Editing Jessica Hynes (section)

==Career==
As a teenager, Hynes was a member of the [[National Youth Theatre]] company, and made her stage début with the company in [[Lionel Bart]]'s ''[[Blitz!]]'' in 1990.<ref>{{cite news|title=Charismatic artistic director of the National Youth Theatre|last=Kilcoyne|first=Emma|date=13 February 2008|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|page=34}}</ref> In 1991 she appeared in Disney's ''[[Swing Kids|Swing Kids (1993 film)]]'' alongside Frank Whaley and Robert Sean-Leonard. In the same year she appeared in Peter Greenaway's film ''The Baby of Macon'' playing 'The first Midwife'. Between 1992–1993, she played a [[Repertory|season]] at the [[West Yorkshire Playhouse]], [[Leeds]].  In 1994, Hynes appeared as an uncredited extra in the first episode of ''[[The Day Today]]'' in the Attitudes Night segment, a parody of the UK's changing attitudes.

Early in her career, Hynes teamed up with future ''Spaced'' co-star [[Katy Carmichael]] in a [[stand up comedy|comedy double-act]] called ''the Liz Hurleys'', appeared in two productions at [[Sheffield]]'s [[Crucible Theatre]], and acted for television shows including ''[[Staying Alive (TV series)|Staying Alive]]'', ''Six Pairs of Pants'', ''[[(Un)natural Acts]]'', and ''[[Asylum (1996 TV series)|Asylum]]'' (on which the ''Spaced'' team of Hynes, [[Simon Pegg]] and [[Edgar Wright]] first assembled). From 1998 to 2000, she played the supporting role of Cheryl in the hit sitcom ''[[The Royle Family]]''; she reprised the role for special episodes in 2006, 2009 and 2010. In 1999, she co-wrote and starred in ''[[Spaced]]'', for which she won two comedy awards and was nominated for an International Emmy and a Bafta for writing and creating the show alongside Simon Pegg. 

Hynes' London theatre début was in April 2002, playing the tough ex-prisoner "Bolla" in [[Jez Butterworth]]'s ''The Night Heron'' at the [[Royal Court Theatre|Royal Court]] for which she was nominated for a Lawrence Olivier Award <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.royalcourttheatre.com/whats-on/the-night-heron|title=The Night Heron |work=The Royal Court Theatre|access-date=6 August 2011}}</ref> In 2004, she played a minor part as Yvonne in horror comedy ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'', again working with Pegg and Wright. In the same year, she was also cast as Magda, friend of the titular character, in the Hollywood sequel ''[[Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason|Bridget Jones' Diary 2]]'', also called ''Bridget Jones' Diary: The Edge of Reason''. 

In early 2007, Hynes took a lead role in the film ''[[Magicians (2007 film)|Magicians]]'', starring alongside comic duo [[David Mitchell (comedian)|David Mitchell]] and [[Robert Webb]]. She provided the voice of [[Mafalda Hopkirk]] in ''[[Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (film)|Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix]]''. She played Joan Redfern in the 2007 ''[[Doctor Who]]'' episodes "[[Human Nature (Doctor Who episode)|Human Nature]]" and "[[The Family of Blood]]". She then appeared in part two of the story "[[The End of Time (Doctor Who)|The End of Time]]", playing a character named Verity Newman, who is Joan's great-granddaughter.<ref name="verity">{{cite web |last=Anders |first=Charlie Jane |author-link=Charlie Jane Anders |date=23 March 2009 |title=Discover Both Ends of The "Spectrum of Spock." Plus The Doctor's Worst Nightmare. |url=http://io9.com/5180008/discover-both-ends-of-the-spectrum-of-spock-plus-the-doctors-worst-nightmare |access-date=18 April 2009 |work=[[io9]] |archive-date=16 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016202406/http://io9.com/5180008/discover-both-ends-of-the-spectrum-of-spock-plus-the-doctors-worst-nightmare |url-status=dead }}</ref> Hynes appeared in [[Big Finish Productions|Big Finish]]'s [[Eighth Doctor]] audio adventure "[[Invaders from Mars (Doctor Who audio)|Invaders from Mars]]", with her ''Spaced'' colleague Simon Pegg. She starred in ''[[Son of Rambow]]'' (credited as Jessica Stevenson), playing Mary Proudfoot opposite the star of the film, [[Bill Milner]]. In November 2007, [[BBC One]] released ''[[Learners (film)|Learners]]'', a comedy drama television movie which Hynes starred in and wrote.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2007/04_april/03/learners.shtml |title=Press Releases: David Tennant and Jessica Hynes in the driving seat for new BBC One comedy drama Learners |access-date=3 April 2007 |publisher=[[BBC]]}}</ref>

In 2008 she appeared in a revival of [[Alan Ayckbourn]]'s ''The Norman Conquests'' at the [[Old Vic]]. In 2009 she made her Broadway début in the play's transfer<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadway.com/Tickets-On-Sale-for-Alan-Ayckbourn-s-The-Norman-Conquests/broadway_news/5022101 |title=Tickets on sale for Alan Ayckbourn's 'The Norman Conquests' |work=[[Broadway.com]] |access-date=5 March 2009 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090527144432/http://www.broadway.com/Tickets-On-Sale-for-Alan-Ayckbourn-s-The-Norman-Conquests/broadway_news/5022101 |archive-date=27 May 2009 }}</ref> and was nominated for a [[Tony Award]] for her performance. The show itself won a Tony for best revival that year.

Hynes appeared as a "right-on" PR person, Siobhan Sharpe, in the [[2012 Summer Olympics|London Olympics]] centred satire ''[[Twenty Twelve]]'', of which the first series screened on BBC Four in 2011, moving to BBC Two in spring 2012. A further series was screened in July 2012. She reprised the role in the 2014 series ''[[W1A (TV series)|W1A]]'' for which she won a BAFTA. 

In 2017 , she directed her first feature film, ''[[The Fight (2018 film)|The Fight]]'', produced by Jamie Adams and Unstoppable media. In 2018, she played the role of a mother in the [[BBC Four]] programme ''[[There She Goes (TV series)|There She Goes]]''. She stars alongside [[David Tennant]], raising a daughter with a severe learning disability. It is based on the real life of writer [[Shaun Pye]] and his wife Sarah Crawford  whose daughter was born with a chromosomal disorder. She won a Bafta for her role in the series and was nominated for an International Emmy for her role in '414' the special made in 2023. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiotimes.com/news/tv/2018-10-16/david-tennant-there-she-goes-bbc4-comedy-drama/|title=David Tennant felt 'huge responsibility' starring in new BBC comedy There She Goes|work=[[Radio Times]]|last=Hodges|first=Michael|date=16 October 2018|access-date=2 December 2018}}</ref>  In 2019, she starred in the BBC and HBO production ''[[Years and Years (TV series)|Years and Years]]'' for which she won a Royal Television Society award.