Lydia Fox (actress)
Lydia Fox (born 1979) is an English film, television, and stage actress and producer. She is also known by her married name, Lydia Ayoade.
Background and early life
The only daughter of James Fox and Mary Elizabeth Piper, she has four brothers, including the actors Laurence and Jack Fox. Her father's parents were the theatrical agent Robin Fox and the actress Angela Worthington, for whom Noël Coward wrote the song "Don't Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs Worthington".
Fox was educated at the University of Cambridge. While there, in 2001 she played Juliet in a Marlowe Society production of Romeo and Juliet, opposite Tom Hiddleston, to be reviewed as "a slightly nonchalant Juliet".
Personal life
On 8 September 2007 Fox married the actor, writer, and director Richard Ayoade. They have two daughters, Esme Bibi (born 2009) and Ida.
Television and film work
- Garth Marenghi's Darkplace (2004) Rick's wife
- AD/BC: A Rock Opera (2004) Wise man
- Someone Else (2006) Matt's girl
- Holby City, episode Blood Ties (2007) Paloma Duncan
- Lilies (2007) Marianne Parks
- The IT Crowd The Work Outing (2007) Laura
- Secret Diary of a Call Girl (2007) Estate agent
- Submarine (2010) Miss Dutton
- The Double (2013) Invigilator