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{{short description|English actress, writer and comedian (born 1964)}}
{{EngvarB|date=August 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Rebecca Front
| image              = Downing Tweet Christmas reception (Rebecca Front).jpg
| caption            = Front in 2009
| birth_name         = Rebecca Louise Front
| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1964|5|16|df=yes}}
| birth_place        = [[Stoke Newington]], [[London]], England
| alma_mater         = [[St Hugh's College, Oxford]]
| occupation         = Actress, writer, comedian
| yearsactive        = 1991–present
| spouse             = {{marriage|Phil Clymer|1998}}
| children           = 2<!-- Please do not add children's names to infobox. See WP:PRIVACY -->
| family             = Jeremy Front (brother)
}}
'''Rebecca Louise Front''' (born 16 May 1964) is an English actress, writer and comedian. She won the 2010 [[British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance|BAFTA TV Award for Best Female Comedy Performance]] for ''[[The Thick of It]]'' (2009–2012).<ref name=jtc>Jennifer Lipman [http://www.thejc.com/news/uk-news/32634/bafta-jewish-actress-rebecca-front "Bafta for Jewish actress Rebecca Front"], ''The Jewish Chronicle''. 7 June 2010</ref> She is also known for her work in numerous other British comedies, including the radio show ''[[On The Hour]]'' (1992), ''[[The Day Today]]'' (1994), ''[[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV series)|Knowing Me, Knowing You… with Alan Partridge]]'' (1994), ''[[Time Gentlemen Please]]'' (2000–2002), sketch show ''[[Big Train]]'' (2002), and ''[[Nighty Night]]'' (2004–2005).

Front has also been seen in a number of dramatic roles, including Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent in ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' (2006–2014), Mrs. Bennet in ''[[Death Comes to Pemberley (TV series)|Death Comes to Pemberley]]'' (2013), Mrs. Landau in ''[[The Eichmann Show]]'' (2015), Vera in ''[[Humans (TV series)|Humans]]'' (2015), and ''[[Death in Paradise]]'' (2019). Her theatre credits include the musicals ''[[Company (musical)|Company]]'' and ''[[The Fix (musical)|The Fix]]'' at the [[Donmar Warehouse]], directed by [[Sam Mendes]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.abouttheartists.com/artists/553490-rebecca-front |title=Rebecca Front Theatre Credits and Profile |website=www.abouttheartists.com}}</ref>

==Early life==
Front was born in [[Stoke Newington]], [[London]], to Sheila and [[Charles Front]]. Her mother wrote children's books, which her father illustrated.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Saner |first1=Emine |title=Rebecca Front: 'I'd love to do Shakespeare – or be the next Bond!' |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2020/feb/10/rebecca-front-interview-actor-satire-avenue-5 |access-date=11 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=10 February 2020}}</ref> Her father also designed the title-logo on the cover of [[The Beatles]]' album ''[[Rubber Soul]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00z1l5d |title=BBC Two – My Life in Books, Series 1, Sir Trevor McDonald and Rebecca Front |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=10 May 2013 |access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref> Her father is [[Jew]]ish and her mother is of Jewish and Welsh descent.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Actress-Rebecca-new-book-Curious/story-21273139-detail/story.html|title=Actress Rebecca Front on her new book Curious|work=Western Daily Press|access-date=28 February 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150614030236/http://www.westerndailypress.co.uk/Actress-Rebecca-new-book-Curious/story-21273139-detail/story.html|archive-date=14 June 2015|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2012/apr/28/rebecca-front-my-family-values?newsfeed=true | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Hannah | last=Booth | title=Rebecca Front: My family values | date=28 April 2012}}</ref> Front was brought up in [[Reform Judaism]].<ref>{{cite news| location=London | work=The Jewish Chronicle | first= Jennifer | last=Lipman | title=Bafta for Jewish actress Rebecca Front | date=7 June 2010}}</ref> She gained admission to [[Ilford County High School for Girls]], which converted to a [[Comprehensive school (England and Wales)|comprehensive school]] during her time there.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Front |first=Rebecca |date=26 February 2016 |title=Mr Meltzer by Rebecca Front |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/1769723931 |access-date=2025-03-15 |newspaper=The Times Educational Supplement |id={{ProQuest|1769723931}} |language=en}}</ref>

