Jessica Knappett
Jessica Amy Knappett (born 28 November 1984) is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She is the creator, writer, executive producer, and star of the E4 sitcom Drifters, as well appeared as Lisa in The Inbetweeners Movie. Early life 
Jessica Amy Knappett was born on 28 November 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. The group performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2008, 2009, and 2010. They also toured throughout England, performing at comedy festivals in Sheffield, Manchester, and Brighton in 2008. They were Hackney New Act & Laughing Horse finalists in 2009, and won an Argus Angel Award for their show at the Brighton Fringe Festival that same year. 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. It was repeated on Channel 4. and commissioned for a further three seasons. Knappett was nominated for a Royal Television Society Award for Best Comedy writer and Broadcast Award for series 2. Knappett played Lisa in The Inbetweeners Movie and appeared in the Alan Partridge Movie 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, The Independent, Glamour, ShortList, and NME. She was a contestant on the seventh season of Dave's comedy gameshow Taskmaster, falling off the stage during a task in one episode. The stage extension was later named The Knappett in her honour. Personal life 
Knappett married Dan Crane in September 2016. Their first child was born in 2017. Filmography

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1984 births
Living people
21st-century English actresses
Alumni of the University of Manchester
English comedy writers
English film actresses
English radio actresses
English stage actresses
English television actresses
People from Bingley
Actresses from Yorkshire
Writers from Yorkshire
English women comedians
Comedians from Yorkshire