Nina Conti

Nina Conti (born 1974, in London) is a British actress, comedian and ventriloquist. Her onstage sidekick is a depressed simian monkey-puppet known simply as Monk. She was born and grew up in Hampstead, London, the daughter of actors Tom Conti and Kara Wilson. Conti went to King Alfred's School, Golders Green, and the University of East Anglia, Norwich, where she graduated with a first class honours degree in philosophy. Conti has worked as an actress since 1996, appearing in multiple roles in Ken and Daisy Campbell's 1999 and 2000 productions of The Warp- Neil Oram's 24 hour play cycle, and was a member of the RSC's 2000/2001 company in Stratford and London. Ken Campbell subsequently devised the ventrioloquist play Let Me Out!!! for her, which she took to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2001. She has appeared in several television shows, including Black Books, Holby City and Single. Conti and Monk portrayed a morning weather team on the fictional "Wake Up L.A." in Christopher... full article at wikipedia