Melanie Hudson is an English actress and comedian. With

Vicki Pepperdine Vicki Pepperdine (born 1961) is an English comedy actress and writer. She was nominated for two BAFTA TV Awards for co-writing the BBC sitcom '' Getting On'' (2009–12), and was also nominated for a British Comedy Award for her portrayal of D ...

, she was part of the double act Hudson and Pepperdine. The two women wrote and starred in

BBC Radio 4 BBC Radio 4 is a British national radio station owned and operated by the BBC that replaced the BBC Home Service in 1967. It broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes, including news, drama, comedy, science and history from the BBC' ...

's ''

The Hudson and Pepperdine Show ''The Hudson and Pepperdine Show'' is a comedy sketch show vehicle on BBC Radio 4 (repeated on BBC Radio 4 Extra) for the duo Melanie Hudson and Vicki Pepperdine. Four series have been broadcast, in 2000 (4 episodes), 2001 (4 episodes), 2003 (6 ...

''. Hudson performed multiple roles in '' Knowing Me, Knowing You... with Alan Partridge'' (''KMKY''), including Alan's French co-host Nina Vanier. She played

Lauren Cooper Dame Lauren Chantelle Bluebelle Gazelle Roselle Alesha Masheka Funeshka Tanesha Felicia Jane Harry Kane Liam Payne Cooper is a fictional character in ''The Catherine Tate Show''. Lauren is one of the show's main characters and is portrayed by Cat ...

's French teacher in a sketch on ''

The Catherine Tate Show ''The Catherine Tate Show'' is a British television sketch comedy written by Catherine Tate and Derren Litten. Tate also stars in all but one of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of characters. ''The Catherine Tate Show'' airs on ...

''. She has also worked with the ''KMKY'' team in a number of projects, including ''

The Friday Night Armistice ''The Saturday Night Armistice'' (later ''The Friday Night Armistice'', plus the one-off ''The Election Night Armistice'') is a British satirical television comedy programme presented by Armando Iannucci with Peter Baynham and David Schneider t ...

'' and '' The Armando Iannucci Shows''. She also played Alexi the ant in the short-lived animated series ''

Anthony Ant ''Anthony Ant'' is a 1999 animated television series based on a book of the same name by Graham Philpot and Lorna Philpot. It takes place in "Antville," an underground city. Anthony and his friends must avoid being stepped on by the "Bigfeet" (hu ...

'', and Fluffy in a film created for the '' BKN Classic Series'' anthology series of films ''Robin Hood: Quest for the King'' (with ''Anthony Ant'' co-star Alan Marriott directing the voice actors) and lent her voice to two video games '' Colony Wars: Vengeance'' and ''

MediEvil II ''MediEvil 2'' (stylised as ''MediEvil II'' in North America) is a 2000 action-adventure game developed by Guerrilla Cambridge, SCE Cambridge Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStati ...

'' for PlayStation. Hudson had a guest role as Nancy Dean Liebhart in an episode of the radio comedy ''Cabin Pressure'' entitled "Qikiqtarjuak".

External links

* Living people English television actresses English women comedians English voice actresses English video game actresses Year of birth missing (living people) {{england-actor-stub