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'''Barbara Jane Horrocks''' (born 18 January 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=January 18, 2023 |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 18, 2023 includes celebrities Kevin Costner, Dave Bautista |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-18-2023-includes-celebrities-kevin-costner-dave-bautista.html |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Cleveland.com]]}}</ref> is a British actress. She portrayed [[Absolutely Fabulous#Cast and characters|Bubble and Katy Grin]] in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''. She was nominated for the 1993 [[Olivier Award for Best Actress]] for the title role in the stage play ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'', and received [[Golden Globe Award|Golden Globe]] and [[BAFTA Award|BAFTA]] nominations for the role in the [[Little Voice (film)|film version of ''Little Voice'']].
'''Barbara Jane Horrocks''' (born 18 January 1964)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rose |first=Mike |date=January 18, 2023 |title=Today's famous birthdays list for January 18, 2023 includes celebrities Kevin Costner, Dave Bautista |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2023/01/todays-famous-birthdays-list-for-january-18-2023-includes-celebrities-kevin-costner-dave-bautista.html |access-date=January 18, 2023 |website=[[Cleveland.com]]}}</ref> is a British actress. She portrayed [[Absolutely Fabulous#Cast and characters|Bubble and Katy Grin]] in the [[BBC]] sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]''. She was nominated for the 1993 [[Olivier Award for Best Actress]] for the title role in the stage play ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'', and received [[Golden Globe]] and [[BAFTA Award|BAFTA]] nominations for the role in the [[Little Voice (film)|film version of ''Little Voice'']].


She is also known for her appearances in films, including ''[[The Dressmaker (1988 film)|The Dressmaker]]'' (1988), ''[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]'' (1990), ''[[Second Best (film)|Second Best]]'' (1993), ''[[Life is Sweet (film)|Life is Sweet]]'' (1990), ''[[Chicken Run]]'' (2000), ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' (2005), ''[[Sunshine on Leith (film)|Sunshine on Leith]]'' (2013), ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]'' (2016), as well as the television series ''[[Fifi and the Flowertots]]'' (2005–2010), ''[[Little Princess (British TV series)|Little Princess]]'' (2006–2020), and the [[Sky One]] sitcom ''[[Trollied]]'', as Julie Cook (2011–2015).
She is also known for her appearances in films, including ''[[The Dressmaker (1988 film)|The Dressmaker]]'' (1988), ''[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]'' (1990), ''[[Second Best (film)|Second Best]]'' (1993), ''[[Life is Sweet (film)|Life is Sweet]]'' (1990), ''[[Chicken Run]]'' (2000), ''[[Corpse Bride]]'' (2005), ''[[Sunshine on Leith (film)|Sunshine on Leith]]'' (2013), ''[[Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie]]'' (2016), as well as the television series ''[[Fifi and the Flowertots]]'' (2005–2010), ''[[Little Princess (British TV series)|Little Princess]]'' (2006–2020), and the [[Sky One]] sitcom ''[[Trollied]]'', as Julie Cook (2011–2015).
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Horrocks was born in [[Rawtenstall]], [[Lancashire]], the daughter of Barbara ([[married and maiden names|née]] Ashworth), a hospital worker, and John Horrocks, a sales representative.{{Citation needed |date=August 2021}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=1994-12-18 |title=Impressive |pages=16 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> She is the youngest of three children.
Horrocks was born in [[Rawtenstall]], [[Lancashire]], the daughter of Barbara ([[married and maiden names|née]] Ashworth), a hospital worker, and John Horrocks, a sales representative.{{Citation needed |date=August 2021}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ascher-Walsh |first=Rebecca |date=1994-12-18 |title=Impressive |pages=16 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref> She is the youngest of three children.


She attended [[Balladen|Balladen County Primary School]] and [[The Valley Leadership Academy|Fearns county secondary school]]. She trained at [[Oldham College]], and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] with [[Imogen Stubbs]] and [[Ralph Fiennes]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://film.guardian.co.uk/Player/Player_Page/0,,41864,00.html |title=Jane Horrocks |work=The [[Guardian Unlimited]] Film |year=2011 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]]}}</ref> and began her career with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/people/jane_horrocks_person_page.shtml |publisher=[[BBC]] Drama |title=People Index Jane Horrocks |access-date=1 July 2019}}</ref>
She attended [[Balladen|Balladen County Primary School]] and [[The Valley Leadership Academy|Fearns County Secondary School]]. She trained at [[Oldham College]], and the [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]] with [[Imogen Stubbs]] and [[Ralph Fiennes]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/Player/Player_Page/0,,41864,00.html |title=Jane Horrocks |work=The [[Guardian Unlimited]] Film |year=2011 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[Guardian News and Media Limited]]}}</ref> and began her career with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/people/jane_horrocks_person_page.shtml |publisher=[[BBC]] Drama |title=People Index Jane Horrocks |access-date=1 July 2019}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
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While working on ''[[Road (play)|Road]]'', a play directed by [[Jim Cartwright]], Horrocks warmed up by doing singing impressions of [[Judy Garland]], [[Shirley Bassey]] and [[Ethel Merman]]. Cartwright was so impressed with her mimicry he wrote ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'' for her.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress]] at the [[1993 Laurence Olivier Awards]] for her performance in the 1992 [[West End theatre|West End]] production, directed by her then-boyfriend [[Sam Mendes]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
While working on ''[[Road (play)|Road]]'', a play directed by [[Jim Cartwright]], Horrocks warmed up by doing singing impressions of [[Judy Garland]], [[Shirley Bassey]] and [[Ethel Merman]]. Cartwright was so impressed with her mimicry he wrote ''[[The Rise and Fall of Little Voice]]'' for her.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She was nominated for the [[Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress]] at the [[1993 Laurence Olivier Awards]] for her performance in the 1992 [[West End theatre|West End]] production, directed by her then-boyfriend [[Sam Mendes]].{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}


