Jane Horrocks

Jane Horrocks was born in 1964 in Rawtenstall, Lancashire. She was educated at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and began her acting career by joining the Royal Shakespeare Company. Some of her early work which earned her notice was her award-winning theatre performance in The Rise and Fall of Little Voices, for which she won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress. She won a host of awards for reprising this role in a screen adaptation in 1998. She became a household name thanks to the TV series, Absolutely Fabulous (1992-2012), playing the role of Bubble.

Horrocks appeared on stage in a number of productions during the 1980s and 1990s including Cabaret in 1994 at the Donmar Warehouse, and Ask for the Moon, at Hampstead Theatre in 1986. She appeared at the Garrick Theatre in Absurd Person Singular in 2007. The following year, she starred in Richard Jones’s The Good Soul of Szechuan at the Young Vic, which won critical acclaim. She reunited with Jones for the musical Annie Get Your Gun, also at the Young Vic, in 2009.

Outside of theatre, she has had roles in numerous television series and British films, such as King Henry IV, Life is Sweet, The Witches and Deadly Advice. She also appeared on The Great Sport Relief Bake Off in 2014.

In May 2016, it was announced that Horrocks would star alongside double Academy Award-winner Glenda Jackson in King Lear, playing the role of Regan, which would play from October 2016 at the Old Vic.

Selected London & West End Stage Appearances

Show	Role	Theatre	Year	Link
King Lear	Regan	Old Vic	2016	News
If You Kiss Me, Kiss Me	Herself	Young Vic	2016	Review
East is East	Ella Khan	Trafalgar Studio 1	2014	Review
Annie Get Your Gun	Annie	Young Vic	2009
Aunt Dan and Lemon	Lemon	Royal Court	2009	Review
The Good Soul of Szechuan	Shen Te	Young Vic	2008
Absurd Person Singular	Jane	Garrick	2007	Review
Cabaret	Sally Bowles	Donmar Warehouse	1994
The Rise and Fall of Little Voice	LV	National / Aldwych	1992