Llewella Gideon


Llewella Gideon is a British actress, comedian and writer. She has appeared in a number of comedy series, including The Real McCoy, The Crouches, and The Delivery Man, and provided the voices of several characters in Bob the Builder. She wrote and starred in the radio series The Little Big Woman, which ran on BBC Radio 4 from 2001–3. The show was awarded the Critics' Choice by both The Times and The Guardian.

Early life

Gideon was born on 27 September 1967 in Peckham, South London. As a child, she attended Lyndhurst Primary School in neighbouring Camberwell and Haberdashers' Aske's Hatcham College in New Cross. Even as a youngster, Gideon was drawn to acting and writing, and her mother encouraged her interests by enrolling her in Saturday classes at the Italia Conti Academy of Theatre Arts.