Her last West End appearance was in ''Sweet Panic'', the 2003 [[Stephen Poliakoff]] drama in which she portrayed a neurotic mother locked in a battle of wills with her disturbed son's psychologist.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She starred in [[Richard Jones (opera director)|Richard Jones]]'s critically acclaimed production of ''[[The Good Person of Sezuan|The Good Soul of Szechuan]]'' at the [[Young Vic]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3939130.ece |title=The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic |newspaper=[[Times Online]] |first=Benedict |last=Nightingale |author-link=Benedict Nightingale |date=16 May 2008 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[Times Newspapers Ltd.]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706062125/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3939130.ece |archive-date=6 July 2008}}</ref> She was reunited with Jones in a new musical production of ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'', which opened at the [[Young Vic]] in October 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngvic.org/assets/attachments/press-releases/D5151D32-E081-4BDA-29FCC27EE2A036D3.pdf |title=Official Young Vic announcement |work=[[Young Vic]] |access-date=2 July 2019}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> At London's Young Vic, in 2016's ''If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me'', Horrocks revisited the songs of her youth to sing versions of tracks by the likes of [[Joy Division]], [[The Smiths]], [[Buzzcocks]], and [[The Human League]].<ref>{{cite web |work=bellaafrica |url=http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVyE4sOlWzq8A3X5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByNXM5bzY5BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1458184377/RO=10/RU=http://www.bellaafrica.net/world/why-jane-horrocks-is-singing-the-smiths//RK=0/RS=hYMCHTsaVGUy0Zx3P0_i9cFJB8A- |title=why jane horrocks is singing the smiths |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |agency=[[Oath Inc.]] |access-date=1 July 2019}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
Her last West End appearance was in ''Sweet Panic'', the 2003 [[Stephen Poliakoff]] drama in which she portrayed a neurotic mother locked in a battle of wills with her disturbed son's psychologist.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}} She starred in [[Richard Jones (opera director)|Richard Jones]]'s critically acclaimed production of ''[[The Good Soul of Szechuan]]'' at the [[Young Vic]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3939130.ece |title=The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic |newspaper=[[Times Online]] |first=Benedict |last=Nightingale |author-link=Benedict Nightingale |date=16 May 2008 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[Times Newspapers Ltd.]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080706062125/http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/stage/theatre/article3939130.ece |archive-date=6 July 2008}}</ref> She was reunited with Jones in a new musical production of ''[[Annie Get Your Gun (musical)|Annie Get Your Gun]]'', which opened at the [[Young Vic]] in October 2009.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.youngvic.org/assets/attachments/press-releases/D5151D32-E081-4BDA-29FCC27EE2A036D3.pdf |title=Official Young Vic announcement |work=[[Young Vic]] |access-date=2 July 2019}}{{dead link|date=November 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> At London's Young Vic, in 2016's ''If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me'', Horrocks revisited the songs of her youth to sing versions of tracks by the likes of [[Joy Division]], [[The Smiths]], [[Buzzcocks]], and [[The Human League]].<ref>{{cite web |work=bellaafrica |url=http://r.search.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0LEVyE4sOlWzq8A3X5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTByNXM5bzY5BGNvbG8DYmYxBHBvcwMzBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNzcg--/RV=2/RE=1458184377/RO=10/RU=http://www.bellaafrica.net/world/why-jane-horrocks-is-singing-the-smiths//RK=0/RS=hYMCHTsaVGUy0Zx3P0_i9cFJB8A- |title=why jane horrocks is singing the smiths |publisher=[[Yahoo!]] |agency=[[Oath Inc.]] |access-date=1 July 2019}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>