Front became involved in comedy while at [[St Hugh's College]] at the [[University of Oxford]],<ref name="rampton">{{cite news| url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/life-on-the-front-line-1243286.html | title=Life on the front line| author=James Rampton| date=2 August 1997| work=[[The Independent]]| location=London}}</ref> where she studied English and became the first female president of [[The Oxford Revue]].<ref>{{cite web | url= https://www.hachette.com.au/rebecca-front/ | title= Rebecca Front | work=Hachette Book Group | access-date=22 April 2021}}</ref> She also trained at the [[Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art]].<ref name="rampton"/>

==Career==
While at Oxford in 1984, Front took part in the revue ''Stop the Weak''. The tour played in Oxford itself, the [[Gate Theatre (London)|Gate Theatre, Notting Hill]], Edinburgh, [[Salisbury]], and [[Romsey]]. In 1985, Front teamed up with [[Sioned Wiliam]]<!-- Only one "l". --> and [[Jon Magnusson (producer)|Jon Magnusson]] to take the show ''The Bobo Girls go BOO'' to Edinburgh. She made a short promotional video on energy conservation with Michael Simkins in the late 1980s.{{cn|date=May 2023}} 

Front achieved a higher profile as a result of her work with [[Lee and Herring|Stewart Lee and Richard Herring]] on the radio shows ''[[Lionel Nimrod's Inexplicable World]]'' and ''[[On the Hour]]'', and the television and radio series ''[[Fist of Fun]]''. She went on to form a close professional association with [[Chris Morris (satirist)|Chris Morris]], [[Armando Iannucci]], [[Doon Mackichan]] and [[Steve Coogan]], who all transferred with Front to ''The Day Today'', the television version of ''On the Hour''. Completing ''The Day Today'' were [[Patrick Marber]], who was part of the 1984 Oxford University revue with Front and [[David Schneider (actor)|David Schneider]], who took part in the 1985 revue. This cast continued to contribute to the [[Alan Partridge]] comedy canon throughout the 1990s.

In recent years{{when|date=May 2023}} Front has also become a fixture on comedy panel shows on British television and radio including ''[[The News Quiz]]'', ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' and ''[[If I Ruled the World (game show)|If I Ruled The World]]''. She has also had minor roles in ''[[The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer]]'', ''[[Absolute Power (comedy)#TV series|Absolute Power]]'' and ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' and she has also played straight acting roles in television drama, including ''You Can Choose Your Friends'', ''The Rotters' Club'', ''[[Kavanagh QC]]'', ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'' and ''[[Jonathan Creek]]''.

In 2003, she was listed in ''[[The Observer]]'' as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.{{cn|date=May 2023}} From 2006, she has written columns for ''[[The Guardian]]''. In 2007, she guest-starred in the ''[[Doctor Who]]'' [[audio drama]] ''[[The Mind's Eye & Mission of the Viyrans|The Mind's Eye]]''. Between 2006 until 2014, Front had a recurring role as Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent on the detective drama series ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]'', the successor to ''[[Inspector Morse (TV series)|Inspector Morse]]'' on [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]].

In 2009 and 2012, respectively, she appeared in the third and fourth series of political satire ''[[The Thick of It]]'', playing Nicola Murray MP, Secretary of State for Citizenship and Social Affairs and in charge of the dysfunctional 'DoSAC', and later, Leader of the Opposition.<ref>Ian Burrell, "[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/tv-radio/strictly-no-dancing-on-a-channel-thatrsquos-serious-about-scientists-1674689.html Strictly no dancing on a channel that’s serious about scientists]" in ''[[The Independent]]''. 27-04-09</ref> Front featured in the 2010 BBC comedy series ''[[Grandma's House]]'' playing the part of [[Simon Amstell]]'s mother Tanya,<ref>{{cite news |last1=Renshaw |first1=David |title=Grandma's House – box set review |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/12/grandmas-house-box-set-review |access-date=11 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=12 September 2013}}</ref> and ''[[Just William (2010 TV series)|Just William]]'', as the mother of [[Just William (book series)|William Brown]] and also starred in the 2011 live-action [[3D film|3D]] family comedy film ''[[Horrid Henry: The Movie]]'' as Henry's headmistress, Miss Oddbod.

