Lucy Punch - wikipedia Lucy Punch Lucy Punch Punch in April 2011 ( 1977 - 12 - 30 ) 30 December 1977 ( age 40 ) Hammersmith, London, UK Residence West Hollywood, California Occupation Actress Years active 1998 -- present Children Lucy Punch ( born 30 December 1977 ) is an English actress. She has appeared in films such as Ella Enchanted, Hot Fuzz, Bad Teacher, You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger, Dinner for Schmucks, and Into the Woods. She is also known for her role as Esmé Squalor in A Series of Unfortunate Events. Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 4.1 Film 4.2 Television 4.3 Stage 5 References 6 External links Early life Punch was born in Hammersmith, the daughter of Johanna and Michael Punch, who ran a market research company. She was educated privately at Godolphin and Latymer School in Hammersmith, London. She performed with the National Youth Theatre from 1993 to 1997, and began a course at University College London before dropping out to become an actress. Career Punch ( left ) with the cast of You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger in 2010 Punch made her acting debut in a 1998 episode of The New Adventures of Robin Hood. Her other TV credits include the naive daughter of Alison Steadman 's character in the short - lived series Let Them Eat Cake which starred French and Saunders. She starred as a football player in the kids TV show Renford Rejects, and played the role of victim Melissa Townsend in the 19th episode of Midsomer Murders. In 2000, Punch appeared in the film Greenfingers... Punch made her stage debut as Elaine in Terry Johnson 's West End adaptation of The Graduate. She has worked at the Royal Court and Bush theatres, both in London. In 2004, Punch played receptionist Elaine Denham on Doc Martin. She left the television show The Class after appearing in 11 of the first 12 episodes. In 2006 she won the Best Actress award at the Monaco International Film Festival for her performance in Are You Ready For Love ? She played murder victim and actress Eve Draper in Edgar Wright 's 2007 film Hot Fuzz. Punch starred in Woody Allen 's 2010 film You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger. In August 2010, she appeared in BBC Two 's three part police comedy - drama Vexed. In 2011, Punch appeared in Bad Teacher, portraying sanctimonious school teacher Amy Squirrel. Punch was cast as Deena Pilgrim, the female lead in the TV pilot Powers, but the role was recast. In 2016 she played Amanda, leader of the `` Alpha mums '' in the BBC comedy series Motherland. In 2017, Punch was cast in the recurring role of Esmé Squalor on the second season of the Netflix comedy drama series A Series of Unfortunate Events. Personal life Punch resides in West Hollywood, California. She gave birth to her first child, a son named Rex, in July 2015. Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 2000 Cinderella Regan Television film 2000 Greenfingers Holly 2001 It 's Not Me, It 's You Rose 2001 Goodbye, Mr Steadman Linda Mortimer Television film 2002 Come Together Amy Television film 2003 Second Nature Car Rental Girl Television film Ella Enchanted Hattie The Life and Death of Peter Sellers Lead Stewardess Being Julia Avice Crichton 2005 Festival Nicky Romanowski 2006 Are You Ready For Love ? Melanie Monaco International Film Festival -- Angel Award for Best Actress 2006 Stingray Lucy 2007 Two Families Irene Television film 2007 Hot Fuzz Eve Draper 2007 Grindhouse Blonde in Do n't Trailer Uncredited 2007 St Trinian 's Verity Thwaites 2008 1 % Candace Television film 2009 Big Breaks Alexis 2009 ( Untitled ) The Clarinet Elektra Luxx Dolores You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger Charmaine Dinner for Schmucks Darla 2011 A Little Bit of Heaven Sarah Walker 2011 Take Me Home Tonight Shelly 2011 Bad Teacher Amy Squirrel 2011 A Good Old Fashioned Orgy Kate 2012 The Giant Mechanical Man Pauline 2012 The Wedding Video Saskia 2012 Yellow Amanda 2012 Stars in Shorts Julie 2012 Stand Up Guys Wendy 2013 Cottage Country Masha 2014 Someone Marry Barry Melanie Miller 2014 Into the Woods Lucinda 2015 She 's Funny That Way Prostitute 2015 Cake Nurse Gayle 2016 The Meddler Emily 2017 The Female Brain Lexi 2018 You, Me and Him Olivia Television Year Title Role Notes 