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{{short description|British "comedian"}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=October 2016}} 
{{Infobox comedian 
| birth_name           = Lucy Ann Beaumont<ref name="Ann"/>
| birth_date           = 
| birth_place          = [[Truro]], [[Cornwall]], England
| death_date           = 
| death_place          =
| spouse               = {{marriage|[[Jon Richardson]]|2015|2024|end=separated}}
| medium               = {{hlist|Stand-up|television}}
| years_active         = 2009–present
| children             = 1
}}

'''Lucy Ann Beaumont'''<ref name="Ann">{{cite AV media|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/lucy-sams-perfect-brains-trailer/id1717063030|title=Lucy & Sam's Perfect Brains – Trailer|publisher=[[Apple Podcasts]]|time=0:40|date=17 November 2023}}</ref> is a British actress, writer, and stand-up comedian from [[Kingston upon Hull]], [[England]]. Her performance is based largely on anecdotes about Hull and the wider [[Northern England]] region.<ref name="twerk-it-out">{{cite web|url=https://www.fest-mag.com/edinburgh/comedy/lucy-beaumont-we-can-twerk-it-out|title=Lucy Beaumont: We Can Twerk It Out |last=Latimer|first=Andrew|date=16 August 2014|website=www.fest-mag.com|accessdate=29 December 2019}}<br />- {{cite news|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/features/secrets-of-comedy-couples-whats-it-like-when-both-you-and-your-partner-are-stand-ups-10424981.html|title=A right pair of jokers: The secrets of comedy couples|date=1 August 2015|last=Jones|first=Alice|work=The Independent|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> She was a finalist on ''[[So You Think You're Funny#2011|So You Think You're Funny]]'' in 2011 and won the [[BBC New Comedy Award|BBC Radio New Comedy Awards]] in 2012. Her 2014 debut show at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe|Edinburgh Festival]], ''We Can Twerk It Out'',<ref name="twerk-it-out"/><ref name="theguardian-beaumont-stand-up"/>  was nominated for that year's [[List of Edinburgh Comedy Award winners|Best Newcomer Award]].<ref name="examinerlive-23674952"/>

==Early life==
Born prematurely in [[Truro]] while her parents were on holiday in [[Cornwall]], Beaumont grew up with a single mother<ref name="theguardian-beaumont-stand-up">{{cite web |title=Comedian Lucy Beaumont on Hull |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jan/16/lucy-beaumont-hull-the-way-see-it-chips |website=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=13 April 2022 |date=16 January 2015}}</ref> in the Spring Bank area of Hull. She later lived in the town of [[Hessle]], near Hull.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web |last1=Richardson |first1=Jay |title=Lucy Beaumont: One to watch |url=http://www.edfestmag.com/general/lucy-beaumont-fringe-first-timer/ |website=Edinburgh Festivals Magazine |accessdate=5 August 2020 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229140535/https://edfestmag.com/general/lucy-beaumont-fringe-first-timer/ |archivedate= 29 December 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=Post>{{cite web|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/theatre/the-big-interview-lucy-beaumont-1-5375945|title=The Big Interview: Lucy Beaumont|website=Yorkshire Post|last=Ahad|first=Nick|date=4 February 2013|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> Her mother is the playwright Gill Adams, who won the Fringe First Award for best new play in 1997 at the Edinburgh Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.remotegoat.com/uk/event/170534/jump-to-cow-heaven-1/|title=Jump to Cow Heaven|last=|first=|publisher=The Mandy Network|website=www.remotegoat.com|accessdate=29 December 2019}}<br />- {{cite news|url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/what-s-on/theatre/hull-writer-goes-back-to-her-roots-with-three-new-plays-1-3804170|title=Hull writer goes back to her roots with three new plays|last=Ahad|first=Nick|date=23 September 2011|work=Yorkshire Post|accessdate=29 December 2019}}<br />- {{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/News_Story/Exclusive/0,4029,101117,00.html|title=Former New Romantic to direct bad boy biopic|website=The Guardian|date=8 November 1999|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> She attended [[Hessle High School]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/lucyabeaumont/status/1385915655979999234 |title=My old School @HessleHigh is doing an affordable prom so that every student can attend, what a wonderful idea! Hope more schools follow! (Luckily we just all got a telling off at youth club for our end of year party, think I wore trackies and shoes!)}}</ref> before going on to [[Wyke College|Wyke Sixth Form College]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Wyke 6th Form College – Hull – East Yorkshire |url=https://wyke.ac.uk/ |website=Wyke 6th Form College |access-date=13 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220413222210/https://wyke.ac.uk/ |archive-date=13 April 2022 |quote=The first episode of “Hullraisers” is broadcast on Channel 4 this evening...The series is co-written by former Wyke student Lucy Beaumont...After studying A levels in English and Drama, Lucy progressed on to Hull University to complete her Drama degree.}}</ref> Beaumont worked at the meat counter of [[Asda]] on Hessle Road, West Hull,<ref name="examinerlive-23674952">{{cite news |last1=Grieveson-Smith |first1=Jess |title=Hullraisers' Lucy Beaumont from surprising stage fright to childbirth trauma |url=https://www.examinerlive.co.uk/news/tv/hullraisers-creator-lucy-beaumont-surprising-23674952 |access-date=13 April 2022 |work=[[Huddersfield Daily Examiner]] |publisher=[[Reach plc]] |date=12 April 2022 |location=Huddersfield, England }}</ref> and later went on to the [[University of Hull]], graduating with a degree in drama studies.<ref name=Post/>

