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Acting
April 3, 1977
Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK
An English actress and writer, mainly in comedy. She is known for her roles in the Garth Marenghi series and as the lead and co-writer of the 2012 film Sightseers. She wrote, directed and starred in the 2016 black comedy Prevenge, whilst pregnant herself. Lowe was born in Coventry, West Midlands, England. She attended Kenilworth School and graduated from King's College, Cambridge, where she studied classics. At university she became involved in theatre and comedy. Lowe began her career in surreal experimental theatre shows including City Haunts, Snowbound and Progress in Flying Machine co-devising and performed along with colleagues such as Robert Webb and David Mitchell. Lowe worked under the directorship of Paul King, who has since directed her in The Mighty Boosh and Garth Marenghi's Darkplace. She was cast in Garth Marenghi's Fright Knight alongside fellow Cambridge graduates Richard Ayoade and Matt Holness and they were nominated for the Perrier Award at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2000. In 2001, she won an award for performing in the sequel to Fright Knight, Garth Marenghi's Netherhead, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her television credits include Channel 4's spoof horror comedy Garth Marenghi's Darkplace, Beth in the BBC comedy series My Life in Film, David Bowie in the BBC series Snuff Box, and a recurring role in Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive. She was part of the all-female comedy show Beehive along with Sarah Kendall, Barunka O'Shaughnessy and Clare Thomson which was aired on E4, and was a regular cast member of the CBBC show Horrible Histories during the second, third and fifth seasons. Her BBC Three pilot "LifeSpam: My Child Is French" was broadcast in 2009, and she co-wrote and starred in Channel 4's Orcadia. In February 2010, she appeared in and script-edited the pilot for a "sort-of-sketch-show" called Missing Scene. She has also guest starred as Monkey in "The Priest and the Beast" episode of The Mighty Boosh, as Patricia in the "Fifty-Fifty" episode of The IT Crowd, a solicitor in the "Travel Writer" episode of Black Books, Madonna in an episode of Channel 4's Star Stories, and episodes of Little Britain, Come Fly with Me, Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul, Beautiful People and This is Jinsy. She appeared in the music video for "Bastardo" by Charlotte Hatherley, directed by Edgar Wright.

Fiona McCarthy
2025

Self
2025
Alice
2025

Herself
2024

Agnes
2024

Olga
2024

Shelley Williams-Walker
2023

Heather
2023

Adelaide Winkman
2023

Cath
2022

as Fiona McCarthy

as Self
as Alice

as Herself

as Agnes

as Olga

as Shelley Williams-Walker

as Heather

as Adelaide Winkman

as Cath

as Therapist

as Self

as Kath

as Casting Director

as Alice

as Carol

as Kirsty (voice)

as Arlene Burroughs

as Heather

as Sue

as Superintendent

as Dr. Haynes

as Mother

as Celia Cain

as Commander Roberts

as Gerry

as Kathleen

as Susan

as Ruth

as Rebecca

as Davina

as Roxy

as Alice

as Paula

as Lisa

as Sitcom Eudora

as Young Mum

as The Projectionist

as Sylvia

as Geographers' Guild Receptionist

as Nun

as Alex

as Sister Margaret (voice)

as Amanda

as Various
as Woman

as Sylvia

as Young Lady

as Sherry-Ann

as Tina

as Radio Reporter

as Val Hallah

as Young Mum

as Alice

as Tessa
as Lucy the Grim Reaper

as Soosan Noop

as Various



as Stacey Bile
as Wife

as Alicia

as Maria Bootle

as Tina

as Jemima

as Kitty Litta


as David Bowie

as Patricia
as Corpse

as Beth

as Monkey

as Madeleine Wool / Liz Asher

as Solicitor