In October 2014, Horrocks played Ella Khan in the London revival of ''[[East Is East (play)|East Is East]]'' at [[Trafalgar Studios]] as part of [[Jamie Lloyd (director)|Jamie Lloyd]]'s Trafalgar Transformed season.<ref>{{cite news |title=East is East starring Jane Horrocks to run at Trafalgar Studios |url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/news/production/2014/05/east-east-starring-jane-horrocks-run-trafalgar-studios/ |first=Nicola |last=Merrifield |date=9 May 2014 |access-date=1 July 2019 |newspaper=[[The Stage]]}}</ref> In 2024, Horrocks joined the cast of the British premiere production of play ''Nachtland'' at the [[Young Vic]] theatre, directed by [[Patrick Marber]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Millward |first1=Tom |title=Young Vic announces initial cast for Nachtland |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/young-vic-announces-initial-cast-for-nachtland_1556899/ |website=WhatsOnStage |date=7 December 2023 |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>
In October 2014, Horrocks played Ella Khan in the London revival of ''[[East Is East (play)|East Is East]]'' at [[Trafalgar Studios]] as part of [[Jamie Lloyd (director)|Jamie Lloyd]]'s Trafalgar Transformed season.<ref>{{cite news |title=East is East starring Jane Horrocks to run at Trafalgar Studios |url=https://www.thestage.co.uk/news/production/2014/05/east-east-starring-jane-horrocks-run-trafalgar-studios/ |first=Nicola |last=Merrifield |date=9 May 2014 |access-date=1 July 2019 |newspaper=[[The Stage]]}}</ref> In 2024, Horrocks joined the cast of the British premiere production of play ''Nachtland'' at the [[Young Vic]] theatre, directed by [[Patrick Marber]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Millward |first1=Tom |title=Young Vic announces initial cast for Nachtland |url=https://www.whatsonstage.com/news/young-vic-announces-initial-cast-for-nachtland_1556899/ |website=WhatsOnStage |date=7 December 2023 |access-date=2 February 2024}}</ref>


In August 2024, Horrocks starred as Meg in [[Harold Pinter]]'s [[The Birthday Party (play)|''The Birthday Party'']] at the [[Ustinov Studio]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clive |date=2024-08-09 |title=The Birthday Party review — Jane Horrocks gets the laughs in sinister revival |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/birthday-party-review-jane-horrocks-theatre-royal-bath-vwccwxnp8 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
In August 2024, Horrocks starred as Meg in [[Harold Pinter]]'s [[The Birthday Party (play)|''The Birthday Party'']] at the [[Ustinov Studio]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Davis |first=Clive |date=2024-08-09 |title=The Birthday Party review — Jane Horrocks gets the laughs in sinister revival |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/theatre-dance/article/birthday-party-review-jane-horrocks-theatre-royal-bath-vwccwxnp8 |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.thetimes.com |language=en}}</ref>


===Screen===
===Screen===
She appeared in [[Catherine Cookson]]'s ''The Fifteen Streets'', alongside [[Sean Bean]] and [[Owen Teale]] in 1989. She drew critical notice for her performance in the film ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]'' (1990). Horrocks became well known on screen for her role as Bubble and Katy Grin in the sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' (1992–2016).
She appeared in [[Catherine Cookson]]'s ''The Fifteen Streets'', alongside [[Sean Bean]] and [[Owen Teale]] and portrayed Pattern, the housemaid, in Stuart Orme's ''[[The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (film)|The Wolves of Willoughby Chase]]''.  Both films were released in 1989. She drew critical notice for her performance in the film ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]'' (1990). She also portrayed Miss Irvine, the mistreated assistant of [[Grand High Witch|Eva Ernst / The Grand High Witch]] in [[Nicolas Roeg]]'s ''[[The Witches (1990 film)|The Witches]]'' (1990).  Horrocks became well known on screen for her role as Bubble and Katy Grin in the sitcom ''[[Absolutely Fabulous]]'' (1992–2016).


She reprised her stage role in the 1998 screen adaptation, ''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]'', which earned nominations for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] at the [[56th Golden Globe Awards]], the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]] at the [[52nd British Academy Film Awards]], the [[Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] at the [[3rd Golden Satellite Awards]], the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture]] at the [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards]], and the [[British Independent Film Awards|British Independent Film Award]] for Best Actress.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
She reprised her stage role in the 1998 screen adaptation, ''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]'', which earned nominations for the [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] at the [[56th Golden Globe Awards]], the [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role]] at the [[52nd British Academy Film Awards]], the [[Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy]] at the [[3rd Golden Satellite Awards]], the [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture]] at the [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards]], and the [[British Independent Film Award]] for Best Actress.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}


