Jessica Fostekew

Jessica Alice Fostekew (born 5 July 1983) is an English actor and stand-up comedian.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Jessica Fostekew
Born	(1983-07-05) 5 July 1983 (age 41) Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England
Alma mater	London School of Economics
Occupations	Actor comedian
Years active	2008–present
Website	jessicafostekew.com

Biography

Fostekew was born in Sheffield in 1983 and grew up in Langton Matravers, Dorset.^[6][7] She is of one-quarter Austrian ancestry. She earned an LL.B. from the London School of Economics.^[4]

Fostekew has written for Mock The Week, 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown and The News Quiz.^[8] She has co-hosted The Guilty Feminist podcast.^[9] In 2019, her show Hench was nominated for the Main Award at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards. Also, in 2019, she appeared on Live at the Apollo and on the BBC Radio 4 comedy talk show The Museum of Curiosity. She has appeared on QI in 2020 and 2021.^[10]

In April 2022, Fostekew published an article in The Guardian criticising an election candidate for expressing opposition to the legality of same-sex marriage, arguing that this amounts to hate speech.^[11]

Fostekew is a keen weightlifter; whilst it has been claimed that she integrates this hobby into her act,^[12] she has clarified in a recent radio interview that this is not the case.^[13]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2006	Hallo Panda	Zoo Worker & The General Public	Short (billed as Jessica Fortiskew)
2013	Battlecock!	Anya Krullmuller	Short (billed as Jessica Fortekew)
	Timeholes	The Woman	Short
2019	Official Secrets	Courtroom Guard
	Greed	Sally
2023	Scrapper	Sian

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Three Girls	Sonia	Mini-series, Episode: "#1.2"
	Motherland	Clare	Episode: "The After Party"
2019	Cuckoo	Angela	Episode: "Ivy Nanny"
	Live at the Apollo	Herself - Special Guest	Episode: "Darren Harriott, Jessica Fostekew, Stephen Bailey"
2020	Trigonometry	Mum 1	Mini-series, Episode: "Viel zu verliebt"
	The Trouble with Maggie Cole	Betty Jarvis	2 episodes: "#1.2" and "#1.4"
	Out of Her Mind	Laptop Woman	Episode: "I Don't"
	House of Games	Herself - Contestant	Episodes: "#4.36" to "#4.40"
2020, 2021	QI	Herself - Panellist	2 episodes: "Revolutions" and "Sensational"
2021	Hypothetical	Herself - Guest	Episode: "#3.7"
	Grave New World	Commercial Voice Over (voice)	Mini-series, Episode: "Taxis, Conspiracies, Editors"
	Comedians Giving Lectures	Herself - Guest Speaker	Episode: "#2.3"
2022	Halo	Borovoi	Episode: "Allegiance"
	Avoidance	Amanda	Episode: "#1.1"
	Sky Comedy Shorts	Mr. Whippy	Episode: "Real Friends" (also writer)
2023	EastEnders	DS Gaunt	Episode: "#1.6796"
	Sorry, I Didn't Know	Herself - Panellist	Episode: "#4.5"
2024	World's Most Dangerous Roads	Herself - Guest	Episode: "Colorado" (with Desiree Burch)
	Pointless Celebrities	Herself - Contestant	Episode: "#16.16"
	Travel Man: 48 Hours in...	Herself - Guest	Episode: "Lanzarote"