Catherine Tate was born in Bloomsbury, London, England as Catherine Ford. Catherine spent a year with the Royal Shakespeare Company before she turned to stand-up comedy and has also performed at the National Theatre.
Known For
Credits
Cast Credits
Doctor Who (2023)
Starring as Donna Noble
(3 episodes)
- Episode S01 Special: The Giggle (Dec 9, 2023)
- Episode S01 Special: Wild Blue Yonder (Dec 2, 2023)
- Episode S01 Special: The Star Beast (Nov 25, 2023)
Guest starring as Donna No-Thing Double
- Episode S01 Special: Wild Blue Yonder (Dec 2, 2023) [Uncredited]
Doctor Who: Unleashed (2023)
Guest starring as Donna Noble
(2 episodes)
- Episode S01 Special: Wild Blue Yonder (Dec 2, 2023)
- Episode S01 Special: The Star Beast (Nov 25, 2023)
The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show (2022)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 2x06: Katherine Ryan & Bobby Kootstra (Jun 16, 2023)
Hard Cell (2022)
Starring as Laura
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Apr 12, 2022)
Starring as Marco
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Apr 12, 2022)
Starring as Ange
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Apr 12, 2022)
Starring as Ros
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Apr 12, 2022)
Starring as Big Viv
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Apr 12, 2022)
Starring as Mammy
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Apr 12, 2022)
DuckTales (2017)
Guest starring as Magica De Spell
(9 episodes)
- Episode 3x22: The Last Adventure! (Mar 15, 2021)
- Episode 3x21: The Life and Crimes of Scrooge McDuck! (Mar 8, 2021)
- Episode 3x08: The Phantom and the Sorceress! (Sep 21, 2020)
- Episode 2x22: GlomTales! (Sep 10, 2019)
- Episode 2x19: A Nightmare on Killmotor Hill! (Sep 5, 2019)
- Episode 1x23: The Shadow War! (Aug 18, 2018)
- Episode 1x19: The Other Bin of Scrooge McDuck! (Jul 21, 2018)
- Episode 1x14: Jaw$! (Jun 16, 2018)
- Episode 1x05: Terror of the Terra-Firmians! (Oct 7, 2017)
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief (2017)
Guest starring as Nan
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Mar 4, 2017)
The Nightly Show (2017)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 1x16: Catherine Tate, Ruby Wax (Mar 20, 2017)
Michael McIntyre's Big Show (2016)
Guest starring as Nan
- Episode 2x06: Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show - Michael Ball and Alfie Boe, Aled Jones, Nan, Kevin the Teenager (Dec 24, 2016)
Very British Problems (2015)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2x03: Very British Problems on Holiday (May 23, 2016)
- Episode 2x02: Very British Problems with Friends (May 16, 2016)
- Episode 2x01: Very British Problems at School (May 9, 2016)
- Episode S02 Special: Very British Problems at Christmas (Dec 17, 2015)
Drunk History (2015)
Guest starring as Mary Wilson
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Feb 10, 2016)
Guest starring as Elsie Wright
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Mar 9, 2016)
Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong (2014)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 2016-01-02: 2015 (Jan 2, 2016)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled (2014)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 4x02: A Clacker Free Zone (Jun 12, 2016)
Duck Quacks Don't Echo (2014)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 4x07: Catherine Tate, Richard Osman, Kate Humble (May 15, 2016)
Catherine Tate's Nan (2014)
Starring as Nan
(3 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Knees Up Wilmott-Brown (Dec 30, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Nanger Management (Dec 27, 2015)
- Episode S01 Special: Catherine Tate's Nan (Jan 4, 2014)
Crackanory (2013)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 3x02: Catherine Tate, Richard Ayoade (Dec 8, 2015)
Big School (2013)
Starring as Miss Sarah Postern
