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Lucy Beaumont Mother: Who Is Gill Adams?

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James Bradley

Published Feb 11, 2026

Gill Adams is well known as the mother of British actress, writer, and stand-up comedian Lucy Beaumont.

Gill is a British playwright who won the Fringe First Award for a best new play in 1997 at the Edinburgh Festival.

Aside from this fact, Gill other details are not known.

However, her daughter Lucy Ann Beaumont is British is British actress, writer, and stand-up comedian.

Born in Truro, United Kingdom, she received her high school education at Hessle High School, and later at Wyke Sixth Form College.

After Wyke Sixth Form College, Beaumont initially worked at the meat counter of Asda on Hessle Road, West Hull, and later went on to the University of Hull, graduating with a degree in drama studies.

When one of her first acting jobs after university fell through, she 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.

Beaumont is well known for her observational comedy about her home city of Hull including the local dialect and food such as patties and chip spice.

In the 2013 Chortle Award, she won Best Newcomer and later appeared on BBC Three’s Live at the Electric.

Beaumont also released her first book Drinking Custard: Diary Of A Confused Mum, which details her struggles with her pregnancy and motherhood.

In 2022, she starred in an episode of the revival series of The Weakest Link, hosted by Romesh Ranganathan.