After university, she briefly worked as a teaching assistant. When one of her first acting jobs after university fell through, Beaumont took on a job as a cleaner at the university to make a living, leading her to joke later that she was probably the only person with both a BA and an [[NVQ]] from the University of Hull.<ref name=RHLSTP>{{cite web|url=https://player.fm/series/rhlstp-with-richard-herring/rhlstp-244-lucy-beaumont|title=RHLSTP With Richard Herring podcast: RHLSTP 244 – Lucy Beaumont |date=29 December 2019|website=player.fm|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref><ref name="examinerlive-23674952"/>

==Career==
Beaumont had a brief acting career,<ref name=independent2013>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/profiles/how-we-met-roland-gift--lucy-beaumont-8675367.html |title=How we met: Roland Gift & Lucy Beaumont |date=30 June 2013|newspaper=[[The Independent]]}}</ref> touring with [[Hull Truck Theatre]],<ref>{{cite web |title=An Evening with Lucy Beaumont 5 May 2022 |url=https://www.hulltruck.co.uk/whats-on/comedy/an-evening-with-lucy-beaumont/ |website=HullTruckTheatre |access-date=13 April 2022 }}</ref><ref name="examinerlive-23674952"/> [[York Theatre Royal]] and [[Leeds Playhouse|West Yorkshire Playhouse]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://writewyattuk.com/2015/11/19/highway-to-hull-and-back-the-lucy-beaumont-interview/|title=Highway to Hull (and back) – the Lucy Beaumont interview|date=19 November 2015|website=writewyattuk|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> She switched to comedy after she had initially tried it in an attempt to conquer stage fright<ref name=hulldailymail>{{cite news |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/lucy-beaumont-jon-richardson-proposed-70334 |title=Jon Richardson's wife Lucy Beaumont reveals the strange way he proposed |newspaper=[[Hull Daily Mail]] |date=20 June 2018 |accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> and was inspired by her sitcom-like life in Hull.<ref name=RHLSTP/> In 2009, she took part in the BBC's ''Northern Laughs'' programme,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/02_february/04/laughs.shtml|title=BBC launches Northern Laughs 2009|publisher=BBC|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> where she was mentored by [[Jeremy Dyson]].<ref name=greatlaugh>{{cite web|url=https://news.cision.com/citydesk-sport/r/comedian-kick-starts-campaign-to-boost-young-people-s-confidence,c9362979|title=Comedian kick-starts campaign to boost young people's confidence|website=Cision News|date=30 January 2013|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref>

Beaumont is known for her observational comedy about her home city of [[Kingston upon Hull|Hull]] including the local dialect and food such as [[pattie (fried potato dish)|pattie]]s and [[chip spice]].<ref name=RHLSTP/> Her on-stage persona delivers deadpan anecdotes and has been described as "ditzily naïve".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edfestmag.com/general/lucy-beaumont-fringe-first-timer/|title=Lucy Beaumont: One to watch|date=18 July 2014|website=Edinburgh Festivals Magazine|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref>