For 10 years, Horrocks appeared with [[Prunella Scales]] in commercials for the UK supermarket chain [[Tesco]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Paul |title=Jane Horrocks: "I'm eternally grateful to Tesco" |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-07-26/jane-horrocks-im-eternally-grateful-to-tesco |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=17 September 2013 |publisher=[[Immediate Media Company Ltd]]}}</ref> She narrated BBC Two's television series ''[[The Speaker (TV series)|The Speaker]]'' in April 2009.
For 10 years, Horrocks appeared with [[Prunella Scales]] in commercials for the UK supermarket chain [[Tesco]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Jones |first=Paul |title=Jane Horrocks: "I'm eternally grateful to Tesco" |url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2011-07-26/jane-horrocks-im-eternally-grateful-to-tesco |magazine=[[Radio Times]] |access-date=17 September 2013 |publisher=[[Immediate Media Company Ltd]]}}</ref> She narrated BBC Two's television series ''[[The Speaker (TV series)|The Speaker]]'' in April 2009.
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In 2009, Horrocks took the lead in the BBC TV production ''[[Gracie!]]'', a drama portraying the life of [[Gracie Fields]] during World War II and her relationship with the Italian-born director [[Monty Banks]] (played by [[Tom Hollander]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Amazing Gracie: Jane Horrocks |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/amazing-gracie-jane-horrocks-935333 |newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=17 September 2013 |date=27 April 2010}}</ref>
In 2009, Horrocks took the lead in the BBC TV production ''[[Gracie!]]'', a drama portraying the life of [[Gracie Fields]] during World War II and her relationship with the Italian-born director [[Monty Banks]] (played by [[Tom Hollander]]).<ref>{{cite news |title=Amazing Gracie: Jane Horrocks |url=http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/showbiz-news/amazing-gracie-jane-horrocks-935333 |newspaper=[[Manchester Evening News]] |access-date=17 September 2013 |date=27 April 2010}}</ref>


Other television credits include ''Absolutely Fabulous'', ''[[Victoria Wood]]'' - ''We'd Quite Like to Apologise'', ''Bad Girl'', ''Boon'', ''Heartland'', ''Hunting Venus'', ''La Nonna'', ''Leaving Home'', ''[[Never Mind the Horrocks]]'', ''Nightlife'', ''[[Wyrd Sisters (TV series)|Wyrd Sisters]]'', ''[[Foxbusters]]'', ''[[Jericho (UK TV series)|Jericho]]'', ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', ''Some Kind of Life'', ''Suffer the Little Children'', ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]'', ''The Garden'', ''[[Fifi & the Flowertots]]'', ''[[Little Princess (animated series)|Little Princess]]'' (the voice of the princess) and ''Welcome to the Times''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
Other television credits include ''Absolutely Fabulous'', ''[[Victoria Wood]]'' - ''We'd Quite Like to Apologise'', ''Bad Girl'', ''Boon'', ''[[Heartland (1989 film)|Heartland]]'', ''Hunting Venus'', ''La Nonna'', ''Leaving Home'', ''[[Never Mind the Horrocks]]'', ''Nightlife'', ''[[Wyrd Sisters (TV series)|Wyrd Sisters]]'', ''[[Foxbusters]]'', ''[[Jericho (UK TV series)|Jericho]]'', ''[[Red Dwarf]]'', ''Some Kind of Life'', ''Suffer the Little Children'', ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]'', ''The Garden'', ''[[Fifi & the Flowertots]]'', ''[[Little Princess (animated series)|Little Princess]]'' (the voice of the princess) and ''Welcome to the Times''.{{Citation needed|date=April 2011}}
   
   
She was the subject of an episode of the [[genealogy]] series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' in 2006. That year, she played the title role of Ros Pritchard in ''[[The Amazing Mrs Pritchard]]'', a drama about a woman elected prime minister.
She was the subject of an episode of the [[genealogy]] series ''[[Who Do You Think You Are? (British TV series)|Who Do You Think You Are?]]'' in 2006. That year, she played the title role of Ros Pritchard in ''[[The Amazing Mrs Pritchard]]'', a drama about a woman elected prime minister.
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On Tuesday 14 January 2014, Horrocks appeared as a contestant on ''The Great Sport Relief Bake Off'' on [[BBC Two]]— the celebrity version of ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]''—hosted by [[Jo Brand]] and broadcast to help raise money for the charity [[Sport Relief]]. The other contestants were TV and radio presenter [[Kirsty Young]], choreographer [[Jason Gardiner]], and Olympic athlete [[Greg Rutherford]].
On Tuesday 14 January 2014, Horrocks appeared as a contestant on ''The Great Sport Relief Bake Off'' on [[BBC Two]]— the celebrity version of ''[[The Great British Bake Off]]''—hosted by [[Jo Brand]] and broadcast to help raise money for the charity [[Sport Relief]]. The other contestants were TV and radio presenter [[Kirsty Young]], choreographer [[Jason Gardiner]], and Olympic athlete [[Greg Rutherford]].


