---
name: "Rebecca Front"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rebecca-front"
fi1m_id: "rebecca-front"
imdb_id: "nm0296410"
tmdb_id: 155530
wikidata_id: "Q1944303"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "16 May 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 9
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 9
updated: "2026-10-07T17:33:37.415997+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Rebecca Front

## Identity

Rebecca Front

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rebecca-front
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rebecca-front
- **IMDb ID:** nm0296410
- **TMDB ID:** 155530
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1944303
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Front, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1944303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296410/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/155530

Actor. Born 16 May 1964 in Stoke Newington, London, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 16 May 1964, Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
- **Active:** 1994–2017
- **Also known as:** Rebecca Louise Front
- **Frequently works with:** [Armando Iannucci](https://film.one/person/armando-iannucci.md), [Julia Davis](https://film.one/person/julia-davis.md), [Kevin Eldon](https://film.one/person/kevin-eldon.md), [Peter Baynham](https://film.one/person/peter-baynham.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as actor, over 9 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 85 (3), 2000s 76 (3), 2010s 58 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 61 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 5 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 3 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Comedy 6, Adventure 2, Drama 2, Science Fiction 2, Action 1, Animation 1
- **Screen time:** 4 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $710m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rebecca_Front, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1944303, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0296410/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/155530

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Thick of It*](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md) (94)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Fi1m on Rebecca Front

> Rebecca Front makes people under pressure funny without making their distress negligible. We rate her most highly when a comedy gives her someone to defend, as *The Thick of It* does with Nicola Murray.

Nicola Murray is under pressure in *The Thick of It* (2005), and Rebecca Front makes the discomfort matter as much as the joke. She gives Murray enough feeling for the insults to register as cruelty, rather than just clever lines. We felt for her, because Front keeps the hurt apparent even while the programme invites us to enjoy the abuse. Front is funny here without asking us to stop taking Murray seriously.

Her work with Armando Iannucci runs from the sketch comedy of *The Day Today* (1994) to the character roles of *The Thick of It* and *Avenue 5* (2020). Alongside that comedy, *Lewis* (2006–2014) gave her the straight dramatic role of Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent. Authority figures and professionals under pressure recur in her work, but the job title is less interesting than how she makes us notice the strain.

Iannucci's ensemble in *The Thick of It* gives that approach room to work. Peter Capaldi gets the attention, but Front, Joanna Scanlan and James Smith supply different responses to the onslaught: Murray's pain, Terri Coverley's restraint and Glenn Cullen's indignation. Front does not need to make Murray blameless to make her worth caring about. Her contribution helps when the programme's relentless abuse starts to feel repetitive, because we remain interested in how Murray will cope with it. Without that concern, the insults would become tiring much sooner.

Supporting parts suit an actor this attentive to what other people do to a character. Front has favoured the quality of scripts over lead status, and there is no need to treat that choice as a shortcoming. We would welcome more parts that give her as much to work with as Murray, rather than merely requiring someone to look exasperated. Start with *The Thick of It*, and pay as much attention to the person being insulted as to the person delivering the line.

## Biography

Rebecca Front is an English actress, writer and comedian. She was born Rebecca Louise Front on 16 May 1964 in Stoke Newington, London, and studied at St Hugh's College, Oxford, before training at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

She first gained attention in the 1990s through collaborations with Armando Iannucci and Chris Morris, appearing in multiple roles and contributing as a writer to the television series *The Day Today* (1994). Front is best known for playing Nicola Murray in *The Thick of It* (2009–2012), for which she won the BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2010. Her other television work includes Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent in *Lewis* (2006–2014) and roles in *Humans* (2015) and *Avenue 5* (2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (9)

- *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), Fi1m 34, as Aunt Marie — [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md)
- *War and Peace* (2016), Fi1m 65, as Anna Mikhailovna — [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)
- *Humans* (2015), Fi1m 74, as Vera — [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)
- *Planet 51* (2009), Fi1m 52, as Additional Voices (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/planet-51.md)
- *The Thick of It* (2005), Fi1m 94, as Nicola Murray — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)
- *Nighty Night* (2004), Fi1m 82, as Cathy Cole — [page](https://film.one/tv/nighty-night.md)
- *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), Fi1m 88, as Tessa McPherson — [page](https://film.one/tv/im-alan-partridge.md)
- *Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge* (1994), Fi1m 82, as Bridie McMahon — [page](https://film.one/tv/knowing-me-knowing-you-with-alan-partridge.md)
- *The Day Today* (1994), Fi1m 86, as Barbara Wintergreen / Various Characters — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-day-today.md)

