Catherine Tate

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Biography

Catherine Jane Ford (born 5 December 1969), known professionally as Catherine Tate, is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (2004–2007), as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and seven BAFTAs. Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of Doctor Who, and later reprised her role for the fourth series in 2008, and 60th anniversary episodes in 2023.

Known For

The Office

Nellie Bertram

Doctor Who

Donna Noble

Gulliver's Travels

Queen Isabel

Monte Carlo

Alicia Winthrop Scott

Starter for 10

Julie Jackson

Monster Family

Baba Yaga (voice)

Love and Other Disasters

Tallulah Wentworth

DuckTales

Magica De Spell (voice)

Full Filmography

Year	Title	Role
2025	Going Dutch TV	Katja Vanderhoff
2024	Doctor Who at the Proms MOVIE	Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)
2024	Joan Rivers at the BBC MOVIE	Self (archive footage)
2023	imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me MOVIE	Self
2023	Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials MOVIE	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2023	Queen of Oz TV	Georgiana
2023	Rally Road Racers MOVIE	Juni Hakansdotter (voice)
2022	Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg TV	Self
2022	Hard Cell TV	Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie
2022	The Nan Movie MOVIE	Nan / Joanie
2021	Monster Family 2 MOVIE	Baba Yaga (voice)
2020	The Big Night In MOVIE	Lauren Cooper
2018	Saving the British Bulldog MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2018	Leading Lady Parts MOVIE	Boss
2017	Monster Family MOVIE	Baba Yaga (voice)
2017	DuckTales TV	Magica De Spell (voice)
2017	Perfect Roast Potatoes MOVIE	Tamara
2017	Comic Relief: Red Nose Day MOVIE	Lauren Cooper
2017	Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief TV	Self
2016	Shakespeare Live! From the RSC MOVIE	Self - Host
2016	Michael McIntyre's Big Show TV	Self - Performer
2016	Do Not Disturb MOVIE	Anna
2016	Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong MOVIE	Self
2016	Billionaire Boy MOVIE	Sapphire Diamond
2015	Catherine Tate's Nan TV	Nan
2015	SuperBob MOVIE	Theresa
2015	Unity MOVIE	Narrator (voice)
2015	Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking MOVIE	Self
2015	Not Sophie's Choice MOVIE	Mummy
2015	The Vote MOVIE	Kirsty Henderson
2015	Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum MOVIE	Self
2015	Little Britain Sketch MOVIE	Sister
2014	Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! MOVIE	Sophie
2014	Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion MOVIE	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2014	Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled TV	Self
2014	50 Years of BBC Two Comedy MOVIE	Self
2014	Duck Quacks Don't Echo TV	Self
2014	Catherine Tate's Nan MOVIE	Nan
2013	Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty MOVIE	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2013	Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City MOVIE	Nan
2013	Big School TV	Miss Sarah Postern
2013	Khumba MOVIE	Nora (voice)
2013	8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown TV	Self
2013	Frost on Sketch Shows MOVIE	Self
2013	The Last Leg TV	Self
2012	The Women of Doctor Who MOVIE	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2012	Playhouse Presents TV	Eva Braun / Édith Piaf
2012	The Secret Policeman's Ball MOVIE	Self
2011	Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties MOVIE	Self - Presenter
2011	The Ballad of Russell & Julie MOVIE	Julie Gardner / Self
2011	Monte Carlo MOVIE	Alicia Winthrop Scott
2011	The Itch of the Golden Nit MOVIE	Stella (voice)
2011	Much Ado About Nothing MOVIE	Beatrice
2010	The One Ronnie MOVIE	Sue
2010	Gulliver's Travels MOVIE	Queen Isabel
2010	Little Crackers TV	Josephine
2010	The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa MOVIE	Self
2010	Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 MOVIE	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2010	Channel 4's Comedy Gala TV	Nan
2010	Doctor Who: The End of Time MOVIE	Donna Noble
2009	The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol MOVIE	Joannie Taylor
2009	Doctor Who Greatest Moments TV	Self
2009	Genius with Dave Gorman TV	Self
2009	The Justin Lee Collins Show TV	Self
2009	Now That’s What I Call Comedy MOVIE	Lauren
2008	Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 MOVIE	Self - Guest Presenter
2007	David Tennant's Video Diary MOVIE	Self
2007	Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution MOVIE	Dorothy Ratcliffe
2007	The Graham Norton Show TV	Self
2007	The Bad Mother's Handbook MOVIE	Karen Cooper
2006	Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride MOVIE	Donna Noble
2006	More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy TV	Self
2006	Sixty Six MOVIE	Aunt Lila
2006	Scenes of a Sexual Nature MOVIE	Sara
2006	Starter for 10 MOVIE	Julie Jackson
2006	Love and Other Disasters MOVIE	Tallulah Wentworth
2006	The Charlotte Church Show TV	Self
2006	The One Show TV	Self - Guest
2005	Bleak House TV	Mrs. Chadband
2005	Top of the Pops Reloaded TV	Self
2005	Doctor Who TV	Donna Noble
2005	Doctor Who Confidential TV	Self
2005	The Office TV	Nellie Bertram
2005	The Friday Night Project TV	Self - Host
2005	The Friday Night Project TV	Self
2005	Twisted Tales TV	Wendy Midwich
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple TV	Mitzi Kosinski
2004	The Catherine Tate Show TV	Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper
2003	Spine Chillers TV	Self
2002	Wild West TV	Angela Phillips
2002	Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy TV	Self
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross TV	Self - Guest
2001	Attention Scum TV	Self
1998	Big Train TV	Self
1998	Barking TV	Various
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks TV	Self - Panellist
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks TV	Self - Host
1994	Milner MOVIE	Jesson's P.A.
1994	Room 101 TV	Self
1989	Surgical Spirit TV	Girlfriend
1988	This Morning TV	Self - Guest
1984	The Bill TV	Self
1956	Eurovision Song Contest TV	Self - UK’s Spokesperson

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