Rebecca Front

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Rebecca Front (born 28 June 1965) is an English comedian and actor, perhaps best known for her roles in The Day Today, Fist of Fun, Knowing Me, Knowing You and Time Gentlemen Please.

She has also made appearances on The News Quiz, Have I Got News For You, Big Train, If I Ruled The World, Monkey Trousers, Nighty Night and Absolutely Fabulous. Rebecca is currently starring in new ITV1 comedy drama You Can Choose Your Friends.

Front became involved in comedy while at Oxford University. She toured with the Oxford Theatre Group in 1984, taking part in the revue Stop the Weak. The tour played in Oxford itself; the Gate Theatre, Notting Hill (where it was seen by Mick Jagger, Julie Walters and David Bowie); Edinburgh; Salisbury; and Romsey. The Oxford Revue of the early 1980s was the nursery for a number of comedians who went on to achieve UK success: the Stop the Weak cast included Patrick Marber who was to later work with Rebecca Front in The Day Today, while David Schneider, also in The Day Today, was a member of the 1985 Revue cast. Armando Iannucci, The Day Today's director, was a member of the 1986 Revue.

In 1985, Front teamed up with Sioned Wiliam and Joan Magnusson to take the show The Bobo Girls go BOO to Edinburgh. In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.

Since 2006, she has been contributing columns to The Guardian.

Front played the role of Chief Superintendent Innocent in the Inspector Morse spin-off Lewis in 2006/07.

In 2007, she guest-starred in the Doctor Who audio drama The Mind's Eye.