Actor profile

Rebecca Front

16th May 1964 Stoke Newington, London, England, UK Acting

Rebecca Front (born 16 May 1964) is a British stage, film and television actress, comedian and writer, best known for playing characters on the comedy show "The Thick of It" as well as the Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent in the television drama series "Lewis".

39 Movies 68 TV Shows 107 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Joke poster

Joke 6th February 2026

The Academy of Armando poster

The Academy of Armando 3rd March 2025 as Self

Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me poster

Charlie Mackesy: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, the Horse and Me 24th December 2022 as Self- Narrator

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard poster

Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard 14th June 2021 as Therapist

Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza poster

Christmas in New York: Inside the Plaza 9th December 2020 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Marionette poster

Marionette 28th September 2020 as Maureen

The Aeronauts poster

The Aeronauts 4th November 2019 as Aunt Frances

Down a Dark Hall poster

Down a Dark Hall 1st August 2018 as Miss Orlonsky

The Gettys: The World's Richest Art Dynasty poster

The Gettys: The World's Richest Art Dynasty 14th April 2018 as Narrator (voice)

Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom? poster

Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom? 27th December 2017 as Herself

Transformers: The Last Knight poster

Transformers: The Last Knight 16th June 2017 as Aunt Marie

Edmund the Magnificent poster

Edmund the Magnificent 1st March 2017 as Shop Keeper

Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me poster

Miranda: Morecambe & Wise and Me 1st January 2017 as Self

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves poster

British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves 12th September 2016 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Grimsby poster

Grimsby 24th February 2016 as Lady at Worldcure Event

Billionaire Boy poster

Billionaire Boy 1st January 2016 as Miss Sharpe

Cameraman to the Queen poster

Cameraman to the Queen 25th December 2015

Mr. Bean: Funeral poster

Mr. Bean: Funeral 13th March 2015 as Mourner that Mr. Bean kisses

The Eichmann Show poster

The Eichmann Show 20th January 2015 as Mrs Landau

Cat Wars poster

Cat Wars 16th August 2014 as Narrator (voice)

Great Poets: In Their Own Words poster

Great Poets: In Their Own Words 10th August 2014 as Narrator (voice)

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy poster

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy 24th May 2014 as Self

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words poster

Jazz Legends in Their Own Words 24th May 2014 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things poster

Mel Smith: I've Done Some Things 24th December 2013 as Self - Narrator (voice)

Fox Wars poster

Fox Wars 22nd October 2013 as Narrator

Chateau Chunder: A Wine Revolution poster

Chateau Chunder: A Wine Revolution 30th October 2012 as Narrator

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties poster

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties 17th December 2011 as Self

Horrid Henry: The Movie poster

Horrid Henry: The Movie 29th July 2011 as Miss Oddbod

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The True Story poster

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz: The True Story 28th April 2011 as Narrator

Planet 51 poster

Planet 51 19th November 2009 as Additional Voices (voice)

You Can Choose Your Friends poster

You Can Choose Your Friends 7th June 2007 as Amanda Snell

Sex Actually poster

Sex Actually 28th December 2005 as Carol

Colour Me Kubrick poster

Colour Me Kubrick 6th October 2005 as Maureen

George Orwell: A Life In Pictures poster

George Orwell: A Life In Pictures 14th June 2003 as Jura Interviewer

The Missing Postman poster

The Missing Postman 28th March 1997 as Sarah Seymour

Company poster

Company 10th December 1996 as Sarah

Never Mind the Horrocks poster

Never Mind the Horrocks 19th September 1996

The Office poster

The Office 2nd July 1996 as Pru

England, My England poster

England, My England 1st January 1995 as Mary II

The Hack poster

The Hack 24th September 2025 as DAC Sue Akers

The Chelsea Detective poster

The Chelsea Detective 7th February 2022 as Diana Hopkinson

Between the Covers poster

Between the Covers 9th October 2020 as Self

The Other One poster

The Other One 12th June 2020 as Tess Walcott

Avenue 5 poster

Avenue 5 19th January 2020 as Karen Kelly

Dark Money poster

Dark Money 8th July 2019 as Cheryl Denon

Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier poster

Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier 16th May 2018 as Self - Guest

