Felicity Montagu

Felicity J. Montagu (born 12 September 1960) is an English actress.

Early life

Montagu was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. She attended Loughborough University and the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art.

Career

Film

Montagu's reputation in comedy character parts was enhanced by her performance in Bridget Jones's Diary as Perpetua, Bridget's unpleasant colleague. She also appeared in the 2006 film Confetti as highly strung magazine editor Vivien Kay-Wylie. She appeared in the film I Want Candy in which she plays the mother of an ambitious teenager. She appeared in How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008). In 2013, she reprised her role as Lynn Benfield for the Alan Partridge film Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa. and Mrs Mainwaring in the 2016 Dad's Army film.

Television

In 2004 and 2005, Montagu starred in ITV comedy drama Doc Martin as Caroline Bosmand the radio presenter of Radio Portwenn. She co-starred as Lynn, the faithful but put-upon personal assistant, in I'm Alan Partridge and as the huge-breasted, raunchy vicar's wife Sue 2 in Nighty Night. In 2006, she took the leading role of housewife and gang queen Barbara Du Prez in the offbeat comedy series Suburban Shootout. Her other television credits include Mapp and Lucia, Health and Efficiency, Wish Me Luck, Tumbledown, The Harry Enfield Television Show, 2point4 Children, A Touch of Frost, My Life as a Popat, Johnny and the Bomb, Peak Practice, The Queen's Sister, Coogan's Run, Doc Martin, Lead Balloon, Alexei Sayle's Stuff, Skins, Hank Zipzer, and M.I. High.