1998 The New Adventures of Robin Hood Queen Stephanie Episode : `` Orphans '' 1999 Renford Rejects Sue White 13 episodes 1999 Days Like These Helen Foreman 2 episodes 1999 Let Them Eat Cake Eveline 4 episodes 1999 -- 2001 Big Bad World Melissa 4 episodes 2000 The 10th Kingdom Sally Peep 3 episodes 2001 People Like Us Kate Episode : `` The Actor '' 2001 Midsomer Murders Melissa Townsend Episode : `` Tainted Fruit '' 2002 I Saw You Esther Episode : `` Episode 1.1 '' 2003 Dinotopia Shayna Episode : `` Night of the Wartosa '' My Family Sarah Episode : `` Luck Be a Lady Tonight '' Doc Martin Elaine Denham 6 episodes 2005 Survivors Juliet Savage Episode : `` In Deep Water '' 2006 Agatha Christie 's Poirot Susannah Henderson Episode : `` After the Funeral '' 2007 The Class Holly Ellenbogen 13 episodes 2007 Comedy Showcase : Ladies and Gentlemen Alice Pilot 2007 The Sarah Silverman Program Sally Episode : `` Ah, Men '' 2007 The Omid Djalili Show Miss Fanny Dashett Episode 1.2 2008 Fairytales Fenola Gay Episode : `` Cinderella '' 2008 Wainy Days Angel Episode : `` Angel '' Vexed DI Kate Bishop 3 episodes 2012 Ben and Kate BJ 16 episodes 2014 Robot Chicken Daenerys Targaryen / Arya Stark / Kirk 's Date Episode : `` Rebel Appliance '' 2016 New Girl Genevieve 2 episodes 2016 -- present Motherland Amanda 2018 A Series of Unfortunate Events Esmé Squalor 8 episodes Stage Year Title Role Notes 2000 The Graduate Elaine Gielgud Theatre 2001 Boy Gets Girl Harriet Royal Court Theatre 2002 A Carpet, A Pony and A Monkey Kate Bush Theatre 2014 Great Britain Paige Britain Theatre Royal Haymarket References Jump up ^ `` Lucy Punch, celebrity ''. TV Guide. Retrieved August 27, 2016. Jump up ^ Goodman, Jillian. `` Bad Teacher 's Lucy Punch on her ' Über - Goddess ' Co-star Cameron Diaz, Playing the Slut, and Women in Comedy ''. Vulture.com. Retrieved 23 February 2014. Jump up ^ Palmer, Martyn ( June 24, 2011 ). `` The only way is LA : Meet British actress Lucy Punch who is tickling Tinseltown pink ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved August 27, 2016. ^ Jump up to : Nicole Lampert ( 9 August 2012 ). `` From doing the rounds with Doc Martin to cook - ins with Cameron Diaz, Lucy Punch is our kooky new queen of comedy ''. Daily Mail. Retrieved 10 August 2012. Jump up ^ Smiley, Tavis ( June 16, 2011 ). `` Actress Lucy Punch ''. PBS. Retrieved August 27, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Lucy Punch ''. Hollywood.com. Retrieved August 27, 2016. Jump up ^ Eyre, Hermione ( 3 December 2010 ). `` Lucy Punch is making a mark on Hollywood ''. thisislondon.co.uk. Archived from the original on 14 January 2011. Retrieved 5 June 2011. Jump up ^ Clapp, Susannah ( 11 November 2001 ). `` Eric and Ernie for ever ''. The Observer. Retrieved 6 June 2011. Jump up ^ Koenig, Rhoda ( 27 May 2002 ). `` A Carpet, a Pony and a Monkey, Bush Theatre, London ''. The Independent. Retrieved 6 June 2011. Jump up ^ Adalian, Joseph ( 11 January 2007 ). `` ' Class ' to air on Net first -- Entertainment News, Business News, Media ''. www.variety.com. Retrieved 8 February 2010. Jump up ^ `` Monaco International Film Festival of non violent films ''. monacofilmfestival.net. Monaco International Film Festival. Retrieved 5 June 2011. Jump up ^ Jay A. Fernandez ( 29 May 2009 ). `` Woody Allen welcomes Brit Lucy Punch ''. The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2 June 2009. Jump up ^ `` Lucy Punch cast in Bad Teacher ''. reuters.com. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 8 February 2010. Jump up ^ `` ' Powers ' TV Series Casts Deena Pilgrim '' Archived 24 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine., 21 June 2011, MTV Jump up ^ Petski, Denise ( June 9, 2017 ). `` ' Series Of Unfortunate Events ' : Nathan Fillion, Tony Hale, Sara Rue, Lucy Punch & Roger Bart Join Season 2 Cast ''. Deadline. Retrieved April 1, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Lucy Punch On How She Named Her Baby Boy ''. TeamCoco. Retrieved 22 January 2016. Jump up ^ `` Lucy Punch stars in West End Great Britain ''. whatsonstage.com. Whats On Stage. 11 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lucy Punch. 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Question: who plays esme on a series of unfortunate events
Answer: Lucy Punch