
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

Bad Fairies
Movie · as Fairy Gothmother (voice)

20 Years of Not Going Out
Movie · as Kate (archive footage)

LOL: Last One Laughing Halloween UK
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Going Dutch
TV · as Katja Vanderhoff · 7 eps

Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie · as Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)

Joan Rivers at the BBC
Movie · as Self (archive footage)

Rally Road Racers
Movie · as Juni Hakansdotter (voice)

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Movie · as Self

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

Queen of Oz
TV · as Georgiana · 6 eps

The Nan Movie
Movie · as Nan / Joanie

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

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV · 1 ep

Monster Family 2
Movie · as Baba Yaga (voice)

The Big Night In
Movie · as Lauren Cooper

Saving the British Bulldog
Movie · as Self - Presenter

Leading Lady Parts
Movie · as Boss

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Movie · as Lauren Cooper

Perfect Roast Potatoes
Movie · as Tamara

Monster Family
Movie · as Baba Yaga (voice)

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

Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong
Movie · as Self

Billionaire Boy
Movie · as Sapphire Diamond

Do Not Disturb
Movie · as Anna

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Movie · as Self - Host

Michael McIntyre's Big Show
TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep

Not Sophie's Choice
Movie · as Mummy

Little Britain Sketch
Movie · as Sister

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
Movie · as Self

The Vote
Movie · as Kirsty Henderson

Unity
Movie · as Narrator (voice)

SuperBob
Movie · as Theresa

Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum
Movie · as Self

Catherine Tate's Nan
TV · as Nan · 2 eps

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Movie · as Self

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
Movie · as Sophie

Catherine Tate's Nan
Movie · as Nan

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV · 1 ep

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
Movie · as Nan

Frost on Sketch Shows
Movie · as Self

Khumba
Movie · as Nora (voice)

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Big School
TV · as Miss Sarah Postern · 12 eps

The Last Leg
TV · as Self · 2 eps
The Women of Doctor Who
Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

The Secret Policeman's Ball
Movie · as Self

Playhouse Presents
TV · as Eva Braun / Édith Piaf · 1 ep

The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Movie · as Julie Gardner / Self

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Movie · as Self - Presenter

Much Ado About Nothing
Movie · as Beatrice

The Itch of the Golden Nit
Movie · as Stella (voice)

Monte Carlo
Movie · as Alicia Winthrop Scott

Gulliver's Travels
Movie · as Queen Isabel

The One Ronnie
Movie · as Sue

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Movie · as Self

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Movie · as Donna Noble (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The End of Time
Movie · as Donna Noble

Channel 4's Comedy Gala
TV · as Nan · 1 ep

Little Crackers
TV · as Josephine · 1 ep

The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Movie · as Joannie Taylor

Now That’s What I Call Comedy
Movie · as Lauren
The Justin Lee Collins Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Genius with Dave Gorman
TV · 1 ep

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
Movie · as Self - Guest Presenter

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Movie · as Dorothy Ratcliffe

David Tennant's Video Diary
Movie · as Self

The Bad Mother's Handbook
Movie · as Karen Cooper

The Graham Norton Show
TV · as Self · 7 eps

Sixty Six
Movie · as Aunt Lila

Love and Other Disasters
Movie · as Tallulah Wentworth

Starter for 10
Movie · as Julie Jackson

Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Movie · as Sara

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
Movie · as Donna Noble

The One Show
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

The Charlotte Church Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
TV · as Self · 1 ep

The Office
TV · as Nellie Bertram · 34 eps

The Friday Night Project
TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

Bleak House
TV · as Mrs. Chadband · 1 ep

Top of the Pops Reloaded
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Doctor Who
TV · as Donna Noble · 13 eps

Doctor Who Confidential
TV · as Self · 13 eps

Twisted Tales
TV · as Wendy Midwich · 1 ep

The Catherine Tate Show
TV · as Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper · 18 eps

Agatha Christie's Marple
TV · as Mitzi Kosinski · 1 ep

Spine Chillers
TV · 1 ep

Wild West
TV · as Angela Phillips · 12 eps

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
TV · as Self · 3 eps

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV · as Self - Guest · 3 eps

Attention Scum
TV · 6 eps

Big Train
TV · 7 eps

Barking
TV · as Various · 6 eps

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV · as Self - Panellist, Self - Host · 1 ep

Milner
Movie · as Jesson's P.A.

Room 101
TV · as Self · 1 ep

Surgical Spirit
TV · as Girlfriend · 1 ep

This Morning
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

Comic Relief
TV · 1 ep

The Bill
TV · 1 ep

Olivier Awards
TV · as Self - Host

Eurovision Song Contest
TV · as Self - Spokesperson · 1 ep