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Julia Davis and Simon Pegg

Nighty Night is a BBC sitcom noted for its focus on dark humour. The first series was shown on BBC Three, then BBC Two from January 2004, and on BBC Three in 2005.

In Nighty Night Julia writes and stars as Jill Tyrrell, a sociopathic manipulator of the well-meaning people.

Chirs Morris Jam

Morris cast her in his series Blue Jam and its television offshoot Jam.

Human Remains with Rob Brydon

Human Remains is a six-part BBC mockumentary series about dysfunctional marriages.

Julia co-wrote and starred with Rob Brydon.

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Rob Brydon on Davis:
"Sometimes when we were improvising for Human Remains, Julia would say something and I'd think, 'That's stupid, you've ruined it now. You've taken it too far.' But often she hadn't; it was just something I'd never think of. She can have quite a bleak world view, but she can also seem burdened with too much compassion. I think it's those extremes in her personality that make her interesting. Of all the people I've worked with, Julia is the most stimulating. She's also very uncompromising in a way I've lost. I get the impression that work is the priority and life comes second."

Source of Dark Humour

Julia was studying English and Drama at a college in York when she developed glandular fever, she spent more than two years in bed at home in Bath. In an interview with The Daily Telegraph, March 2004, she talks on the source of her dark humour.

"At that age that makes you question everything. If you're ill and you can't get better and you don't know why and you're prone to introspection then you are going to think about God and life and death and why, and stuff that maybe at 20 you shouldn't."

Julia Davis with Steve Coogan

Julia sent a demo tape to Steve Coogan and joined his national tour in 1998.

Steve Coogan on Davis:
"Julia toured with me eight years ago after sending me a homemade videotape that was funny and disturbing at the same time. Her comedy has its own unique voice. Sometimes I think it can be a bit alienating; I gave her some notes on the last series of Nighty Night, but she ignored them. I think Human Remains is the best thing Baby Cow [the production company Coogan co-owns with Henry Normal] has ever done: Julia's a comic genius in some episodes."

Julia Davis

Julia Davis was born in 1966, her home city is Bath, UK.

At a local theatre group she formed an improvisation double-act: Sisters Of Percy, with her friend Jane Roth. They then formed an improvisation troupe along with Rob Brydon.