In 2012 Front starred as the psychiatrist in the [[Sky Arts]] sketch series ''[[Psychobitches]]'', where Front's character offers therapy to notable women of history and the present day, including [[Anne Boleyn]], [[Mary Queen of Scots]], [[Mary Shelley]], [[Enid Blyton]], [[Eva Braun]], [[Mary Pickford]], [[Edith Piaf]], and [[Anna Nicole Smith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/tv/psychobitches/|title=Psychobitches|work=comedy.co.uk|access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> The series aired on the British television channel Sky Arts 1. The first episode of a second series was broadcast on 25 November 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2014/oct/24/psychobitches-series-two-anna-nicole-smith-elizabeth-i-audrey-hepburn-and-more-exclusive-trailer|title=Psychobitches series two: Anna Nicole Smith, Elizabeth I, Audrey Hepburn and more – exclusive trailer|work=the Guardian|date=24 October 2014 |access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> In 2013, she starred in the new [[Sky Living]] comedy ''[[The Spa (TV series)|The Spa]]'', in the role of Alison Crabbe.<ref name="thespa">{{cite web |url=http://skyliving.sky.com/the-spa/meet-the-cast-of-the-spa-picture-biographies |title=The Spa: Meet The Characters |date=16 January 2013 |access-date= 8 March 2013}}</ref> She plays Cox in ''[[The Wrong Mans]]'',<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/wrong-mans-cast.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130223082832/http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2013/wrong-mans-cast.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=23 February 2013 | title=Cast announced for The Wrong Mans on BBC Two | work=BBC | date=28 January 2013 | access-date=10 October 2013}}</ref> a six-part comedy-thriller for [[BBC Two]]. The premiere was on 24 September 2013. She reprised this role in December 2014 for a special two-parter. She narrated ''[[Fox Wars (documentary)|Fox Wars]]'' which was broadcast on 22 October 2013.

In December 2013, [[Sky Atlantic]] aired a new comedy series called ''Little Cracker''. The second programme in the series was an autobiographical story written by Front and her brother Jeremy. It concerns the time she witnessed the near-drowning of her father in a lake; that incident was closely followed by the death of her grandfather. The proximity of these two experiences caused Front considerable personal anguish. Front was eleven years old at the time and, because of the trauma she suffered, she went through a period of not wanting to attend school.{{cn|date=May 2023}} The programme included a comedic treatment of this time in her life, followed by Front and her brother explaining the background to the story, and how they came to write and dramatise it. In the programme, Front was played by Lucy Hutchinson, and her father was played by the actor [[Richard Lumsden]]. [[Samantha Spiro]] played her mother and Front played her headmistress, Miss Dyson. Front's school friend character, Karen, was played by Imogen Front.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

For their 2013 Christmas season, the [[BBC]] commissioned ''[[Death Comes to Pemberley (TV series)|Death Comes to Pemberley]]'', a three-part television drama based on the novel by [[P. D. James]]. The story returns to the world of [[Jane Austen]]'s ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'', and involves its characters in a new tale of murder and emotional mayhem. Front played the part of Mrs Bennet. The first episode aired on BBC One at 8.15pm on Boxing Day.

In January 2014, Front appeared in the ''[[Midsomer Murders]]'' episode "Let Us Prey", about a serial killer who uses medieval torture methods to dispatch their victims.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.itv.com/presscentre/ep2week2/midsomer-murders-0|title=Midsomer Murders|work=itv.com|access-date=28 February 2015}}</ref> She appeared in the BBC series ''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-11-06/outnumbered-series-5---whats-new|title=Hugh Dennis, Claire Skinner, Tyger Drew-Honey, Daniel Roche and Ramona Marquez all return for series five of Outnumbered|author=Susanna Lazarus|work=RadioTimes|access-date=28 February 2015|archive-date=22 August 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822113152/http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2013-11-06/outnumbered-series-5---whats-new|url-status=dead}}</ref> playing the headmistress at Karen's school in early 2014. Front portrayed Fiona in the [[BBC Radio 4]] series ''Love in Recovery''. She also starred in the sitcom ''[[Up the Women]]'' as Helen Bute, the antagonist for three episodes in mid-2013 and a six-episode series in 2015. From 2014 to 2019, she narrated the [[Channel 4]] series ''[[The Supervet]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/rebeccafront/status/669612673378738176|title=Rebecca Front on Twitter}}</ref>

In 2017, she co-wrote and appeared in the sitcom ''Shush!'' on [[BBC Radio 4]], a sitcom set in a library.{{cn|date=May 2023}}

==Personal life==

Front is married to Phil Clymer, previously a radio producer at the [[BBC World Service]]; they have two children. Front was part of the BBC English/World Service rep company.

