Lucy Beaumont

Lucy Ann Beaumont (born 1983) is an English actress, writer, and stand-up comedian from Kingston upon Hull, England. Her performance is based largely on anecdotes about Hull and the wider Northern England region. She was a finalist on So You Think You're Funny in 2011 and won the BBC Radio New Comedy Award in 2012. Her 2014 debut show at the Edinburgh Festival, We Can Twerk It Out, was nominated for that year's Best Newcomer Award. Early life Born prematurely in Truro while her parents were on holiday in Cornwall, Beaumont grew up with a single mother in the Spring Bank area of Hull. She later lived in the town of Hessle, near Hull. Her mother is the playwright Gill Adams, who won the Fringe First Award for best new play in 1997 at the Edinburgh Festival. She attended Hessle High School, before going on to Wyke Sixth Form College. Beaumont worked at the meat counter of Asda on Hessle Road, West Hull, and later went on to the University of Hull, graduating with a degree in drama studies. After university, she briefly worked as a teaching assistant. When one of her first acting jobs after university fell through, Beaumont took on a job as a cleaner at the university to make a living, leading her to joke later that she was probably the only person with both a BA and an NVQ from the University of Hull. Career Beaumont had a brief acting career, touring with Hull Truck Theatre, York Theatre Royal and West Yorkshire Playhouse. She switched to comedy after she had initially tried it in an attempt to conquer stage fright and was inspired by her sitcom-like life in Hull. In 2009, she took part in the BBC's Northern Laughs programme, where she was mentored by Jeremy Dyson.