On 9 May 2015, she gave a reading at [[VE Day 70: A Party to Remember]] in [[Horse Guards Parade]], London that was broadcast live on [[BBC One|BBC1]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-32679995 |title=Actress Jane Horrocks cries reading WW2 letter |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=10 May 2015 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[BBC Online]] |agency=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
On 9 May 2015, she gave a reading at [[VE Day 70: A Party to Remember]] in [[Horse Guards Parade]], London that was broadcast live on [[BBC1]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-32679995 |title=Actress Jane Horrocks cries reading WW2 letter |work=[[BBC News Online]] |date=10 May 2015 |access-date=1 July 2019 |publisher=[[BBC Online]] |agency=[[BBC]]}}</ref>


In 2015, she supplied the voice of the Tubby Phone in the reboot of the popular British children's television series ''[[Teletubbies]]''. In 2021, she began starring in the [[Sky One|Sky]] comedy series ''[[Bloods (TV series)|Bloods]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Horrocks stars in new paramedic show Bloods |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19259239.jane-horrocks-stars-new-paramedic-show-bloods/ |website=News&Star |date=2 May 2021 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
In 2015, she supplied the voice of the Tubby Phone in the reboot of the popular British children's television series ''[[Teletubbies]]''. In 2021, she began starring in the [[Sky One|Sky]] comedy series ''[[Bloods (TV series)|Bloods]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jane Horrocks stars in new paramedic show Bloods |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/19259239.jane-horrocks-stars-new-paramedic-show-bloods/ |website=News&Star |date=2 May 2021 |access-date=4 May 2021}}</ref>
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| ''[[Secret of the Wings]]''
| ''[[Secret of the Wings]]''
| Fairy Mary <small>(voice)</small>
| Fairy Mary <small>(voice)</small>
| Bobs Gannaway & [[Peggy Holmes]]  
| [[Bobs Gannaway]] & [[Peggy Holmes]]  
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| ''[[Here We Go (TV series)|Here We Go]]''
| Ethel Ticehurst
| Episode: "Granny's Uno Hustle"
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| ''[[RuPaul's Drag Race UK]]''
| Herself (Guest judge)
| [[RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 7|Series 7]]
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=== Television films ===
=== Television films ===
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* [[1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]] (1991): Won Award for [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]'' (1991).
* [[1991 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards|Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards]] (1991): Won Award for [[Los Angeles Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]'' (1991).
* [[1992 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] (1992): Won Award for [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''Life Is Sweet.''
* [[1992 National Society of Film Critics Awards|National Society of Film Critics Awards]] (1992): Won Award for [[National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Supporting Actress]] for ''Life Is Sweet.''
* [[Sitges Film Festival|Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival]] (1994): Won Best Actress Award for ''[[Deadly Advice]]'' (1994).
* [[Sitges - Catalan International Film Festival]] (1994): Won Best Actress Award for ''[[Deadly Advice]]'' (1994).
* [[52nd British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role]] for ''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]'' (1998).
* [[52nd British Academy Film Awards|BAFTA Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role|Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role]] for ''[[Little Voice (film)|Little Voice]]'' (1998).
* [[British Independent Film Awards]] (1999): Nomination for Best Actress for ''Little Voice'' (1998).
* [[British Independent Film Awards]] (1999): Nomination for Best Actress for ''Little Voice'' (1998).
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* [[3rd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture|Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical]] for ''Little Voice'' (1998).
* [[3rd Golden Satellite Awards|Satellite Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[Satellite Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture|Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical]] for ''Little Voice'' (1998).
* [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast]], for ''Little Voice'' (1998), shared with [[Annette Badland]], [[Brenda Blethyn]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Michael Caine]], [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]] and [[Ewan McGregor]].
* [[5th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]] (1999): Nomination for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast]], for ''Little Voice'' (1998), shared with [[Annette Badland]], [[Brenda Blethyn]], [[Jim Broadbent]], [[Michael Caine]], [[Philip Jackson (actor)|Philip Jackson]] and [[Ewan McGregor]].
* Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999): Nomination for [[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role]] for ''Little Voice'' (1998).
* Screen Actors Guild Awards (1999): Nomination for [[Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role]] for ''Little Voice'' (1998).


==References==
==References==
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*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/001027_horrocks.shtml BBC interview]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/arts/highlights/001027_horrocks.shtml BBC interview]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/jane_horrocks.shtml Jane Horrocks on BBC Drama Faces]
*[https://archive.today/20061029113457/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/faces/jane_horrocks.shtml Jane Horrocks on BBC Drama Faces]
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8675045/The-many-faces-of-Jane-Horrocks.html The many faces of Jane Horrocks]
*[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/8675045/The-many-faces-of-Jane-Horrocks.html The many faces of Jane Horrocks]
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s2_celeb_gallery_05.shtml Jane Horrocks on ''Who Do You Think You Are?'']
*[https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/familyhistory/get_started/wdytya_s2_celeb_gallery_05.shtml Jane Horrocks on ''Who Do You Think You Are?'']

