One of the new faces will be Jessica Hynes, the well-known writer, director and actor.
Hynes is just one of the 20 celebrities in the Great Celebrity Bake Off 2023 line-up, which includes celebs from all corners of the world of TV and film: Coleen Nolan, Deborah Meadan, David Schwimmer, AJ Odudu and more.
Read on for everything you need to know about Jessica Hynes.
Who is Jessica Hynes?
Age: 50
Job: Actor
Throughout her two decade-long career, Hynes has been nominated for many prestigious awards, including a Tony, multiple BAFTAs and British Comedy Awards. She has taken on a long list of roles including providing the voice of Mafalda Hopkirk in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, taking a lead role in the film Magicians with David Mitchell and Robert Webb, writing and starring in BBC One’s Learners and appearing in the well-loved Nativity sequel Nativity 2: Danger in the Manger.
But more recently, Hynes is well recognised for her role in There She Goes, a comedy drama series about the day-to-day life of a family looking after their severely learning disabled daughter, Rosie. Haynes stars in the show alongside David Tennant, where they star as Simon and Emily Yates, Rosie’s struggling parents who search to unlock the secrets of Rosie’s chromosomal condition.
The series is based on the real-life experiences of writers Shaun Pye and Sarah Crawford, whose daughter was born with an extremely rare chromosomal disorder.
Also most recently, Hynes has starred in BBC Three’s Mood, Life After Life, Inside No.9 and Am I Being Unreasonable?.
Who will Jessica Hynes be competing against?
The first episode of the Bake Off Stand Up To Cancer special saw the likes of David Schwimmer, former Little Mix star Jesy Nelson, comedian and actress Rose Matafeo and actor Tom Davis all compete against each other.
In Hynes’s episode, the comedian will be competing against TV personality Gemma Collins, actor and writer Tim Key, and presenter AJ Odudu. After each set of challenges, judges Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith will reveal who the week’s Star Baker is while hosts Matt Lucas and Noel Fielding will be around to provide moral support (and plenty of laughs) to the other celebs.
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This will of course be Lucas’s last season, after the Little Britain star revealed that he’s quitting the main show last year and Alison Hammond has been confirmed as his replacement.
