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Catherine Tate: Biography, Facts and Career

Who is Catherine Tate? An evergreen, sourced profile: biography, key facts and career.

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Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) 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 British Academy Television Awards. Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of the BBC science fiction series Doctor Who, and reprised her role for the fourth series in 2008, and the 60th anniversary episodes in 2023. Following the success of The Catherine Tate Show, Tate starred as Joanie Taylor ("Nan") in its spin-off series Catherine Tate's Nan (2009–2015) and in the film The Nan Movie (2022). In 2011, she began a recurring role as Nellie Bertram in the U.S. version of the sitcom The Office and was a regular until the series ended. She played the role of Miss Sarah Postern in the BBC One sitcom Big School (2013–2014) and voiced Magica De Spell in the Disney Channel animated series DuckTales (2017–2021). In the 2020s, Tate created and starred in two sitcoms, Netflix's Hard Cell (2022) which she also co-directed, and BBC One's Queen of Oz (2023).

Quick facts about Catherine Tate

  • Full name: Catherine Tate
  • Born: 1968-05-12
  • Nationality: United Kingdom
  • Known as: Comedian
  • Wikidata ID: Q254766

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Who is Catherine Tate?

Catherine Tate (born Catherine Jane Ford, 5 December 1969) is an English actress, comedian and writer.

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Catherine Tate is United Kingdom.

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Catherine Tate was born on 1968-05-12.

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