Inside Amandaland star Lucy Punch's wild life off camera with a famous partner, terrifying evacuation ordeal and a very varied CV as she returns to screens with hit BBC comedy

As the infuriating yet somehow loveable Alpha Mum Amanda in Motherland, viewers would often see Lucy Punch's character get herself into the wildest of situations. And away from the cameras, it seems Lucy's life is equally as thrilling with the actress hitting the headlines for her various escapades. This week, viewers rejoiced as Lucy reprised her famous character in new BBC show Amandaland, with the Motherland spin-off going down a treat with critics.

In the comedy, Amanda is extremely image-conscious, desperate to give off the illusion of being the perfect mother and businesswoman. Yet in reality, Lucy confesses she is far from perfect, previously telling The Mail she has no idea how working mothers make their lives 'look normal.'. Lucy shares Rex, nine, and a three-year-old son whose name has not been revealed, with artist Dinos Chapman, and admitted she struggles with 'juggling' life.

As Alpha Mum Amanda in Motherland, viewers would see Lucy Punch's character get herself into the wildest of situations and now she's landed her own spin-off, Amandaland. Away from the cameras, it seems Lucy's life is equally as thrilling with the actress hitting the headlines for her various escapades (pictured with partner Dinos Chapman in 2017). ‘[Motherland] is so relatable and familiar to everyone who’s ever been there,' she mused in 2019. 'There’s all the juggling with work and childcare, and there’s always that perfect mother – often there are one or two. I secretly wish it was me.

'They’re perfectly turned out with perfect children, but no one can really be like that, without any flaws, can they?’. She admitted that even as she was filming the series, she was living an imperfect life. 'My home’s in America, but when I was filming I stayed in London with my son and enrolled him in a different school. ‘He was jet-lagged and not sleeping, so I was rattled and exhausted. I was in the perfect mood for the show. I’m fascinated by how other working mums do it and look so normal.'.

More recently, Lucy was left fearing for her family's safety after being caught up in the horrendous Los Angeles wild fires. The actress revealed she was forced to evacuate when the fires took hold and while her home miraculously managed to avoid being destroyed by the flames, she confessed she is torn on whether to stay put or to return to her native London. Opening up about the ordeal that has hit Los Angeles, she told the The Times this month: 'It was shocking and devastating for a lot of friends. It’s like imagining east London flattened - schools, neighbourhoods just gone. How do you get that back? It’s going to be years and years.'.

She also told how she has ensured her partner and son, who remained in LA have their belongs packed in case they needed to 'run out the door again', after the family were forced to escape to Joshua Tree desert last month. While Lucy's career looks set to reach new heights as the leading lady in Amandaland, viewers will likely be familiar with the actress' work over the years (pictured in 2007's St. Trinian's).

The TV star added that the fires combined with the recent voting of Donald Trump into office, she is now considering whether to quit the US after almost 20 years as she told how she's struggling to 'commit' to a place. Lucy, who moved to LA in 2006, shared: 'I’ve always got one foot out the door, wherever I am. I never got round to getting a green card. I’m on these rolling visas, which is ridiculous: I have a home there and I have two American children. But I can’t commit to anywhere. I get itchy feet. I like being a little bit here and a little bit there.'.

Elsewhere, Lucy - whose character Amanda suffers a dramatic fall from grace as she navigates her single status, acid-tongued mother and the challenges of raising two teenagers - went on to detail how school mum life in the states compares to that in London. When asked if the school-gates culture is similar, she remarked: 'Oh, absolutely. And the WhatsApps are off the scale — they are insane. I’d say they are probably 50 per cent Amandas. Everyone’s very glossy.'.

However, she was rather relieved to learn that none of her fellow LA mums watch Motherland as she noted that the British trait of moaning about ones kids 'might not go down too well'. Lucy lives a private life with partner Dinos, formerly half of the modern art duo, Chapman Brothers. Also known as Konstantinos, Dinos began working with his brother, Iakovos,  professionally known as Jake, in 1991 with the two going on to build a portfolio of shocking works over the course of their career.

Their work, which included incarnations of hell, Nazi, Freudian, apocalyptic, and Biblical themes, earned them a nomination for the Turner Prize in 2003. The British actress lives in LA alongside her visual artist husband, Dinos and their two children - though the family recently had to vacate their property in the fires (pictured in 2015). Many of their works were of plastic models of fiberglass mannequins of people. One early piece displayed 83 scenes of torture and disfigurement  derivative of those recorded by Francisco Goya, in his series, The Disasters of War.