Ruth Jones Wales including Rob Brydon and Steve Speirs. Soon after she joined an improv group in Bath; the group also included Julia Davis, with whom Jones would later appear in "Nighty Night" and "Gavin & Stacey". She first worked in TV and radio comedy for BBC Wales in 1991. Theatre roles with the RSC and The National Theatre were followed by her performance in the 1999 hit British film, "East Is East". After this Jones appeared on television as Kelly in four series of ITV's comedy "Fat Friends", where she met future "Gavin & Stacey" co-writer James Corden. She also appeared
Stacey Dooley Stacey Dooley Stacey Jaclyn Dooley (born 9 March 1987) is a British television presenter, journalist, documentary filmmaker, media personality and author. Since 2009, she has made social-issue-themed television documentaries for BBC Three concerning child labour and women in developing countries. She also won the sixteenth series of "Strictly Come Dancing". Stacey Dooley grew up in Luton, Bedfordshire, and studied at Stopsley High School. She left school at 16 and worked as a shop assistant at Luton Airport. She also worked in a hairdressers in Bramingham. At the age of 21, Dooley first appeared on television as one of the participants