Antonia Campbell-Hughes


Antonia Campbell-Hughes is a Northern Irish actress and former fashion designer, best known for appearing in Jack Dee's sitcom Lead Balloon and for portraying Natascha Kampusch in 3096 Days.
After the success of series one of Lead Balloon, Campbell-Hughes went on to be cast in a variety of comedy shows on British television, alongside Jennifer Saunders and Alex Macqueen, and went on to create her own one-woman show Bluebell Welch for MTV.

Biography

Campbell-Hughes was born in Derry, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, living there until the age of two. She has lived in the United States, Switzerland, Germany, and England.

Television

Campbell-Hughes has appeared in popular UK TV series such as Silent Witness, Casualty, Blackbeard: Terror at Sea and Spooks; in Channel 4's Scapegoat; in Neil Jordan's Breakfast on Pluto; and on stage in productions such as Roberto Zucco. Her performances in Lead Balloon and Jennifer Saunders vehicle The Life and Times of Vivienne Vyle have been praised by critic Sam Wollaston of The Guardian.
She wrote and starred in a series of comedy minisketches for MTV entitled Bluebell Welch. In April 2011, she appeared in series five of ITV's Lewis.

Fashion career

Campbell-Hughes had her own fashion label, started in her teens. She ran a clothing line that sold internationally under her own name and a diffusion line for high street store Topshop. She was featured on the cover of the Sunday Times' Style supplement in December 2007, and models regularly for French fashion label Devastee. She left fashion full-time in 2005 to focus fully on "her greater love" acting.

Film career

Campbell-Hughes' film work to date has been varied, including the BBC period drama Blackbeard, the Jane Campion feature film Bright Star, the psychological thriller The Other Side of Sleep, which premiered at Cannes 2011 Director's Fortnight, Lotus Eaters, which premiered at Tribeca Film Festival 2011, and the BBC film When Harvey Met Bob, chronicling the lead-up to Live Aid as the charity concert celebrated its 25th anniversary.

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