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Template:Short description Template:Use British English Template:Use dmy dates Template:More citations needed Script error: No such module "infobox".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".Template:Main otherScript error: No such module "Check for clobbered parameters".Template:Wikidata image Barbara Jane Horrocks (born 18 January 1964)[1] is a British actress. She portrayed Bubble and Katy Grin in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous. She was nominated for the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for the title role in the stage play The Rise and Fall of Little Voice, and received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations for the role in the film version of Little Voice.

She is also known for her appearances in films, including The Dressmaker (1988), The Witches (1990), Second Best (1993), Life is Sweet (1990), Chicken Run (2000), Corpse Bride (2005), Sunshine on Leith (2013), Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016), as well as the television series Fifi and the Flowertots (2005–2010), Little Princess (2006–2020), and the Sky One sitcom Trollied, as Julie Cook (2011–2015).

Early life

Horrocks was born in Rawtenstall, Lancashire, the daughter of Barbara (née Ashworth), a hospital worker, and John Horrocks, a sales representative.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".[2] She is the youngest of three children.

She attended Balladen County Primary School and Fearns County Secondary School. She trained at Oldham College, and the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art with Imogen Stubbs and Ralph Fiennes,[3] and began her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company.[4]

Career

Stage

Horrocks has appeared on stage in Ask for the Moon (Hampstead, 1986), A Collier's Friday Night (Greenwich, 1987), Valued Friends (Hampstead, 1989), and The Debutante Ball (Hampstead, 1989). She appeared in Our Own Kind (Bush, 1991); Deadly Advice (Fletcher, 1993); Cabaret (Donmar Warehouse 1994); Macbeth (Greenwich Theatre, 1995); and Absurd Person Singular (Garrick Theatre, 2007).

While working on Road, a play directed by Jim Cartwright, Horrocks warmed up by doing singing impressions of Judy Garland, Shirley Bassey and Ethel Merman. Cartwright was so impressed with her mimicry he wrote The Rise and Fall of Little Voice for her.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She was nominated for the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress at the 1993 Laurence Olivier Awards for her performance in the 1992 West End production, directed by her then-boyfriend Sam Mendes.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Her last West End appearance was in Sweet Panic, the 2003 Stephen Poliakoff drama in which she portrayed a neurotic mother locked in a battle of wills with her disturbed son's psychologist.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". She starred in Richard Jones's critically acclaimed production of The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic in 2008.[5] She was reunited with Jones in a new musical production of Annie Get Your Gun, which opened at the Young Vic in October 2009.[6] At London's Young Vic, in 2016's If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Horrocks revisited the songs of her youth to sing versions of tracks by the likes of Joy Division, The Smiths, Buzzcocks, and The Human League.[7]

In October 2014, Horrocks played Ella Khan in the London revival of East Is East at Trafalgar Studios as part of Jamie Lloyd's Trafalgar Transformed season.[8] In 2024, Horrocks joined the cast of the British premiere production of play Nachtland at the Young Vic theatre, directed by Patrick Marber.[9]

In August 2024, Horrocks starred as Meg in Harold Pinter's The Birthday Party at the Ustinov Studio.[10]

Screen

She appeared in Catherine Cookson's The Fifteen Streets, alongside Sean Bean and Owen Teale and portrayed Pattern, the housemaid, in Stuart Orme's The Wolves of Willoughby Chase. Both films were released in 1989. She drew critical notice for her performance in the film Life Is Sweet (1990). She also portrayed Miss Irvine, the mistreated assistant of Eva Ernst / The Grand High Witch in Nicolas Roeg's The Witches (1990). Horrocks became well known on screen for her role as Bubble and Katy Grin in the sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2016).

She reprised her stage role in the 1998 screen adaptation, Little Voice, which earned nominations for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the 56th Golden Globe Awards, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 52nd British Academy Film Awards, the Satellite Award for Best Actress - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy at the 3rd Golden Satellite Awards, the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role - Motion Picture at the 5th Screen Actors Guild Awards, and the British Independent Film Award for Best Actress.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

For 10 years, Horrocks appeared with Prunella Scales in commercials for the UK supermarket chain Tesco.[11] She narrated BBC Two's television series The Speaker in April 2009.

In 2009, Horrocks took the lead in the BBC TV production Gracie!, a drama portraying the life of Gracie Fields during World War II and her relationship with the Italian-born director Monty Banks (played by Tom Hollander).[12]

Other television credits include Absolutely Fabulous, Victoria Wood - We'd Quite Like to Apologise, Bad Girl, Boon, Heartland, Hunting Venus, La Nonna, Leaving Home, Never Mind the Horrocks, Nightlife, Wyrd Sisters, Foxbusters, Jericho, Red Dwarf, Some Kind of Life, Suffer the Little Children, The Storyteller, The Garden, Fifi & the Flowertots, Little Princess (the voice of the princess) and Welcome to the Times.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

She was the subject of an episode of the genealogy series Who Do You Think You Are? in 2006. That year, she played the title role of Ros Pritchard in The Amazing Mrs Pritchard, a drama about a woman elected prime minister.