Her first gig was for the [[So You Think You're Funny#2011|2011 ''So You Think You're Funny'']] competition,<ref name=bbcprofile>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/2gQhFYTnTF0qRQY4bXL8QfT/lucy-beaumont |title=BBC Radio New Comedy Award – Lucy Beaumont |website=[[BBC Radio 2]]}}</ref> for which she would later become a finalist.<ref name=SYTYFOfficialFinalists>{{cite web|url=http://soyouthinkyourefunny.co.uk/finalists-2013/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529224029/http://soyouthinkyourefunny.co.uk/finalists-2013/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 May 2014 |title=Finalists & Runners up |website=So You Think You're Funny? |accessdate=24 August 2013 }}</ref>

She co-wrote and starred in the radio sitcom ''To Hull and Back'', starring fellow Hull actor [[Maureen Lipman]]. The sitcom started with a pilot on [[BBC Radio 2]] in 2014, and a full series was ordered.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/writersroom/entries/c646de99-4023-316d-8423-6b5723f5a998|title=To Hull and Back: From winning BBC New Comedy Award to Radio 2 sitcom|date=12 June 2014|publisher=BBC|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> Three series of the show were broadcast between 2015 and 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/radio/to_hull_and_back/episodes/|title=To Hull And Back series and episodes list |website=British Comedy Guide|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> She wrote an article in ''[[The Guardian]]'' about Hull in 2015 as it prepared to be [[UK City of Culture]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2015/jan/16/lucy-beaumont-hull-the-way-see-it-chips |title=Comedian Lucy Beaumont on Hull |first=Will |last=Coldwell |date=16 January 2015 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref> In 2017, Beaumont presented the [[BBC Two]] documentary ''Welcome to Hull – City of Culture 2017''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/lucy-beaumont-documentary-city-of-culture|title=BBC – Lucy Beaumont explores her home city in BBC documentary celebrating the UK City of Culture 2017 – Media Centre|website=www.bbc.co.uk|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> Beaumont is also the narrator in the 2018 BBC documentary ''Hull's Headscarf Heroes'' about [[Lillian Bilocca]] and the 1968 [[Triple Trawler Disaster]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.northernsoul.me.uk/preview-hulls-headscarf-heroes-bbc-four/|title=Preview: Hull's Headscarf Heroes, BBC Four|date=3 February 2018|last=Nugent|first=Helen|website=Northern Soul|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> Beaumont said that the story moved her especially because her grandparents and their families were "born and bred in the fishing community on [Hull's] Hessle Road."<ref>{{cite news|url=https://inews.co.uk/culture/film/hulls-headscarf-heroes-local-women-whose-relentless-fight-protects-fisherman-today-513718|title=The Hull women whose relentless fight protects fisherman today|date=5 February 2018|last=Beaumont|first=Lucy|work=iNews|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref>

In 2013, Beaumont won the [[Chortle Award]] for Best Newcomer and appeared on [[BBC Three]]'s ''[[Live at the Electric]]''. She presented her show ''We Can Twerk It Out'' at the [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]] in 2014 nominated for that year's [[List of Edinburgh Comedy Award winners|Best Newcomer Award]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://edinburghfestival.list.co.uk/event/425024-lucy-beaumont-we-can-twerk-it-out/|title=Lucy Beaumont: We Can Twerk It Out |website=Edinburgh Festival List |accessdate=30 October 2016}}</ref>

She was a guest on [[Dave (channel)|Dave]]'s ''[[Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled]]'' in 2015 and on the [[BBC Two]] panel quiz show ''[[QI]]'' in 2016. She has been a regular guest on the Dave panel show ''[[Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier]]'', hosted by her husband [[Jon Richardson]], in 2018 and 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/jon_richardson_ultimate_worrier/episodes/|title=Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier series and episodes list|website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref>

In 2019, Beaumont returned to the Edinburgh Festival with her show ''Space Mam'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edfestmag.com/comedy/lucy-beaumont-review/|title=Review: Lucy Beaumont: Space Mam at Pleasance|date=12 August 2019|website=Edinburgh Festivals Magazine|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> which she also took on tour in the UK.