Front's book ''Curious: True Stories and Loose Connections'' (published 2014) is a collection of autobiographical stories.<ref>{{cite web|title=Curious by Rebecca Front|url=https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780297870210|publisher=Orion Books|access-date=15 May 2014|archive-date=10 August 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810151233/https://www.orionbooks.co.uk/books/detail.page?isbn=9780297870210|url-status=dead}}</ref>
A second book, ''Impossible Things Before Breakfast: Adventures in the Ordinary'' (published 2018), is a collection of true stories about surprising turns of events, bizarre misunderstandings and improbable life lessons.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.weidenfeldandnicolson.co.uk/titles/rebecca-front/impossible-things-before-breakfast/9781780226125/ |title=Impossible Things Before Breakfast |date=2019-01-24 |isbn=978-1-78022-612-5 |language=en-US |last1=Front |first1=Rebecca |publisher=Orion Publishing }}</ref> Jeremy Front, her brother, is a writer and comic actor. They have collaborated on writing and performance projects. The most recent is a series of spoof documentaries, ''Incredible Women'', for [[BBC Radio 4]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.comedy.co.uk/guide/radio/incredible_women/ |title=Incredible Women – Radio 4 Comedy Drama – British Comedy Guide |publisher=Comedy.co.uk |access-date=17 September 2013}}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable"
|+Key
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Denotes projects that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes projects that have not yet been released
|}
===Film===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1995
| ''[[England, My England]]''
| [[Mary II]]
|
|-
| rowspan="3"|1996
| ''The Office''
| Pru
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Never Mind the Horrocks]]''
| Various roles
| TV film
|-
| ''Company''
| Sarah
| TV film
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Missing Postman]]''
| Sarah Seymour
| TV film
|-
| 2002
| ''Promise Land''
| 
| Short film
|-
| 2003
| ''[[George Orwell: A Life in Pictures]]''
| Jura Interviewer
| TV film
|-
| 2004
| ''[[Suzie Gold]]''
| Barbara Gold
|
|-
| 2005
| ''[[Colour Me Kubrick]]''
| Maureen
|
|-
| 2006
| ''This Is Genius: Lucas Wilson III''
| Guinevere Wilson
| TV film
|-
| rowspan="2"|2007
| ''You Can Choose Your Friends''
| Amanda Snell
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off|Giles Wemmbley-Hogg Goes Off.... to Glastonbury]]''
| Narrator
| TV film
|-
| 2008
| ''Shush''
| Alice
| TV film
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Planet 51]]''
| Various roles
| Voice only
|-
| 2011
| ''[[Horrid Henry: The Movie]]''
| Ms Oddbod
|
|-
| rowspan="2"|2015
| ''[[The Eichmann Show]]''
| Mrs. Landau
| TV film
|-
| ''Valentina's Dream''
| [[Valentina Tereshkova]]
| Short film
|-
| rowspan="2"|2016
| ''[[Billionaire Boy (film)|Billionaire Boy]]''
| Miss Sharp
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Grimsby (film)|Grimsby]]''
| Lady at Worldcure Event
|-
| rowspan="3"|2017
| ''[[Red Nose Day 2017|Comic Relief Hecklers Anonymous]]''
| Martha Hopkins
| TV film
|-
| ''[[Transformers: The Last Knight]]''
| Aunt Marie
|
|-
| ''Edmund the Magnificent''
| Shopkeeper
| Short film