On Tuesday 14 January 2014, Horrocks appeared as a contestant on The Great Sport Relief Bake Off on BBC Two— the celebrity version of The Great British Bake Off—hosted by Jo Brand and broadcast to help raise money for the charity Sport Relief. The other contestants were TV and radio presenter Kirsty Young, choreographer Jason Gardiner, and Olympic athlete Greg Rutherford.

On 9 May 2015, she gave a reading at VE Day 70: A Party to Remember in Horse Guards Parade, London that was broadcast live on BBC1.[13]

In 2015, she supplied the voice of the Tubby Phone in the reboot of the popular British children's television series Teletubbies. In 2021, she began starring in the Sky comedy series Bloods.[14]

Audio

Horrocks' voiceovers have been used on the films Chicken Run, Christmas Carol: The Movie, Corpse Bride, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, and Tinker Bell. She also did the voiceover of Fenchurch on radio and in the audio adaptation of Douglas Adams' science fiction series The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy for BBC Radio 4. She has voiced Donner in all three Robbie the Reindeer films in aid of Comic Relief.

In 2000, Horrocks made the CD Further Adventures of Little Voice, again singing in the style of favourite divas.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The recording includes duets with Ewan McGregor, Robbie Williams and Dean Martin. Horrocks collaborated once more with Robbie Williams the following year, for a cover of the Bobby Darin song "Things" on Williams' album Swing When You're Winning.

Personal life

Template:More citations needed section Horrocks has two children with her former partner, playwright Nick Vivian. They were together for 21 years, separating in 2017. She currently lives in Brighton.[15]

She was previously in a relationship with director Sam Mendes. She was in a relationship with the singer and actor Ian Dury, about whom she devised the 2022 drama, Love Pants: Ian Dury & Jane Horrocks, for BBC Radio 4, based on her own diary entries and his love letters to her during their one-year relationship in the 1980s, when she was 23. The two remained friends until his death in 2000.[16][17][15] Horrocks' father died in 2013 and her mother in 2021.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Directed by
1988 The Dressmaker Rita Jim O'Brien
1989 Getting It Right Jenny Randal Kleiser
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Pattern Stuart Orme
1990 The Witches Miss Susan Irvine Nicolas Roeg
Memphis Belle Faith Michael Caton-Jones
Life Is Sweet Nicola Mike Leigh
1993 Second Best Debbie Chris Menges
1994 Deadly Advice Jodie Greenwood Mandie Fletcher
1997 Bring Me the Head of Mavis Davis Mavis Davis / Marla Dorland John Henderson
1998 Little Voice Laura "LV" Hoff Mark Herman
1999 Faeries Huccaby (voice) Gary Hurst
Hooves of Fire Donner (voice)
2000 Chicken Run Babs (voice) Peter Lord & Nick Park
Born Romantic Maureen "Mo" Docherty David Kane
Lion of Oz Wimsik (voice) Tim Deacon
2001 Christmas Carol: The Movie Ghost of Christmas Past (voice) Jimmy T. Murakami
2002 Legend of the Lost Tribe Donner (voice)
2005 Corpse Bride The Black Widow / Mrs. Plum (voice) Tim Burton
Brothers of the Head Roberta Howe Keith Fulton & Louis Pepe
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Meenie (voice) Tim Hill
2007 Close Encounters of the Herd Kind Donner (voice)
2008 Tinker Bell Fairy Mary (voice) Bradley Raymond
2009 Tinker Bell and the Lost Treasure Klay Hall
2010 No One Gets Off in This Town
2011 Arthur Christmas Lead Elf (voice) Sarah Smith
2012 Secret of the Wings Fairy Mary (voice) Bobs Gannaway & Peggy Holmes
2013 Sunshine on Leith Jean Henshaw Dexter Fletcher
2014 The Pirate Fairy Fairy Mary Peggy Holmes
2016 Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie Bubble/Shirley Bassey impersonator Mandie Fletcher
2018 Swimming with Men Heather Scott Oliver Parker
2023 Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget Babs (voice) Sam Fell