## Complete filmography (81)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Fortune* (2026), series, as Fiona Worral
- *Joke* (2026), Actor
- *The Hack* (2025), series, as DAC Sue Akers
- *The Chelsea Detective* (2022), series, as Diana Hopkinson — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-chelsea-detective.md)
- *Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard* (2021), as Therapist
- *Marionette* (2020), as Maureen
- *The Other One* (2020), series, as Tess Walcott
- *Avenue 5* (2020), series, as Karen Kelly
- *The Aeronauts* (2019), as Aunt Frances
- *Dark Money* (2019), series, as Cheryl Denon
- *Down a Dark Hall* (2018), as Miss Orlonsky
- *The Gettys: The World's Richest Art Dynasty* (2018), as Narrator (voice)
- *Love, Lies & Records* (2017), series, as Judy
- *Queers.* (2017), series, as Alice
- *Transformers: The Last Knight* (2017), as Aunt Marie — Fi1m 34, [page](https://film.one/film/transformers-the-last-knight.md)
- *Edmund the Magnificent* (2017), as Shop Keeper
- *Doctor Thorne* (2016), series, as Lady Arabella Gresham
- *Grimsby* (2016), as Lady at Worldcure Event
- *War and Peace* (2016), series, as Anna Mikhailovna — Fi1m 65, [page](https://film.one/tv/war-and-peace.md)
- *Billionaire Boy* (2016), as Miss Sharpe
- *Cameraman to the Queen* (2015), Actor
- *Humans* (2015), series, as Vera — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/humans.md)
- *Mr. Bean: Funeral* (2015), as Mourner that Mr. Bean kisses
- *Poldark* (2015), series, as Lady Whitworth — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/poldark.md)
- *The Eichmann Show* (2015), as Mrs Landau
- *Cat Wars* (2014), as Narrator (voice)
- *Great Poets: In Their Own Words* (2014), as Narrator (voice)
- *The Brits Who Built the Modern World* (2014), series, as Narrator (Voice)
- *Death Comes to Pemberley* (2013), series, as Mrs Bennet
- *Fox Wars* (2013), as Narrator
- *Fabric of Britain* (2013), series, as Narrator (Voice)
- *Psychobitches* (2013), series, as The Therapist
- *Up the Women* (2013), series, as Helen
- *The Spa* (2013), series, as Alison Crabbe
- *Chateau Chunder: A Wine Revolution* (2012), as Narrator
- *Playhouse Presents* (2012), series, as The Therapist
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, as Fiona Tait
- *Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words* (2011), series, as Narrator
- *Horrid Henry: The Movie* (2011), as Miss Oddbod
- *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The True Story* (2011), as Narrator
- *That Sunday Night Show* (2011), series, Actor
- *Just William* (2010), series, as Mrs Brown
- *Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge* (2010), series, Actor
- *Grandma's House* (2010), series, as Tanya
- *Planet 51* (2009), as Additional Voices (voice) — Fi1m 52, [page](https://film.one/film/planet-51.md)
- *You Can Choose Your Friends* (2007), as Amanda Snell
- *Lewis* (2007), series, as Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent
- *Sex Actually* (2005), as Carol
- *Colour Me Kubrick* (2005), as Maureen
- *Love Soup* (2005), series, Actor
- *Monkey Trousers* (2005), series, Actor
- *The Thick of It* (2005), series, as Nicola Murray — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-thick-of-it.md)
- *Doctor Who* (2005), series, as Walsh — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who-2005.md)
- *The Rotters' Club* (2005), series, as Sheila Trotter
- *The Catherine Tate Show* (2004), series, as Narrator
- *Nighty Night* (2004), series, as Cathy Cole — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/nighty-night.md)
- *Absolute Power* (2003), series, Actor
- *Eyes Down* (2003), series, as Marjorie
- *George Orwell: A Life In Pictures* (2003), as Jura Interviewer
- *Monkey Dust* (2003), series, as (voice)
- *Time Gentlemen Please* (2000), series, as Vicky Jackson
- *People Like Us* (1999), series, as Nicola Broadbent
- *Big Train* (1998), series, Actor
- *In the Red* (1998), series, as Beth Parsons
- *Stressed Eric* (1998), series, Actor
- *I'm Alan Partridge* (1997), series, as Tessa McPherson — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/im-alan-partridge.md)
- *Jonathan Creek* (1997), series, as Heidi — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/jonathan-creek.md)
- *The Missing Postman* (1997), as Sarah Seymour
- *Midsomer Murders* (1997), series, as Reverend Martha Hillcott — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/tv/midsomer-murders.md)
- *Company* (1996), as Sarah
- *Never Mind the Horrocks* (1996), Actor
- *The Office* (1996), as Pru
- *Fist of Fun* (1995), series, as Doris
- *Kavanagh Q.C.* (1995), series, as Cathy Winslow
- *England, My England* (1995), as Mary II
- *The Day Today* (1994), series, Barbara Wintergreen / Various Characters, Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-day-today.md)
- *The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer* (1993), series, Actor
- *Absolutely Fabulous* (1992), series, as Cherysh — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/absolutely-fabulous.md)
- *Performance* (1991), series, as Sarah
- *Tricky Business* (1989), series, as Debbie
- *Agatha Christie's Poirot* (1989), series, as Miss Brewis — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/agatha-christies-poirot.md)

## Gallery

- ![Rebecca Front](https://film.one/media/person/60192/gallery-fad7cb85682c.jpg) Rebecca Front — Image via TMDB
- ![Rebecca Front](https://film.one/media/person/60192/gallery-bca665e9da28.jpg) Rebecca Front — Image via TMDB
- ![Rebecca Front](https://film.one/media/person/60192/gallery-b87df3dd793b.jpg) Rebecca Front — Image via TMDB

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