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Down a Dark Hall (film)|Down a Dark Hall]]''
| Mrs. Olonsky
|
|-
| 2019
| ''[[The Aeronauts (film)|The Aeronauts]]''
| Aunt Frances
|
|-
| 2020
| ''Marionette''
| Maureen
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard]]''
| Therapist
|
|-
| 2022
| ''[[Batgirl (film)|Batgirl]]''
| {{N/A}}
| {{font color|red|''Cancelled''}}
|-
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! class="unsortable" | Notes
|-
| 1990
| ''Up Yer News''
|
| TV short
|-
| 1991
| ''[[Tricky Business (British TV series)|Tricky Business]]''
| Debbie
| Recurring role; 3 episodes
|-
| 1992
| ''[[Dizzy Heights (TV series)|Dizzy Heights]]''
|
| Recurring role; 2 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"|1993
| ''[[Saturday Zoo]]''
| Various roles
| Series 1, Episode 2
|-
| ''[[Noel's House Party]]''
| TV Assistant
| Series 2, Episode 16
|-
| ''[[The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer]]''
| Suzanne
| Episode: ''"Water"''
|-
| rowspan="2"|1994
| ''[[Paris (1994 TV series)|Paris]]''
| Madame Trombaut
| Episode: ''"Les Gimmiques"''
|-
| ''[[The Day Today]]''
| Various roles
| Series regular, 7 episodes
|-
| 1994–95
| ''[[Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge (TV series)|Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge]]''
| Various roles
| Series regular; 8 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|1995
| ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''
| Cherysh
| Episode: ''"Happy New Year"''
|-
| ''[[Coogan's Run]]''
| WPC Cathy Briggs
| Episode: ''"Natural Born Quizzers"''
|-
| 1995–96
| ''[[Fist of Fun]]''
| Various roles
| Recurring role; 4 episodes
|-
| 1996–97
| ''[[Roger and the Rottentrolls]]''
| Rottentroll
| Recurring role; 9 episodes
|-
| 1997
| ''[[Have Your Cake and Eat It]]''
| Claire Gray
| Miniseries; 4 episodes
|-
| 1998
| ''[[In the Red (TV series)|In the Red]]''
| Beth Parsons
| Miniseries; 3 episodes
|-
| 1998–99
| ''[[Kavanagh QC]]''
| Cathy Winslow
| Recurring role; 4 episodes
|-
| 1998–2000
| ''[[Stressed Eric]]''
| Liz
| Series regular; 13 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"|1999
| ''[[Sermon from St. Albion's]]''
| Cherie Blair
| Series 2, Episode 1
|-
| ''[[People Like Us (mockumentary)|People Like Us]]''
| Nicola Broadbent
| Episode: ''"The Solicitor"''
|-
| ''[[Jonathan Creek]]''
| Heidi
| Episode; ''"The Eyes of Tiresias"''
|-
| 2000–02
| ''[[Time Gentlemen Please]]''
| Vicky Jackson
| Series regular; 31 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2002
| ''[[Big Train]]''
| Various roles
| Series regular; 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[I'm Alan Partridge]]''
| Tessa McPherson
| Episode: ''"Alan Wide Shut"''
|-
| rowspan="3"|2003
| ''[[Eyes Down]]''
| Marjorie
| Episode: ''"The Clairvoyant"''
|-
| ''[[Monkey Dust]]''
| Various roles
| Series 2, Episode 2
|-
| ''[[Absolute Power (radio and TV series)|Absolute Power]]''
| Joanne Standing
| Episode: ''"Tory Women"''
|-
| 2004–05
| ''[[Nighty Night]]''
| Cathy Cole
| Series regular; 12 episodes<ref>{{cite news |last1=Renshaw |first1=David |title=Nighty Night box set review – a viciously funny, downright cruel comedy |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/nov/13/nighty-night-box-set-review-julia-davis |access-date=11 February 2020 |work=The Guardian |date=13 November 2014}}</ref>

