Tate's inspiration for the cockney grandmother came from visits to old people's homes when she was at drama college. Two of the show's well-known characters are teenager Lauren Cooper and Joanie "Nan" Taylor, the cockney grandmother. Produced by Perkins at Tiger Aspect, Tate was given her own programme on BBC Two in 2004, which she co-wrote and starred in with Derren Litten, entitled The Catherine Tate Show, which ran for three series. Undertaking Perkins' advice, after a live show Tate found the audience walking out of the show repeating the character's catchphrase Am I bovvered?. Tate was approached at a post-show party at the Edinburgh Festival by then-BBC controller of comedy Geoffrey Perkins, who encouraged Tate to develop her character ideas, especially to push the boundaries with her teenage character Lauren Cooper.
She acted the role of Smeraldina in a 2000 RSC production of A Servant to Two Masters, and another role in The Way of the World at the National Theatre. Tate has also performed with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and at the National Theatre. After being spotted at Edinburgh, she was given the role of Angela in the comedy Wild West, with Dawn French, who commented "Catherine Tate is far too talented and she must be destroyed." In 2001, she returned to the festival with her own sell-out one-woman show, which was followed by roles in Big Train, Attention Scum and TVGoHome. Soon after, she became involved with Lee Mack's Perrier Comedy Award-nominated New Bits show at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2000. In 1998, she wrote and starred in Barking, a late night sketch show broadcast on Channel 4 featuring a host of performers who included David Walliams, Peter Kay and Mackenzie Crook. She played the part of Kate in the unaired pilot episode of sitcom Not Going Out.
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Tate started stand-up comedy in 1996, and has appeared in comedy series such as The Harry Hill Show and That Peter Kay Thing.
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Tate began her television acting career with roles in serial dramas such as The Bill and London's Burning. It was very competitive." She was also a member of the National Youth Theatre. Prior to getting a place there, Tate went to the Sylvia Young Theatre School, but left after a week, later stating, "Even at that age, I realised I wasn't Bonnie Langford. She then tried for four years to get a place in the Central School of Speech and Drama, succeeding on her fourth attempt. She left school without sitting her A levels.
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By the time she was a teenager, she knew she wanted a professional acting career following the abolition of the sixth form at her secondary school, she was sent to a boys' Roman Catholic school, Salesian College in Battersea, at the age of 16, as it had the necessary facilities for drama. Tate attended St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School in Holborn, and Notre Dame High School, a convent secondary school for girls in Southwark. For example, she was not able to leave a jumper on the floor because it might have brought misfortune to her mother, whose name began with the letter "J" like "jumper". As a child, Tate suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and was obsessed with word association. Tate never knew her father as he left very early on in her life and, consequently, she was brought up in a female-dominated environment, being cared for by her mother, grandmother, and godparents. Tate has said that the character of Margaret in The Catherine Tate Show, who shrieks at the slightest of disturbances, is based largely on her mother. Tate was born in Bloomsbury, London on and was raised in the Brunswick Centre. Tate has also appeared in films, including Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Monte Carlo (2011), and SuperBob (2015). In 2022 she starred in the Netflix original comedy series, Hard Cell, which she also co-wrote. Tate played the role of Miss Sarah Postern in the BBC One sitcom Big School (2013–2014) and played the voice role of Magica De Spell in the animated series DuckTales (2017–2021).
version of The Office and was a regular until the series ended. In 2011 she began a recurring role as Nellie Bertram in the U.S.
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įollowing the success of The Catherine Tate Show, Tate starred as Joanie Taylor ("Nan") in the BBC One comedy series Catherine Tate's Nan (2009–2015) and its film adaption The Nan Movie (2022). Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of Doctor Who, and later reprised her role, becoming the Tenth Doctor's regular companion for the fourth series in 2008. 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. Catherine Jane Ford (born ), known professionally as Catherine Tate, is an English actress, comedian and writer.
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