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Oct 10, 2014)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Oct 3, 2014)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Sep 19, 2014)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Sep 12, 2014)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Sep 5, 2014)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Aug 29, 2014)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Sep 20, 2013)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Sep 13, 2013)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Sep 6, 2013)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Aug 30, 2013)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Aug 23, 2013)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Aug 16, 2013)
Psychobitches (2013)
Guest starring as Eva Braun
- Episode S01 Special: Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches (Jun 21, 2012)
Guest starring as Edith Piaf
- Episode S01 Special: Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches (Jun 21, 2012)
Room 101 Extra Storage (2012)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 6x01: Catherine Tate, Rylan Clark-Neal, Nigel Havers (Jul 26, 2017)
Room 101 (2012)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 6x01: Catherine Tate, Rylan Clark-Neal, Nigel Havers (Jan 13, 2017)
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown (2012)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
(3 episodes)
- Episode 18x06: Harriet Kemsley, Alan Carr, Catherine Tate, Adam Buxton (Aug 30, 2019)
- Episode S14 Special: Christmas Special: Catherine Tate, Joe Wilkinson, Joe Lycett (Dec 29, 2017)
- Episode 11x02: Lee Mack, Catherine Tate, Miles Jupp, John Cooper Clarke (Oct 1, 2016)
The Jonathan Ross Show (2011)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
(2 episodes)
- Episode 10x03: Catherine Tate, John Krasinski, Will Poulter, Kevin Bridges, Rudimental (Jan 23, 2016)
- Episode 8x10: Keanu Reeves, Catherine Tate, Russell Brand, Olly Murs (Mar 28, 2015)
A Quiet Word with... (2010)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 2x03: A Quiet Word with Catherine Tate (May 14, 2011)
Alan Carr: Chatty Man (2009)
Guest starring as Nan
- Episode 15x16: John Bishop, Steph and Dom Parker, Samuel L. Jackson, Nan, Emma Willis, Marvin Humes, Keith Lemon, Lorraine Kelly, Little Mix, One Direction (Dec 25, 2015)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
(3 episodes)
- Episode 15x06: Sharon Horgan, Rob Delaney, Catherine Tate, Adam Lambert, Róisín Murphy (Oct 16, 2015)
- Episode 5x03: Chris Evans, Mickey Rourke, Catherine Tate, The Wanted (Dec 26, 2010)
- Episode 2x07: Davina McCall, Catherine Tate, David Tennant, Spandau Ballet (Dec 29, 2009)
The Justin Lee Collins Show (2009)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 1x01: Billie Piper, Catherine Tate, Kevin James (Mar 19, 2009)
The Graham Norton Show (2007)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
(4 episodes)
- Episode 31x02: Bernie Taupin, Catherine Tate, Ashley Walters, Bill Bailey, Christine and the Queens (Oct 6, 2023)
- Episode S24 Special: New Year's Eve Show - Olivia Colman, Nicholas Hoult, Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Rita Ora (Dec 31, 2018)
- Episode 20x04: Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Jude Law, Catherine Tate, Kings of Leon (Oct 21, 2016)
- Episode 16x07: Dame Shirley Bassey, David Walliams, Catherine Tate, Richard Ayoade, Annie Lennox (Nov 7, 2014)
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy (2006)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 1x03: Catherine Tate (Jan 24, 2007)
The Charlotte Church Show (2006)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 3x01: Catherine Tate, Lee Mack, Chris Fountain, Beverley Knight (Jul 10, 2008)
The One Show (2006)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
(3 episodes)
- Episode 2022-03-14: 14/03/2022 (Mar 14, 2022)
- Episode 2018-03-07: 07/03/2018 (Mar 7, 2018)
- Episode 2016-07-19: 19/07/2016 (Jul 19, 2016)
Doctor Who (2005)
Starring as Donna Noble
(14 episodes)
- Episode 4x13: Journey's End (Jul 5, 2008)
- Episode 4x12: The Stolen Earth (Jun 28, 2008)
- Episode 4x11: Turn Left (Jun 21, 2008)
- Episode 4x10: Midnight (Jun 14, 2008)
- Episode 4x09: Forest of the Dead (Jun 7, 2008)
- Episode 4x08: Silence in the Library (May 31, 2008)
- Episode 4x07: The Unicorn and the Wasp (May 17, 2008)
- Episode 4x06: The Doctor's Daughter (May 10, 2008)