|-
| 2004–06
| ''[[The Catherine Tate Show]]''
| Narrator
| Recurring role; 9 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"|2005
| ''[[The Rotters' Club (TV series)|The Rotters' Club]]''
| Sheila Trotter
| Miniseries; 3 episodes
|-
| ''[[Monkey Trousers]]''
| Various roles
| Series 1, Episode 2
|-
| ''[[The Comic Strip Present...]]''
| Carol
| Episode: ''"Sex Actually"''
|-
| 2006–2014
| ''[[Lewis (TV series)|Lewis]]''
| Chief Superintendent Jean Innocent
| Series regular; 36 episodes
|-
| 2008
| ''[[Love Soup]]''
| Catherine Sumpter
| Episode: ''"Smoke and Shadows"''
|-
| 2009
| ''[[Al Murray's Multiple Personality Disorder]]''
| Chief Inspector
| Series 1, Episode 1
|-
| 2009–2012
| ''[[The Thick of It]]''
| Nicola Murray
| Series regular; 13 episodes
|-
| 2010
| ''[[Just William (2010 TV series)|Just William]]''
| Mrs. Brown
| Series regular; 4 episodes
|-
| 2010–12
| ''[[Grandma's House]]''
| Tanya
| Series regular; 12 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2011
| ''[[New Tricks]]''
| Bea Mackenna
| Episode: ''"The Gentleman Vanishes"''
|-
| ''[[Mr Blue Sky (sitcom)|Mr Blue Sky]]''
| Jacqui Easter
| Recurring role; 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2012
| ''[[Playhouse Presents]]''
| The Therapist
| Episode: ''"Psychobitches"''
|-
| ''[[Little Crackers]]''
| Miss Dyson
| Episode: ''"Rebecca Front's Little Cracker: Rainy Days and Mondays"''
|-
| 2012–14
| ''[[Psychobitches]]''
| The Therapist
| Series regular; 12 episodes
|-
| rowspan="3"|2013
| ''[[Agatha Christie's Poirot]]''
| Miss Brewis
| Episode: ''"Dead Man's Folly"''
|-
| ''[[The Spa (TV series)|The Spa]]''
| Alison
| Series regular; 8 episodes
|-
| ''[[Death Comes to Pemberley (TV series)|Death Comes to Pemberley]]''
| Mrs. Bennett
| Miniseries; 2 episodes
|-
| 2013–14
| ''[[The Wrong Mans]]''
| Cox
| Recurring role; 5 episodes
|-
| 2013–15
| ''[[Up the Women]]''
| Helen
| Series regular; 9 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2014
| ''[[Midsomer Murders]]''
| Reverend Martha Hillcott
| Episode: ''"Let Us Prey"''
|-
| ''[[Outnumbered (British TV series)|Outnumbered]]''
| Mrs. Raynott
| Episode: ''"Communication Skills"''
|-
| rowspan="4"|2015
| ''[[Drunk History (British TV series)|Drunk History]]''
| [[Queen Victoria]]
| Episode: ''King Henry VIII/Queen Victoria & Prince Albert/The Black Death''
|-
| ''[[List of Mr. Bean episodes#Comic Relief|Mr. Bean: Funeral]]''
| Mourner
| TV short
|-
| ''[[Humans (TV series)|Humans]]''
| Vera
| Series regular; 7 episodes
|-
| ''[[Doctor Who]]''
| Walsh
| Episode: ''"[[The Zygon Invasion]]"''
|-
| rowspan="3"|2016
| ''[[War & Peace (2016 TV series)|War & Peace]]''
| Anna Mikhaylovna Drubetskaya
| Series regular; 6 episodes
|-
| ''[[Mid Morning Matters with Alan Partridge]]''
| Caller
| Recurring role; 2 episodes
|-
| ''[[Doctor Thorne (TV series)|Doctor Thorne]]''
| Lady Arabella Gresham
| Miniseries; 4 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2017
| ''[[Queers (TV series)|Queers]]''
| Alice
| Episode: ''"Missing Alice"''
|-
| ''[[Love, Lies and Records]]''
| Judy
| Series regular; 6 episodes
|-
| 2017–2022
| ''[[The Other One (2017 TV series)|The Other One]]''
| Tess Walcott
| Series regular; 9 episodes
|-
| 2018-19
| ''[[Poldark (2015 TV series)|Poldark]]''
| Lady Whitworth
| Recurring role; 6 episodes
|-
| rowspan="2"|2019
| ''[[Death in Paradise]]''
| Fiona Tait
| Episode: ''"Murder on the Honore Express"''
|-
| ''[[Dark Money (TV series)|Dark Money]]''
| Cheryl Denon
| Miniseries; 4 episodes
|-
| 2020–22
| ''[[Avenue 5]]''
| Karen Kelly
| Series regular; 18 episodes
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Grantchester (TV series)|Grantchester]]''
| Reeny McArthur
| Series 6, Episode 3
|-
| 2022
| ''The Chelsea Detective''
| Diana Hopkinson
| Episode: ''"The Gentle Giant"''
|-
|}

==Awards and nominations==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Work
! Result
|-
| rowspan="3"|2010
| [[BAFTA TV Awards]]
| [[British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance|Best Female Comedy Performance]]
| ''[[The Thick of It]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| [[Broadcasting Press Guild|Broadcasting Press Guild Awards]]
| Best Actress
| ''[[The Thick of It]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Monte-Carlo Television Festival|Golden Nymph Awards]]
| Outstanding Actress - Comedy Series
| ''[[The Thick of It]]''
| {{nom}}
|-
| 2012
| [[British Comedy Awards]]
| [[National Comedy Awards#2012|Best TV Comedy Actress]]
| ''[[The Thick of It]]''
| {{win}}
|-
| 2014
| [[RTS Television Award|RTS Television Awards]]
| Comedy Performance
| ''[[Psychobitches]]''
| {{nom}}
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|}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0296410}}
*[https://twitter.com/Rebeccafront Rebecca Front] on Twitter
*{{LCAuth|no2007006489|Rebecca Front|1|ue}}

{{British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance}}

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