All Star Musicals 24th December 2017 as Self - Performer

Love, Lies & Records poster

Love, Lies & Records 16th November 2017 as Judy

Queers. poster

Queers. 31st July 2017 as Alice

Doctor Thorne poster

Doctor Thorne 6th March 2016 as Lady Arabella Gresham

Insert Name Here poster

Insert Name Here 4th January 2016 as Self - Panelist

War and Peace poster

War and Peace 3rd January 2016 as Anna Mikhailovna

Humans poster

Humans 14th June 2015 as Vera

Poldark poster

Poldark 8th March 2015 as Lady Whitworth

The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick poster

The Supervet: Noel Fitzpatrick 7th May 2014 as Narrator (Voice)

The Brits Who Built the Modern World poster

The Brits Who Built the Modern World 13th February 2014 as Narrator (Voice)

Death Comes to Pemberley poster

Death Comes to Pemberley 26th December 2013 as Mrs Bennet

Crackanory poster

Crackanory 13th November 2013 as Self

Fabric of Britain poster

Fabric of Britain 18th September 2013 as Narrator (Voice)

Psychobitches poster

Psychobitches 30th May 2013 as The Therapist

Up the Women poster

Up the Women 30th May 2013 as Helen

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12th April 2013 as Self

The Spa poster

The Spa 7th February 2013 as Alison Crabbe

The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg 25th January 2013 as Self

Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents 12th April 2012 as The Therapist

Death in Paradise poster

Death in Paradise 25th October 2011 as Fiona Tait

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words poster

Great Thinkers: In Their Own Words 11th August 2011 as Narrator

That Sunday Night Show 9th January 2011

Just William poster

Just William 28th December 2010 as Mrs Brown

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge poster

Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge 5th November 2010

Grandma's House poster

Grandma's House 9th August 2010 as Tanya

Let's Dance for Comic Relief poster

Let's Dance for Comic Relief 21st February 2009 as Self - Contestant

Would I Lie to You? poster

Would I Lie to You? 16th June 2007 as Self

Lewis poster

Lewis 18th February 2007 as Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent

Love Soup poster

Love Soup 27th September 2005

Monkey Trousers poster

Monkey Trousers 20th May 2005

The Thick of It poster

The Thick of It 19th May 2005 as Nicola Murray

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Walsh

The Rotters' Club poster

The Rotters' Club 26th January 2005 as Sheila Trotter

The Catherine Tate Show poster

The Catherine Tate Show 16th February 2004 as Narrator

Nighty Night poster

Nighty Night 6th January 2004 as Cathy Cole

Absolute Power poster

Absolute Power 10th November 2003

Eyes Down poster

Eyes Down 15th August 2003 as Marjorie

Monkey Dust poster

Monkey Dust 9th February 2003 as (voice)

Time Gentlemen Please poster

Time Gentlemen Please 11th September 2000 as Vicky Jackson

People Like Us poster

People Like Us 20th September 1999 as Nicola Broadbent

Big Train poster

Big Train 9th November 1998

In the Red poster

In the Red 26th May 1998 as Beth Parsons

Stressed Eric poster

Stressed Eric 20th April 1998

If I Ruled the World 27th February 1998 as Herself

I'm Alan Partridge poster

I'm Alan Partridge 3rd November 1997 as Tessa McPherson

Jonathan Creek poster

Jonathan Creek 9th May 1997 as Heidi

Midsomer Murders poster

Midsomer Murders 23rd March 1997 as Reverend Martha Hillcott

Coogan's Run poster

Coogan's Run 17th November 1995

Fist of Fun poster

Fist of Fun 11th April 1995 as Doris

Kavanagh Q.C. poster

Kavanagh Q.C. 3rd January 1995 as Cathy Winslow

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge poster

Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge 16th September 1994 as Bridie McMahon

Room 101 poster

Room 101 4th July 1994 as Self

The Day Today poster

The Day Today 19th January 1994 as Barbara Wintergreen

The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer poster

The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer 21st September 1993

Absolutely Fabulous poster

Absolutely Fabulous 12th November 1992 as Cherysh

Performance poster

Performance 5th October 1991 as Sarah

Have I Got News for You poster

Have I Got News for You 28th September 1990 as Self

Tricky Business poster

Tricky Business 6th April 1989 as Debbie

Agatha Christie's Poirot poster

Agatha Christie's Poirot 8th January 1989 as Miss Brewis

The South Bank Show poster

The South Bank Show 14th January 1978 as Self

Have I Got a Bit More News for You poster

Have I Got a Bit More News for You as Self - Panellist