Beaumont was team captain for the University of Hull team on [[BBC Two]]'s 2019 ''[[Christmas University Challenge]]''. Although they won their first round, the score was insufficient to advance to the semi-finals.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/celebs-tv/university-challenge-lucy-beaumont-degree-3682235|title='Rude' University Challenge audience laugh at Lucy Beaumont's degree|last=Mutch|first=Michael|date=26 December 2019|work=Hull Daily Mail|accessdate=29 December 2019}}<br />- {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cs00|title=BBC Two – University Challenge, Christmas 2019, Semi-Final 1|publisher=BBC}}<br />- {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000cs0m|title=BBC Two – University Challenge, Christmas 2019, Semi-Final 2|publisher=BBC}}</ref> Beaumont also made her first appearance on ''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]'' alongside her husband [[Jon Richardson]], [[Sean Lock]] and [[Bob Mortimer]] for the 2019 Christmas special.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/8-out-of-10-cats-does-countdown/on-demand/70362-001|title=Christmas Special 2019|publisher=[[Channel 4]]|accessdate=14 October 2021}}</ref>

A comedy series, ''[[Meet the Richardsons]]'', written by Beaumont and Tim Reid was broadcast on Dave from February 2020;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/5355/jon_richardson_and_lucy_beaumont_sitcom/|title=Dave orders sitcom starring Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont|publisher=[[British Comedy Guide]]|date=11 June 2019|accessdate=8 July 2019}}</ref> it is a documentary-style sitcom with Beaumont and Richardson playing exaggerated versions of themselves.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://corporate.uktv.co.uk/news/article/jon-richardson-and-lucy-beaumont-welcome-dave-their-homesort/|title=Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont welcome Dave into their home…sort of|website=corporate.uktv.co.uk|date=11 June 2019|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> A two-part Christmas Special aired from 9 December 2020<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvwise.co.uk/2020/11/uktvs-dave-channel-sets-uk-premiere-date-for-meet-the-richardsons-christmas-special/|title=UKTV's Dave Channel Sets UK Premiere Date For 'Meet The Richardsons' Christmas Special|date=18 November 2020}}</ref> and a second series followed in April 2021. The third series began broadcasting in March 2022, with the fourth series airing from 6 April 2023.

In 2021, Channel 4 commissioned a comedy series called ''Hullraisers'' from Beaumont, co-written with Anne-Marie O'Connor and Caroline Moran.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-announces-new-comedy-hullraisers-lucy-beaumont|title = Channel 4 announces new comedy Hullraisers, from Lucy Beaumont &#124; Channel 4}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prolificnorth.co.uk/news/broadcasting-news/2021/07/lucy-beaumont-pens-hullraisers-channel-4|title = Lucy Beaumont pens Hullraisers for Channel 4|date = 2 July 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvzoneuk.com/post/ch4-hullraisers|title=Hullraisers: Channel 4 Announce New Comedy Series|date=2 July 2021}}</ref> Beaumont also released her first book ''Drinking Custard: Diary of a Confused Mum'', which details her struggles with her pregnancy and motherhood.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Beaumont |first1=Lucy |title=Drinking Custard: The Diary of a Confused Mum |date=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Octopus Publishing Group]] |location=[[London]] |isbn=9781913183738 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/meet-richardsons-lucy-beaumont-nearly-25076497|title=Meet the Richardsons' Lucy Beaumont thought she was dying during traumatic childbirth|date=26 September 2021|accessdate=10 October 2021}}</ref>

In 2022, Beaumont appeared in an episode of the revival series of ''[[The Weakest Link (British game show)|The Weakest Link]]'', hosted by [[Romesh Ranganathan]]. She was voted out in round 3.

