Who is Felicity Montagu? Celebrity MasterChef 2020 star and Bridget Jones actress
IT'S that time of year again when Celebrity MasterChef is back on our screens.
And with the new series comes Felicity Montagu who is well known for starring opposite Renee Zellweger in Bridget Jones' Diary.
Who is Felicity Montagu?
Felicity, was born on September 12, 1960, in Leeds and her ancestry dates back to Henry Montagu, 1st Earl of Manchester.
She is a 59-year-old actress who is best known for playing Perpetua in the first Bridget Jones' Diary movie back in 2001.
Felicity has starred in many films but is also a familiar face on the box with her TV work including a recurring role in ITV's popular show Doc Martin.
The actress also co-starred as Lynn, the faithful but put-upon personal assistant, in I'm Alan Partridge, the raunchy vicar's wife Sue Forks in Nighty Night and in 2006, she took the leading role of housewife and gang queen Barbara Du Prez in the offbeat comedy series Suburban Shootout.
Felicity also played Winnie Miles in the third series of The Tunnel as well as starring in BBC's lavish production of Vanity Fair as Arabella Briggs in 2018.
She popped up in a few episodes of ITV favourite The Durrells as cousin Prue.
What films has Felicity Montagu been in?
As well as her impressive TV credits, Felicity is also a star of the big screen.
Her comedy skills are reflected in the movies that she has starred in.
Felicity kicked off her movie career in 2001, and since then has appeared in 11 films:
- Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
- Blackball (2003)
- Nighty Night (2005)
- Confetti (2006)
- I Want Candy (2007)
- How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (2008)
- Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa (2013)
- Two Down (2015)
- Dad's Army (2016)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (2019)
- Resistance (2020)
Is Felicity Montagu married?
Felicity married Alan Nixon in 1984 but they divorced in 2006.
The former couple have two children, Olivia, who was born in 1990, and son Luke, born August 10, 1996.
The pair starred in a comedy called Horrids, written by Luke, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, back in 2015.
Felicity and Olivia worked together in 2016 in the BBC Radio 4 series Guilt Trip, where they played a fictional mother and daughter.
CELEBRITY MASTERCHEF
When is Felicity Montagu on Celebrity MasterChef?
Felicity is taking part in Celebrity MasterChef 2020.
The series kicks off on July 1, 2020, at 9pm on BBC One, with the show then airing on Friday, July 3, at 7.30pm and 8.30pm.
After each episode has aired you will be able to to watch it on the .