Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate

Known for
Acting
Born
December 5, 1969 (age 56)
Birthplace
Bloomsbury, London, England, UK

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

Filmography

2027
Bad Fairies poster

Bad Fairies

Movie · as Fairy Gothmother (voice)

2026
20 Years of Not Going Out poster

20 Years of Not Going Out

Movie · as Kate (archive footage)

2026
LOL: Last One Laughing Halloween UK poster

LOL: Last One Laughing Halloween UK

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2025
Going Dutch poster

Going Dutch

TV · as Katja Vanderhoff · 7 eps

2024
Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms

Movie · as Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)

2024
Joan Rivers at the BBC poster

Joan Rivers at the BBC

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
Rally Road Racers poster

Rally Road Racers

Movie · as Juni Hakansdotter (voice)

2023
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me poster

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me

Movie · as Self

2023
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials poster

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials

Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

2023
Queen of Oz poster

Queen of Oz

TV · as Georgiana · 6 eps

2022
The Nan Movie poster

The Nan Movie

Movie · as Nan / Joanie

2022
Hard Cell poster

Hard Cell

TV · as Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie · 6 eps

2022
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

TV · 1 ep

2021
Monster Family 2 poster

Monster Family 2

Movie · as Baba Yaga (voice)

2020
The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In

Movie · as Lauren Cooper

2018
Saving the British Bulldog poster

Saving the British Bulldog

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2018
Leading Lady Parts poster

Leading Lady Parts

Movie · as Boss

2017
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day poster

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day

Movie · as Lauren Cooper

2017
Perfect Roast Potatoes poster

Perfect Roast Potatoes

Movie · as Tamara

2017
Monster Family poster

Monster Family

Movie · as Baba Yaga (voice)

2017
DuckTales poster

DuckTales

TV · as Magica De Spell (voice) · 9 eps

2017
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief poster

Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2016
Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong poster

Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong

Movie · as Self

2016
Billionaire Boy poster

Billionaire Boy

Movie · as Sapphire Diamond

2016
Do Not Disturb poster

Do Not Disturb

Movie · as Anna

2016
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC poster

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC

Movie · as Self - Host

2016
Michael McIntyre's Big Show poster

Michael McIntyre's Big Show

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep

2015
Not Sophie's Choice poster

Not Sophie's Choice

Movie · as Mummy

2015
Little Britain Sketch poster

Little Britain Sketch

Movie · as Sister

2015
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking poster

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking

Movie · as Self

2015
The Vote poster

The Vote

Movie · as Kirsty Henderson

2015
Unity poster

Unity

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2015
SuperBob poster

SuperBob

Movie · as Theresa

2015
Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum poster

Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum

Movie · as Self

2015
Catherine Tate's Nan poster

Catherine Tate's Nan

TV · as Nan · 2 eps

2014
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion

Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

2014
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy poster

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy

Movie · as Self

2014
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! poster

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!

Movie · as Sophie

2014
Catherine Tate's Nan poster

Catherine Tate's Nan

Movie · as Nan

2014
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2014
Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster

Duck Quacks Don't Echo

TV · 1 ep

2013
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty poster

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty

Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

2013
Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City poster

Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City

Movie · as Nan

2013
Frost on Sketch Shows poster

Frost on Sketch Shows

Movie · as Self

2013
Khumba poster

Khumba

Movie · as Nora (voice)

2013
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2013
Big School poster

Big School

TV · as Miss Sarah Postern · 12 eps

2013
The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg

TV · as Self · 2 eps

2012
The Women of Doctor Who

The Women of Doctor Who

Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

2012
The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball

Movie · as Self

2012
Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents

TV · as Eva Braun / Édith Piaf · 1 ep

2011
The Ballad of Russell & Julie poster

The Ballad of Russell & Julie

Movie · as Julie Gardner / Self

2011
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties poster

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties

Movie · as Self - Presenter

2011
Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing

Movie · as Beatrice

2011
The Itch of the Golden Nit poster

The Itch of the Golden Nit

Movie · as Stella (voice)

2011
Monte Carlo poster

Monte Carlo

Movie · as Alicia Winthrop Scott

2010
Gulliver's Travels poster

Gulliver's Travels

Movie · as Queen Isabel

2010
The One Ronnie poster

The One Ronnie

Movie · as Sue

2010
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa poster

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa

Movie · as Self

2010
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 poster

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2

Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

2010
Doctor Who: The End of Time poster

Doctor Who: The End of Time

Movie · as Donna Noble

2010
Channel 4's Comedy Gala poster

Channel 4's Comedy Gala

TV · as Nan · 1 ep

2010
Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers

TV · as Josephine · 1 ep

2009
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol poster

The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol

Movie · as Joannie Taylor

2009
Now That’s What I Call Comedy poster

Now That’s What I Call Comedy

Movie · as Lauren

2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show

The Justin Lee Collins Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2009
Genius with Dave Gorman poster

Genius with Dave Gorman

TV · 1 ep

2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments poster

Doctor Who Greatest Moments

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2008
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 poster

Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008

Movie · as Self - Guest Presenter

2007
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution poster

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution

Movie · as Dorothy Ratcliffe

2007
David Tennant's Video Diary poster

David Tennant's Video Diary

Movie · as Self

2007
The Bad Mother's Handbook poster

The Bad Mother's Handbook

Movie · as Karen Cooper

2007
The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show

TV · as Self · 7 eps

2006
Sixty Six poster

Sixty Six

Movie · as Aunt Lila

2006
Love and Other Disasters poster

Love and Other Disasters

Movie · as Tallulah Wentworth

2006
Starter for 10 poster

Starter for 10

Movie · as Julie Jackson

2006
Scenes of a Sexual Nature poster

Scenes of a Sexual Nature

Movie · as Sara

2006
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride poster

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride

Movie · as Donna Noble

2006
The One Show poster

The One Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

2006
The Charlotte Church Show poster

The Charlotte Church Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2006
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy poster

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
The Office poster

The Office

TV · as Nellie Bertram · 34 eps

2005
The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

2005
Bleak House poster

Bleak House

TV · as Mrs. Chadband · 1 ep

2005
Top of the Pops Reloaded poster

Top of the Pops Reloaded

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2005
Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who

TV · as Donna Noble · 13 eps

2005
Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential

TV · as Self · 13 eps

2005
Twisted Tales poster

Twisted Tales

TV · as Wendy Midwich · 1 ep

2004
The Catherine Tate Show poster

The Catherine Tate Show

TV · as Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper · 18 eps

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Mitzi Kosinski · 1 ep

2003
Spine Chillers poster

Spine Chillers

TV · 1 ep

2002
Wild West poster

Wild West

TV · as Angela Phillips · 12 eps

2002
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy poster

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy

TV · as Self · 3 eps

2001
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross

TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

2001
Attention Scum poster

Attention Scum

TV · 6 eps

1998
Big Train poster

Big Train

TV · 7 eps

1998
Barking poster

Barking

TV · as Various · 6 eps

1996
Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks

TV · as Self - Panellist, Self - Host · 1 ep

1994
Milner poster

Milner

Movie · as Jesson's P.A.

1994
Room 101 poster

Room 101

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1989
Surgical Spirit poster

Surgical Spirit

TV · as Girlfriend · 1 ep

1988
This Morning poster

This Morning

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1988
Comic Relief poster

Comic Relief

TV · 1 ep

1984
The Bill poster

The Bill

TV · 1 ep

1981
Olivier Awards poster

Olivier Awards

TV · as Self - Host

1956
Eurovision Song Contest poster

Eurovision Song Contest

TV · as Self - Spokesperson · 1 ep