| Jessica Fostekew | |
| Birth Date: | 1983 7, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England |
| Alma Mater: | London School of Economics |
| Years Active: | 2008–present |
Jessica Alice Fostekew (born 5 July 1983) is an English actor and stand-up comedian.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5]
Fostekew was born in Sheffield in 1983 and grew up in Langton Matravers, Dorset.[6] [7] She is of one-quarter Austrian ancestry. She earned an LL.B. from the London School of Economics.[4]
Fostekew has written for Mock The Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The News Quiz.[8] She has co-hosted The Guilty Feminist podcast.[9] In 2019, her show Hench was nominated for the Main Award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Also, in 2019, she appeared on Live at the Apollo and on the BBC Radio 4 comedy talk show The Museum of Curiosity. She has appeared on QI in 2020 and 2021.[10]
In April 2022, Fostekew published an article in The Guardian criticising an election candidate for expressing opposition to the legality of same-sex marriage, arguing that this amounts to hate speech.[11]
Fostekew is a keen weightlifter, and whilst it has been claimed that she integrates this hobby into her act,[12] she has clarified in a recent radio interview that this is not the case.[13]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hallo Panda | Zoo Worker & The General Public | Short (billed as Jessica Fortiskew) | |
| 2013 | Battlecock! | Anya Krullmuller | Short (billed as Jessica Fortekew) | |
| Timeholes | The Woman | Short | ||
| 2019 | Official Secrets | Courtroom Guard | ||
| Greed | Sally | |||
| 2023 | Scrapper | Sian |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Three Girls | Sonia | Mini-series, Episode: "#1.2" |
| Motherland | Clare | Episode: "The After Party" | |
| 2019 | Cuckoo | Angela | Episode: "Ivy Nanny" |
| Live at the Apollo | Herself - Special Guest | Episode: "Darren Harriott, Jessica Fostekew, Stephen Bailey" | |
| 2020 | Trigonometry | Mum 1 | Mini-series, Episode: "Viel zu verliebt" |
| The Trouble with Maggie Cole | Betty Jarvis | 2 episodes: "#1.2" and "#1.4" | |
| Out of Her Mind | Laptop Woman | Episode: "I Don't" | |
| House of Games | Herself - Contestant | Episodes: "#4.36" to "#4.40" | |
| 2020, 2021 | QI | Herself - Panellist | 2 episodes: "Revolutions" and "Sensational" |
| 2021 | Hypothetical | Herself - Guest | Episode: "#3.7" |
| Grave New World | Commercial Voice Over (voice) | Mini-series, Episode: "Taxis, Conspiracies, Editors" | |
| Comedians Giving Lectures | Herself - Guest Speaker | Episode: "#2.3" | |
| 2022 | Halo | Borovoi | Episode: "Allegiance" |
| Avoidance | Amanda | Episode: "#1.1" | |
| Sky Comedy Shorts | Mr. Whippy | Episode: "Real Friends" (also writer) | |
| 2023 | EastEnders | DS Gaunt | Episode: "#1.6796" |
| Sorry, I Didn't Know | Herself - Panellist | Episode: "#4.5" | |
| 2024 | World's Most Dangerous Roads | Herself - Guest | Episode: "Colorado" (with Desiree Burch) |
| Pointless Celebrities | Herself - Contestant | Episode: "#16.16" | |
| Travel Man: 48 Hours in... | Herself - Guest | Episode: "Lanzarote" |