Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate

Catherine Jane Ford (born 12 May 1968), 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 BAFTA. Following the success of The Catherine Tate Show, Tate played Donna Noble in the Christmas special of Doctor Who (2006) and later reprised her role, becoming the Tenth Doctor's regular companion for the fourth series (2008). Tate starred as Joannie Taylor in the BBC One comedy series Catherine Tate's Nan (2009-2015), a spin-off series to The Catherine Tate Show. In 2011, she began a recurring role as Nellie Bertram in the U. S. version of The Office and was a regular until the series ended. Tate played the role of French teacher Sarah Postern in the BBC One sitcom Big School (2013–2014). Since 2017, she has provided the voice of Magica De Spell in the DuckTales animated series. She has also appeared in films such as Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Monte Carlo (2011), SuperBob (2015), and Nan The Movie which is due to be released in June 2020.

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