- Episode 4x05: The Poison Sky (May 3, 2008)
- Episode 4x04: The Sontaran Stratagem (Apr 26, 2008)
- Episode 4x03: Planet of the Ood (Apr 19, 2008)
- Episode 4x02: The Fires of Pompeii (Apr 12, 2008)
- Episode 4x01: Partners in Crime (Apr 5, 2008)
- Episode S02 Special: The Runaway Bride (Dec 25, 2006)
Guest starring as Donna Noble
(3 episodes)
- Episode S04 Special: The End of Time - Part Two (Jan 1, 2010)
- Episode S04 Special: The End of Time - Part One (Dec 25, 2009)
- Episode 2x13: Doomsday (Jul 8, 2006)
The Office (2005)
Starring as Nellie Bertram
(35 episodes)
- Episode 9x25: Finale (2) (May 16, 2013)
- Episode 9x24: Finale (1) (May 16, 2013)
- Episode 9x23: A.A.R.M. (2) (May 9, 2013)
- Episode 9x22: A.A.R.M. (1) (May 9, 2013)
- Episode 9x21: Livin' the Dream (May 2, 2013)
- Episode 9x20: Paper Airplane (Apr 25, 2013)
- Episode 9x19: Stairmageddon (Apr 11, 2013)
- Episode 9x18: Promos (Apr 4, 2013)
- Episode 9x17: The Farm (Mar 14, 2013)
- Episode 9x16: Moving On (Feb 14, 2013)
- Episode 9x15: Couples Discount (Feb 7, 2013)
- Episode 9x14: Vandalism (Jan 31, 2013)
- Episode 9x13: Junior Salesman (Jan 31, 2013)
- Episode 9x12: Customer Loyalty (Jan 24, 2013)
- Episode 9x11: Suit Warehouse (Jan 17, 2013)
- Episode 9x10: Lice (Jan 10, 2013)
- Episode 9x09: Dwight Christmas (Dec 6, 2012)
- Episode 9x08: The Target (Nov 29, 2012)
- Episode 9x07: The Whale (Nov 15, 2012)
- Episode 9x06: The Boat (Nov 8, 2012)
- Episode 9x05: Here Comes Treble (Oct 25, 2012)
- Episode 9x04: Work Bus (Oct 18, 2012)
- Episode 9x03: Andy's Ancestry (Oct 4, 2012)
- Episode 9x02: Roy's Wedding (Sep 27, 2012)
- Episode 9x01: The New Guys (Sep 20, 2012)
- Episode 8x24: Free Family Portrait Studio (May 10, 2012)
- Episode 8x23: Turf War (May 3, 2012)
- Episode 8x22: Fundraiser (Apr 26, 2012)
- Episode 8x21: Angry Andy (Apr 19, 2012)
- Episode 8x20: Welcome Party (Apr 12, 2012)
- Episode 8x19: Get the Girl (Mar 15, 2012)
- Episode 8x18: Last Day in Florida (Mar 8, 2012)
- Episode 8x17: Test the Store (Mar 1, 2012)
- Episode 8x16: After Hours (Feb 23, 2012)
- Episode 8x15: Tallahassee (Feb 16, 2012)
Guest starring as Nellie Bertram
(2 episodes)
- Episode 7x27: Search Committee (2) (May 19, 2011)
- Episode 7x26: Search Committee (1) (May 19, 2011)
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
Guest starring as Mitzi Kosinski
- Episode 1x04: A Murder is Announced (Jan 2, 2005)
The Catherine Tate Show (2004)
Starring as Various
(22 episodes)
- Episode S03 Special: Catherine Tate Nan's Christmas Carol (Dec 25, 2009)
- Episode S03 Special: Christmas Special 2007 (Dec 25, 2007)
- Episode 3x06: Episode 6 (Nov 30, 2006)
- Episode 3x05: Episode 5 (Nov 23, 2006)
- Episode 3x04: Episode 4 (Nov 16, 2006)
- Episode 3x03: Episode 3 (Nov 9, 2006)
- Episode 3x02: Episode 2 (Nov 2, 2006)
- Episode 3x01: Episode 1 (Oct 26, 2006)
- Episode S02 Special: The Catherine Tate Christmas Show (Dec 20, 2005)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Aug 25, 2005)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Aug 18, 2005)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Aug 11, 2005)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Aug 4, 2005)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Jul 28, 2005)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Jul 21, 2005)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Mar 23, 2004)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Mar 15, 2004)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Mar 8, 2004)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Mar 1, 2004)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Feb 23, 2004)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Feb 16, 2004)
- Episode S03 Special: The Big Night In (Apr 23, 2020)
Wild West (2002)
Starring as Angela Phillips
(12 episodes)
- Episode 2x06: Holly Loses Faith in Witchcraft (Apr 13, 2004)
- Episode 2x05: The Film Crew (Apr 9, 2004)
- Episode 2x04: Cornish Flu (Apr 2, 2004)
- Episode 2x03: Angela Learns to Drive (Mar 26, 2004)
- Episode 2x02: Magical Horses (Mar 19, 2004)
- Episode 2x01: The Exploding Car (Mar 12, 2004)
- Episode 1x06: Un, Deu, Tri, Figo, Quiggly (Dec 3, 2002)
- Episode 1x05: A Problem Shared is a Problem Doubled (Nov 26, 2002)