Beaumont was a contestant in the 16th series of ''[[Taskmaster (TV series)|Taskmaster]],'' broadcast September–November 2023. She was placed last.<ref name="TASK">{{cite web |date=1 June 2023 |title=Taskmaster Series 16 line-up revealed |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/news/7375/taskmaster-series-16-line-up/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=British Comedy Guide }}</ref> ''[[Den of Geek]]''{{'}}s Louisa Mellor praised her as consistently funny and interesting for her "child-like joy" during tasks and strange anecdotes from her childhood.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.denofgeek.com/tv/lucy-beaumont-is-taskmasters-glorious-queen-of-weird/|title=Lucy Beaumont is Taskmaster's Glorious Queen of Weird|work=[[Den of Geek]]|last=Mellor|first=Louisa|date=27 October 2023|accessdate=2 December 2023}}</ref>

In 2024, Beaumont told a story on the panel show ''[[Would I Lie to You? (game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]'' (and later on episode 237 of the comedy podcast [[Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster, ep. 237 |url=https://www.offmenupodcast.co.uk/episodes |access-date=2024-03-30}}</ref> about pretending to have [[type 1 diabetes]] to get food on a plane. The diabetes research charity [[JDRF]] condemned the show's use of the story for humour.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Our letter to the producers of Would I Lie to You? |url=https://jdrf.org.uk/news/our-letter-to-the-producers-of-would-i-lie-to-you/ |access-date=2024-02-01 |website=JDRF |language=en-GB}}</ref>

== Filmography ==

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Notes
|-
|2018–2019
|''[[Jon Richardson: Ultimate Worrier]]''
|Guest
|-
|2019
|''[[Christmas University Challenge]]''
|Team captain
|-
|2019–present
|''[[8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown]]''
|Guest
|-
|2020–present
|''[[Meet the Richardsons]]''
|Writer
|-
| rowspan="2" |2021
|''[[Richard Osman's House of Games]]''
|Contestant
|-
|''Jon & Lucy's Christmas Sleepover''
|Co-host with [[Jon Richardson]]
|-
| rowspan="4" |2022
|''One Night In... Legoland (with Josh Widdicombe and Alex Brooker)''
|Guest with [[Jon Richardson]]
|-
|[[The Weakest Link (British game show)|''The Weakest Link'']]
|Contestant
|-
|''[[Big Zuu's Big Eats]]''
|Guest
|-
|''Jon & Lucy's Party of the Year''
|Co-host with [[Jon Richardson]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Watch Jon & Lucy's Party of the Year {{!}} Stream free on Channel 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/jon-lucys-party-of-the-year |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=www.channel4.com }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022–present
|[[List of Gogglebox episodes#Celebrity Gogglebox Series 4 (2022)|''Celebrity Gogglebox'']]
|With [[Jon Richardson]]
|-
|''[[Hullraisers]]''
|Writer
|-
|2023–present
|[[Would I Lie to You? (game show)|''Would I Lie to You?'']]
|Contestant; multiple episodes<ref>{{cite web |title=Would I Lie To You? Series 16, Episode 7 |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/would_i_lie_to_you/episodes/16/7/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=British Comedy Guide}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Would I Lie To You? Series 17, Episode 2 |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/would_i_lie_to_you/episodes/17/2/ |access-date=2024-03-06 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="6" |2023
|''Jon & Lucy's Odd Couples''
|Co-host with [[Jon Richardson]]
|-
|''[[The Last Leg]]''
|Guest<ref>{{cite web |title=The Last Leg Series 27, Episode 1 |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/the_last_leg/episodes/27/1/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=British Comedy Guide }}</ref>
|-
|''[[The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show]]''
|Guest
|-
|''[[The Great British Bake Off#Series 6 (2023)|The Great Stand Up to Cancer Bake Off]]''
|Contestant<ref>{{cite web |title=The Great Celebrity Bake Off for SU2C – Series 6: Episode 3 {{!}} Channel 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-great-celebrity-bake-off-for-su2c/on-demand/74094-003 |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=www.channel4.com }}</ref>
|-
|[[Have I Got News for You|''Have I Got News For You'']]
|Guest<ref>{{cite web |title=Have I Got News For You Series 65, Episode 2 |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/hignfy/episodes/65/2/ |access-date=1 June 2023 |website=British Comedy Guide }}</ref>
|-
|[[Taskmaster (TV series)|''Taskmaster'']]
|Contestant<ref name="TASK"/>
|-
|2024
|''[[The Wheel (game show)|The Wheel]]''
|Expert<ref>{{Cite web |title=BBC One - Michael McIntyre's The Wheel, Series 4, Episode 9 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m001x7hh |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Award
!Year
!Category
!Work
!Result
!Ref
|-
|[[British Academy Television Awards]]
|2023
|Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme
|[[Meet the Richardsons]]
|{{Nom}}
|<ref>{{cite web |date=16 March 2023 |title=BAFTA Television 2023: The Winners & Nominations |url=https://www.bafta.org/television/awards/bafta-television-2023-nominations-winners |access-date=15 May 2023 |website=www.bafta.org }}</ref>
|}