Television series

Year Title Role Notes
1987 First Sight Natalie Episode: "Leaving Home" (1.3)
Screenplay Louise Episode: "The Road" (2.13)
1988 The Storyteller Anja Episode: "The True Bride" (1.9)
The Ruth Rendell Mysteries Pippa Bond Episode: "No Crying He Makes" (2.7)
1989 The Jim Henson Hour Anja Episode: "Musicians" (1.8)
Victoria Wood Cathy Warburton Episode: "We'd Quite Like to Apologise" (1.4)
Smith & Jones Episode: "The Unprepared Version" (5.6)
1990 Boon Trisha Downey Episode: "Best Left Buried" (5.11)
1991 Screen One Gail Episode: "Alive and Kicking" (3.7)
Performance Episode: "Nona" (1.2)
1992 Red Dwarf Nirvanah Crane Episode: "Holoship" (5.1)
Screenplay Maggie Hunt Episode: "Bad Girl" (7.3)
Performance Episode: "Roots" (2.3)
1992–2012 Absolutely Fabulous Bubble
(also played Katy Grin, Lola and radio voice) 		33 episodes
1995 Performance Doll Tearsheet Episode: "Henry IV" (5.5)
1995–1998 Crapston Villas Flossie 20 episodes (all episodes)
1996 Tales from the Crypt Cammy Episode: "Cold War" (7.6)
Never Mind the Horrocks Various roles
1997 Wyrd Sisters Magrat Garlick (voice) Television mini-series
The Blobs Various (voice) 26 Episodes (all episodes) (S4C, Scottish Television, Siriol, DC Thomson, Taytel and Ragdoll Limited (live-action shoot))
1997–1999 The Forgotten Toys Various roles (voice)
1999 Foxbusters Jeffries (voice) 26 Episodes (all episodes)
1999–2000 Watership Down Hannah 14 episodes
2000 Mirrorball Yitta Hilberstam Television pilot
Spot the Dog Narrator 26 Episodes were re-narrated over the originals that were done by Paul Nicholas.
2001 Little Big Mouth Krystan (voice)
2002 Linda Green Teresa Franklin Episode: "Teresa" (2.2)
2003–2004 Wide-Eye Flea (voice)
Baby Komodo (voice)
Natterjack Toads (voices) 		26 episodes (All episodes)
2004 Monkey Trousers Various roles
2005 Jericho Sadie Swettenham Episode: "To Murder and Create" (1.3)
2005–2010 Fifi and the Flowertots Fifi Forget-Me-Not and Primrose (UK/US voice) 40 episodes
2006 The Street Angela Quinn Episodes: "The Accident" (1.1)
"Stan" (1.2)
The Amazing Mrs Pritchard Ros Pritchard 6 episodes (all episodes)
2006–2020 Little Princess Little Princess (voice)
2011 Coming Up Felicity Episode: "Magic" (6.5)
Phineas and Ferb Eliza (voice) Episode: "My Fair Goalie" (3.11)
This is Jinsy Mrs. Stenton Episode: "Vel" (1.6)
Little Crackers Hairdresser Episode: "Jane Horrocks' Little Cracker: Barbara" (2.3)
Pixie Hollow Games Fairy Mary (voice) Television special
2011–2013, 2015 Trollied Julie Cook 37 episodes
2012 Get Your House in Order Narrator (voice) Episode: "Stuart" (1.3)
True Love Sandra Episode: "Sandra" (1.4)
2014 Lily's Driftwood Bay Wee Rabbit
2015 Inside No. 9 Liz "Cold Comfort" (2.4)
Long Live the Royals Queen Elenor (voice) UK version only
2015–2018 Teletubbies Tubby Phone (voice) Darrall MacQueen, DHX Media and CBeebies
2019-present The Rubbish World of Dave Spud Gran Spud (voice) Except "Two Toots Spud", "An Honest Face" and "Night School"
2020 The Singapore Grip Sylvia Blackett TV series
2021 Hugo the Jungle Animal Baby Hugo Episode: "Baby Hugo"
2021–2022 Bloods Wendy Main role
2025 Here We Go Ethel Ticehurst Episode: "Granny's Uno Hustle"
RuPaul's Drag Race UK Herself (Guest judge) Series 7

Television films

Year Title Role Notes
1989 The Fifteen Streets Christine Bracken
Heartland Pam
1991 Came Out, It Rained, Went Back in Again Learner Lesbian
1993 Cabaret Sally Bowles
1994 Self Catering Marilyn
Suffer the Little Children Deborah Hayes
1995 Some Kind of Life Alison
1996 Nightlife Helen
1999 Hunting Venus Cassandra
The Flint Street Nativity Zoe
2009 Gracie! Gracie Fields
2010 The Road to Coronation Street Margaret Morris

Short film, television and video

Year Title Role Notes
1994 Butter Beggar Television
1995 Combination Skin (voice) Short film
1999 Hooves of Fire Donner (voice) Television
2002 Legend of the Lost Tribe Donner / Arctic Fox (voice)
Last Rumba in Rochdale Gran (voice) Short film
2004 Wheeling Dealing Authentic Newsreader
2006 Voices from the Underworld Herself (voice) Video Short
2007 Robbie the Reindeer in Close Encounters of the Herd Kind Donner (voice) Television
2011 The Itch of the Golden Nit (voice) Short film

Audio CDs

Year Title Role Notes
1999 Crackers in Space Wendolene[18]

Music videos

Awards and honours

References

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