Jessica Knappett

Jessica Amy Knappett was born on 9 April 1984^[1] in Bingley, West Yorkshire. She attended Woodhouse Grove School in nearby Apperley Bridge before studying Drama and English at the University of Manchester.^[2][3][4] She was a co-founder of Lady Garden, a sketch comedy group formed in Manchester in 2005.^[5]

Knappett was the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of the E4 sitcom Drifters, in which she played Meg.^[6] She described the show as a semi-autobiographical and therapeutic re-writing of her own history.^[7]

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.^[8] She co-wrote an episode of the AMC series Soulmates (TV series).

Knappett appearances on panel shows include 8 Out of 10 Cats, Hypothetical, Would I Lie to You?and The Last Leg. She has written for The Guardian.^[9] She was a contestant on the seventh season of Dave's comedy gameshow Taskmaster, falling off the stage during a task in one episode.^[10]

Knappett married Dan Crane in September 2016.^[4][11] They have two children and live in Ilkley, West Yorkshire.^[12][13]