Jessica Fostekew was nominated for best show at the 2019 Dave's Edinburgh Comedy Awards for Hench and won best show and best act at the Chortle Awards. Raised in Dorset, she began performing on the circuit in 2008. She co-hosts The Guilty Feminist podcast and presents the food podcast Hoovering. Her Radio 4 series Sturdy Girl Club was adapted from Hench. On television she has appeared in Motherland and Cuckoo and on QI and Live At The Apollo.