Claudia Sermbezis

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Claudia Sermbezis is an English actress, comedy writer and broadcast journalist.

Sermbezis has worked with a number of high profile British comedians and writers perhaps most notably Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant in the Extras Christmas Special. Sermbezis played David Tennant's assistant in the Dr Who spoof.

She was Rob Brydon's agent in Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive for the BBC and Dr Judith MacIntosh in Channel 5's A-Z of Sexual Fetishes - a mockumentary produced by Rob Brydon's production company, Jones the Film. She also wrote and performed in the Jones the Film comedy Being Beautiful.

In 2002 she made her debut in London's West End performing most notably as a member of the Sir Peter Hall Company, acting alongside Vanessa Redgrave, Joely Richardson, Jack Davenport and Googie Withers. In 2006 she spent 4 months as a guest artist at the National Theatre of Sweden, Dramaten, in a new play about Sven-Göran Eriksson.

She also works as a journalist presenting the news on BBC South East Today and is GMTV's weekend news presenter on The Sunday Programme.

In February 2006 Press Gazette named Sermbezis as one of the country's most eligible journalists.

Ben Affleck thanks her in the credits of his 2007 directorial debut Gone Baby Gone.

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