==Charity work==
In 2019, Beaumont set up the project "Backpack Buddies" in Hull to help children in need of meals during the school holidays.<ref name="examinerlive-23674952"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://planetradio.co.uk/viking/local/news/new-project-to-tackle-school-holiday-hunger-in-hull/|title=New project to tackle school holiday hunger in Hull|date=9 April 2019|publisher=Viking FM|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> To raise funds for the project, Beaumont staged the ''HULLarity'' comedy gala in June 2019.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://hullecho.wordpress.com/2019/05/09/tv-comics-launch-charity-gala-in-aid-of-local-children/|title=TV Comics Launch Charity Gala in Aid of Local Children|date=9 May 2019|website=Hull Echo|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref>

Beaumont supports several UK charities, including Hull Children's University,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hullchildrensuniversity.com/category/news/page/5/|title=Hull Childrens University – News|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> Mothershare<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.halifaxcourier.co.uk/news/people/see-top-comic-couple-jon-richardson-and-lucy-beaumont-and-more-perform-at-gala-gig-to-help-calderdale-families-1-10000997|title=See top comic couple Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont and more perform at gala gig to help Calderdale families|last=Fitton|first=Sarah|date=19 September 2019|work=Halifax Courier|accessdate=29 December 2019}}</ref> and the Great Laugh campaign.<ref name=greatlaugh/><ref name="examinerlive-23674952"/>

==Personal life==
Beaumont married comedian [[Jon Richardson]] in April 2015 after being match-made by fellow comedian [[Roisin Conaty]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://podbay.fm/show/821623813/e/1429965395|title=Elis James and John Robins XFM Podcast, Episode 63|date=25 April 2015|publisher=XFM}}<br />- {{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/showbiz/news/a597042/jon-richardson-engaged-to-fellow-comedian-lucy-beaumont.html |title=Jon Richardson engaged to fellow comedian Lucy Beaumont |first=Harry |last=Fletcher |date=16 September 2014 |website=[[Digital Spy]]}}</ref> They have a daughter born in 2016.<ref name="mirror-25076114">{{cite news |last1=Pryer |first1=Emma |title=Meet the Richardsons' Lucy Beaumont thought she was dying during traumatic birth |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/meet-richardsons-lucy-beaumont-nearly-25076114 |access-date=13 April 2022 |work=[[Daily Mirror]] |date=26 September 2021 }}</ref><ref name="examinerlive-23674952"/> Beaumont and Richardson announced their separation in April 2024.<ref>{{cite web |title=Post by @RonJichardson |url=https://twitter.com/RonJichardson/status/1778786063449801040 |website=X |access-date=12 April 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Comedians Jon Richardson and Lucy Beaumont announce divorce |url=https://news.sky.com/story/comedians-jon-richardson-and-lucy-beaumont-announce-divorce-13113585 |access-date=2024-04-12 |website=Sky News |language=en}}</ref>

In 2023, she stated publicly that she had been diagnosed with [[ADHD]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Bake-Off got me diagnosed with ADHD |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/features/2023/03/22/52763/bake-off_got_me_diagnosed_with_adhd |website=Chortle |access-date=26 November 2023}}</ref>

==Works==
* {{cite book |last1=Beaumont |first1=Lucy |title=Drinking Custard: The Diary of a Confused Mum |date=30 September 2021 |publisher=[[Octopus Publishing Group]] |location=[[London]] |isbn=9781913183738 }}

==References==
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==External links==
*{{official website}}
*{{Twitter}}
*[https://backpackbuddies.org.uk Backpack Buddies]
*{{IMDb name| 6739196}}

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