Francesca Hunt
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Francesca Hunt is a British
actress. She has starred in two television drama series for the BBC
, Roughnecks
and Strathblair, as well as the sitcom A Prince Among Men
and several one-off dramas including Over Here
. In between TV appearances, she has also managed to play some of Britain's most prestigious theatres. She appeared as Phyllis in Double Indemnity at Theatr Clwyd, and starred in Stephen King
's Misery at the Haymarket Theatre in Basingstoke
. She starred in The Handyman at the Chichester Festival Theatre
and has also been seen in Anna Karenina
, Lady Chatterley's Lover
and Duet for One, among others. Her sole North American TV series to date has been The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
in which she played Rebecca Fogg
. She played Mrs Salt in the Tim Burton
film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Hunt was educated at Rugby School
from 1980 to 1982, and then Oxford University, where she studied philosophy and politics. She then attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
, and spent time at the Moscow Arts Theatre School. She is a dancer and competitive swimmer. Her step-sister is the actress India Fisher
, who appears with her in the Doctor Who
audio play Other Lives
, and who is perhaps best known as the narrator of the BBC's MasterChef (UK TV series). The musician Crispin Hunt is her brother.
United Kingdom
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actress. She has starred in two television drama series for the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
, Roughnecks
Roughnecks
Roughnecks can refer to:*Roughnecks , a 1990s BBC One programme about oil rig workers*Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, a CGI animation television series*Calgary Roughnecks, a Canadian lacrosse team...
and Strathblair, as well as the sitcom A Prince Among Men
A Prince Among Men
A Prince Among Men is a somewhat unsuccessful British sitcom that ran on BBC1 from 1997 to 1998 lasting 12 episodes. It starred Chris Barrie as Gary Prince, a former international football star turned entrepreneur. The theme music was by Jamie Marshall....
and several one-off dramas including Over Here
Over Here
Over Here is a 2-part television miniseries made in 1996 by the BBC chronicling the lives of US Army Air Corps B-17 Flying Fortress bomber crews on a Royal Air Force Spitfire base during World War II...
. In between TV appearances, she has also managed to play some of Britain's most prestigious theatres. She appeared as Phyllis in Double Indemnity at Theatr Clwyd, and starred in Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
's Misery at the Haymarket Theatre in Basingstoke
Basingstoke
Basingstoke is a town in northeast Hampshire, in south central England. It lies across a valley at the source of the River Loddon. It is southwest of London, northeast of Southampton, southwest of Reading and northeast of the county town, Winchester. In 2008 it had an estimated population of...
. She starred in The Handyman at the Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester Festival Theatre
Chichester Festival Theatre, located in Chichester, England, was designed by Philip Powell and Hidalgo Moya, and opened by its founder Leslie Evershed-Martin in 1962. Subsequently the smaller and more intimate Minerva Theatre was built nearby in 1989....
and has also been seen in Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina is a novel by the Russian writer Leo Tolstoy, published in serial installments from 1873 to 1877 in the periodical The Russian Messenger...
, Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover is a novel by D. H. Lawrence, first published in 1928. The first edition was printed privately in Florence, Italy with assistance from Pino Orioli; it could not be published openly in the United Kingdom until 1960...
and Duet for One, among others. Her sole North American TV series to date has been The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne
The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne is a 22-episode science fiction television series in the steampunk genre that first aired in June 2000 on CBC Television in Canada and in syndication in the United States....
in which she played Rebecca Fogg
Rebecca Fogg
Rebecca Fogg is a fictional character created for the science fiction television series The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne and is Phileas Fogg's second cousin. She is the first female field agent ever employed by the British Secret Service....
. She played Mrs Salt in the Tim Burton
Tim Burton
Timothy William "Tim" Burton is an American film director, film producer, writer and artist. He is famous for dark, quirky-themed movies such as Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ed Wood, Sleepy Hollow, Corpse Bride and Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet...
film, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.
Hunt was educated at Rugby School
Rugby School
Rugby School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in the town of Rugby, Warwickshire, England. It is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain.-History:...
from 1980 to 1982, and then Oxford University, where she studied philosophy and politics. She then attended the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
Bristol Old Vic Theatre School
The Bristol Old Vic Theatre School, opened by Laurence Olivier in 1946, is an affiliate of the Conservatoire for Dance and Drama, an organisation securing the highest standards of training in the performing arts, and is an associate school of the Faculty of Creative Arts of the University of the...
, and spent time at the Moscow Arts Theatre School. She is a dancer and competitive swimmer. Her step-sister is the actress India Fisher
India Fisher
India Fisher is a British actress born in 1974. Her father is the ex-MP Mark Fisher. She is also the stepsister of musician Crispin Hunt and of actress Francesca Hunt, who appears with her in the play Other Lives....
, who appears with her in the Doctor Who
Doctor Who
Doctor Who is a British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The programme depicts the adventures of a time-travelling humanoid alien known as the Doctor who explores the universe in a sentient time machine called the TARDIS that flies through time and space, whose exterior...
audio play Other Lives
Other Lives
Other Lives is a Big Finish Productions audio drama based on the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who.-Plot:...
, and who is perhaps best known as the narrator of the BBC's MasterChef (UK TV series). The musician Crispin Hunt is her brother.