- Episode 1x04: Tin, Tin, Tin (Nov 19, 2002)
- Episode 1x03: Swingers (Nov 5, 2002)
- Episode 1x02: Fear of Bungee (Oct 29, 2002)
- Episode 1x01: One Home Good, Two Homes Bad (Oct 22, 2002)
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross (2001)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
(4 episodes)
- Episode 18x01: Ray Winstone, Arlene Phillips, Catherine Tate, Pixie Lott (Jan 15, 2010)
- Episode 14x12: David Tennant, Catherine Tate, John Hurt, Nigel Marven, Radiohead (Apr 4, 2008)
- Episode 11x07: Catherine Tate, Michael Ball, Billie Piper, Jack Dee, Kasabian (Oct 20, 2006)
- Episode 9x03: Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Tate, Ricky Martin, Simple Minds (Sep 23, 2005)
Attention Scum (2001)
Starring as Various
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6: London, September, 12:00am (Apr 1, 2001)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5: Sheffield, August, 4:00am (Mar 25, 2001)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4: Middle of Nowhere, July, 11:00pm (Mar 18, 2001)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3: Glastonbury, June, 9:45pm (Mar 11, 2001)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2: Lizard Point, April, 10:00pm (Mar 4, 2001)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1: Tintagel, May, 9:30pm (Feb 25, 2001)
Loose Women (1999)
Guest starring as Joannie 'Nan' Taylor
- Episode 26x49: 14/03/22 - Ross Kemp, Joannie 'Nan' Taylor (Mar 14, 2022)
Never Mind the Buzzcocks (1996)
Guest starring as Host
- Episode 24x02: Catherine Tate, Tulisa Contostavlos, Howard Marks, Badly Drawn Boy, Katy Wix (Oct 28, 2010)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
- Episode 23x12: Dr. Who Special - David Tennant, Jo Whiley, Bernard Cribbins, Jamie Cullum, Catherine Tate (Dec 16, 2009)
Comic Relief (1986)
Guest starring as Catherine Tate
(4 episodes)
- Episode 2017-03-24: Red Nose Day (Mar 24, 2017)
- Episode 2015-03-13: Face the Funny - Part 1 (Mar 13, 2015)
- Episode 2011-03-18: Part 2 (Mar 18, 2011)
- Episode 2007-03-16: 16/03/2007 (Mar 16, 2007)
Guest starring as Lauren the Teenager
(2 episodes)
- Episode 2009-03-13: Part 2: Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse/Outnumbered/Harry Potter/Annie Lennox/French and Saunders/Catherine Tate/Ant and Dec (Mar 13, 2009)
- Episode 2007-03-16: 16/03/2007 (Mar 16, 2007)
The Olivier Awards (1984)
Starring as Host
- Episode 2018-04-08: The 2018 Olivier Awards (Apr 8, 2018)
BBC Children in Need (1980)
Guest starring as Nan
- Episode 2013-11-15: Appeal Night: Part 3 (Nov 15, 2013)
Crew Credits
Queen of Oz (2023)
Show crew as Creator
Show crew as Executive Producer
Episode crew as Writer
(6 episodes)
Hard Cell (2022)
Show crew as Creator
Episode crew as Writer
(6 episodes)
- Episode 1x06: Episode 6 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x05: Episode 5 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Apr 12, 2022)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Apr 12, 2022)
Episode crew as Director
(6 episodes)
Catherine Tate's Nan (2014)
Episode crew as Writer
(2 episodes)
- Episode 1x02: Knees Up Wilmott-Brown (Dec 30, 2015)
- Episode 1x01: Nanger Management (Dec 27, 2015)
The Catherine Tate Show (2004)
Episode crew as Writer
(20 episodes)
- Episode S03 Special: Catherine Tate Nan's Christmas Carol (Dec 25, 2009)
- Episode S03 Special: Christmas Special 2007 (Dec 25, 2007)
- Episode 3x06: Episode 6 (Nov 30, 2006)
- Episode 3x05: Episode 5 (Nov 23, 2006)
- Episode 3x04: Episode 4 (Nov 16, 2006)
- Episode 3x03: Episode 3 (Nov 9, 2006)
- Episode 3x02: Episode 2 (Nov 2, 2006)
- Episode 3x01: Episode 1 (Oct 26, 2006)
- Episode S02 Special: The Catherine Tate Christmas Show (Dec 20, 2005)
- Episode 2x06: Episode 6 (Aug 25, 2005)
- Episode 2x05: Episode 5 (Aug 18, 2005)
- Episode 2x04: Episode 4 (Aug 11, 2005)
- Episode 2x03: Episode 3 (Aug 4, 2005)
- Episode 2x02: Episode 2 (Jul 28, 2005)
- Episode 2x01: Episode 1 (Jul 21, 2005)
- Episode 1x04: Episode 4 (Mar 8, 2004)
- Episode 1x03: Episode 3 (Mar 1, 2004)
- Episode 1x02: Episode 2 (Feb 23, 2004)
- Episode 1x01: Episode 1 (Feb 16, 2004)
- Episode S03 Special: The Big Night In (Apr 23, 2020)