunday Brunch	Series 7, Episode 30
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown	Series 15, Episode 1, and Series 16, Episode 6
Go 8 Bit	Series 3, Episode 3
2017	Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled	Series 5, Episode 4: "Frank Bruno Was the Original Bus Driver"
Halloween Comedy Shorts	Kelly	Series 2, Episode 3: "It Should Have Been Me"
Drunk History: UK	Drunken Storyteller	Series 3, Episode 2: "Billy the Kid / Elizabeth I"
The Educatoror	Charlotte Baines	Mini-series, Episodes 1–3
8 Out of 10 Cats	Herself	Series 20, Episodes 3 & 5
2016	Series 19, Episode 4
Celebrity Advice Bureau	Mini-series, Episodes 1–3
My Worst Job	Mini-series, Episodes 1 & 2
Drunk History: UK	Drunken Storyteller	Series 2, Episode 4: "Richard III / Mary Shelley's Frankenstein"
Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge	Caller (voice)	Series 2, Episode 6: "Grundy + Snow"
2015	Drunk History: UK	Florence Nightingale	Series 1, Episode 8: "Baden Powell / Florence Nightingale / Worst Zoo Ever"
2014	Irreversible	Sarah	Television film
Daily Brunch with Ocado	Herself – Guest	Series 1, Episode 21
2013–2016	Drifters	Meg	Series 1–4, 24 episodes. Main role and creator
2013	Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa	WPC Ruth	Film
2012	Comedy Showcase	PC Kelly Mink	Series 3, Episode 6: "The Function Room"
Twenty Twelve	Carey Taylor	Series 2, Episode 6: "Inclusivity Day"
Live at the Electric	Addition cast (segment 'The Van')	Series 1, Episodes 1–4
2011	The Inbetweeners Movie	Lisa	Film
Dick and Dom's Funny Business	Herself – Guest	Series 1, Episode 2: "The Rider with Gordon Kennedy"
Coming of Age	Alice	Series 3, Episode 8: "Fear Itself"
Lunch Monkeys	Becky	Series 2, Episode 4: "Dream a Little Dream"
Meet the Parents	Sister / Russian Cleaner	Series 1, Episodes 1–5
2010	How Not to Live Your Life	Harriet	Series 3, Episode 3: "Don's Posh Weekend"

References

[https://www.instagram.com/p/C5fm9MSMPYq/ "As I announced on Sunday Brunch I am turning 40 tomorrow"] – Jessica Knappett on Instagram{{full citation needed. (December 2025)
(24 October 2013). "My Life: Jessica Knappett". The Yorkshire Post.
Hannah Begbie. "Jessica Knappett CV". United Artists.
Harriet Gibsone. (10 October 2016). "Drifters' Jessica Knappett on turning her wilderness years into a TV smash". The Guardian.
Stuart Husband. (27 October 2010). "Britain's Funniest Women". The Telegraph.
"Drifters – All 4".
(14 November 2013). "Jessica Knappett interview – Drifters".
(28 January 2017). "Richard Herring films multiple universe sitcom pilot for Channel 4".
"Jessica Knappett".
(10 September 2020). "Taskmaster – Series 7, Episode 7 | Full Episode | 'The perfect stuff'".
Jessica Knappett. (26 March 2017). "The Guardian – Life and Style – How I married a world-champion air guitarist who turned up on my doorstep". The Guardian.
Jessica Knappett. (16 April 2017). "The Guardian – Life and Style – Nothing prepared me for pregnancy, apart from the never-ending hangover of my 20s". The Guardian.
(26 April 2022). "Bingley comedian and Drifters star Jessica Knappett announces birth of second child". Telegraph & Argus.

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