Catherine Tate
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| Born: | May 12,1968 Image:Flag of England (bordered).svg Bloomsbury, London, England |
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| Occupation: | Comedienne |
Catherine Tate (born Catherine Ford on 12 May 1968 in Bloomsbury, London) is an English actress and comedienne whose acclaimed BBC Two sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show began in 2004.
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[edit] Biography
Tate was born in Bloomsbury and raised in the Brunswick Centre. Her mother was a florist. Tate attended St Joseph's, Macklin Street - a local Catholic primary school - Notre Dame High School, Southwark - a south London convent secondary school and studied for A-level exams in the sixth form of Salesian College, Battersea - another south London secondary school - before going on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Tate began her television career with roles in serial dramas such as Casualty, London Burning and The Bill and appeared in comedy series such as The Harry Hill Show, Big Train, Wild West, Attention Scum and That Peter Kay Thing before being given her own show that she co-writes with Derren Litten.
In 2005, Tate appeared in the West End play Some Girl(s), alongside Friends actor David Schwimmer. The play also starred Sara Powell, Lesley Manville and Saffron Burrows. In an interview, Tate commented that she could not look Schwimmer in the eye during her time with him, leading to speculation that the pair did not get on. Tate immediately denied the rumours, explaining that she was joking about her attempts to act "cool" around the actor who she described as, "a very funny, personable man, and easy to get along with". Since the start of The Catherine Tate Show, she has also appeared in the award-winning BBC TV adaptation of Bleak House.
Tate made a humorous surprise appearance in the closing few moments of the final episode of the 2006 series of Doctor Who as Donna, a woman in a wedding dress who suddenly appears in the TARDIS. She will guest star in the role in the 2006 Christmas special, The Runaway Bride. On her appearance in the series, she commented "I was holding out for a summer season at Wigan rep but as a summer job, this'll do." <ref name="million">"Tate to guest star in Doctor Who", BBC News Online, 14 July 2006.</ref>
Tate had roles in three films in 2006: Starter for Ten, Sixty Six, and Scenes of a Sexual Nature. She appears in the forthcoming films Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution, in which she plays the title character, and Love and Other Disasters. Tate will next work on a television adaptation of the novel The Bad Mother's Handbook.
[edit] Personal life
Tate's partner is stage manager Twig Clark. They have one child, a girl called Erin (born 2003). The family have a home in Fulham, London.
[edit] External links
- BBC Comedy - Catherine Tate
- BBC Comedy Guide - The Catherine Tate Show
- Catherine Tate at the Internet Movie Database
- CatherineTateShow.co.uk - a fansite
- Catherine Tate - a fansite
- Scenes of a Sexual Nature
[edit] References
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