Acting
Catherine Tate
Acting · Born 1969-12-05 · Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
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.
Credits · 100
Going Dutch
2025 · Katja Vanderhoff
FilmDoctor Who at the Proms
2024 · Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)
Filmimagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023 · Self
FilmDoctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
Queen of Oz
2023 · Georgiana
FilmRally Road Racers
2023 · Juni Hakansdotter (voice)
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Hard Cell
2022 · Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie
FilmThe Nan Movie
2022 · Nan / Joanie
FilmMonster Family 2
2021 · Baba Yaga (voice)
FilmThe Big Night In
2020 · Lauren Cooper
FilmSaving the British Bulldog
2018 · Self - Presenter
FilmLeading Lady Parts
2018 · Boss
FilmMonster Family
2017 · Baba Yaga (voice)
DuckTales
2017 · Magica De Spell (voice)
FilmPerfect Roast Potatoes
2017 · Tamara
FilmComic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017 · Lauren Cooper
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017 · Self
FilmShakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Self - Host
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
2016 · Self - Performer
FilmDo Not Disturb
2016 · Anna
FilmBruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong
2016 · Self
FilmBillionaire Boy
2016 · Sapphire Diamond
Catherine Tate's Nan
2015 · Nan
FilmSuperBob
2015 · Theresa
FilmUnity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
FilmDara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
2015 · Self
FilmNot Sophie's Choice
2015 · Mummy
FilmThe Vote
2015 · Kirsty Henderson
FilmMichael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum
2015 · Self
FilmLittle Britain Sketch
2015 · Sister
FilmNativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
2014 · Sophie
FilmDoctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014 · Self
Film50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014 · Self
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
FilmCatherine Tate's Nan
2014 · Nan
FilmDoctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
FilmCatherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
2013 · Nan
Big School
2013 · Miss Sarah Postern
FilmKhumba
2013 · Nora (voice)
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013 · Self
FilmFrost on Sketch Shows
2013 · Self
The Last Leg
2013 · Self
The Women of Doctor Who
FilmThe Women of Doctor Who
2012 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Eva Braun / Édith Piaf
FilmThe Secret Policeman's Ball
2012 · Self
FilmCatherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 · Self - Presenter
FilmThe Ballad of Russell & Julie
2011 · Julie Gardner / Self
FilmMonte Carlo
2011 · Alicia Winthrop Scott
FilmThe Itch of the Golden Nit
2011 · Stella (voice)
FilmMuch Ado About Nothing
2011 · Beatrice
FilmThe One Ronnie
2010 · Sue
FilmGulliver's Travels
2010 · Queen Isabel
Little Crackers
2010 · Josephine
FilmThe Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Self
FilmDoctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
2010 · Nan
FilmDoctor Who: The End of Time
2010 · Donna Noble
FilmThe Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
2009 · Joannie Taylor
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009 · Self
Genius with Dave Gorman
2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009 · Self
FilmDoctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
2008 · Self - Guest Presenter
FilmDavid Tennant's Video Diary
2007 · Self
FilmMrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007 · Dorothy Ratcliffe
The Graham Norton Show
2007 · Self
FilmThe Bad Mother's Handbook
2007 · Karen Cooper
FilmDoctor Who: The Runaway Bride
2006 · Donna Noble
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · Self
FilmSixty Six
2006 · Aunt Lila
FilmScenes of a Sexual Nature
2006 · Sara
FilmStarter for 10
2006 · Julie Jackson
FilmLove and Other Disasters
2006 · Tallulah Wentworth
The Charlotte Church Show
2006 · Self
The One Show
2006 · Self - Guest
Bleak House
2005 · Mrs. Chadband
Top of the Pops Reloaded
2005 · Self
Doctor Who
2005 · Donna Noble
Doctor Who Confidential
2005 · Self
The Office
2005 · Nellie Bertram
The Friday Night Project
2005 · Self - Host
Twisted Tales
2005 · Wendy Midwich
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Mitzi Kosinski
The Catherine Tate Show
2004 · Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper
Spine Chillers
2003
Wild West
2002 · Angela Phillips
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self - Guest
Attention Scum
2001
Big Train
1998
Barking
1998 · Various
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self - Panellist
FilmMilner
1994 · Jesson's P.A.
Room 101
1994 · Self
Surgical Spirit
1989 · Girlfriend
This Morning
1988 · Self - Guest
The Bill
1984
Olivier Awards
1981 · Self - Host
Eurovision Song Contest
1956 · Self - Spokesperson