Jane Horrocks

Jane, 49, is a well-known actress, best known for playing ‘Bubble’ in the TV Series ‘Absolutely Fabulous’ and notable for her strong Lancashire accent.

She currently resides in Twickenham with her playwright husband, Nick Vivain, and their children, Dylan and Molly.

Jane trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and began her career with the Royal Shakespeare Company.

The screen adaptation, ‘Little Voice’ with Brenda Blethyn, Michael Caine and Ewan McGregor earned her several nominations, including a BAFTA, a British Independent Film Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and a Golden Globe.

‘Chicken Run’ put her instantly recognisable voice to use, as the frantic-knitting chicken, ‘Babs’. Other voice work includes ‘A Christmas Carol’, ‘Corpse Bride’ and ‘Tinkerbell’.

Most recently, she plays Deputy Manager Julie in Sky1’s sitcom – Trollied.

• She’s using Auntie Molly’s recipe for her showstopper. She and Mum are the guinea pigs.
• She’s not a baker and would describe herself as rubbish. She finds the whole thing quite stressful especially blind baking – that sends her into a tizz.
• Growing up she made iced buns with Nan for the Spring show at school, which is a lovely memory. However when they got them out of the cellar mice had run over them

• Finds Mary and Paul intriguing. Amazing how they are so fine tuned to all baking knowledge.
• Isn’t a competitive person. In fact if she came last she’d be happy.
• First time she’s been involved in Sport Relief and although she isn’t a very sporty person (although was sporty at school) she thinks she was picked to take part in Bake Off because she’s thin but that’s not down to exercise just good genes!