Catherine Tate

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

The Graham Norton Show

Self

Doctor Who

Donna Noble

The Office

Nellie Bertram

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg

The Bill

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown

The Last Leg

Self

The One Show

Self - Guest

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	Doctor Who at the Proms	Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)
2024	Joan Rivers at the BBC	Self (archive footage)
2023	Rally Road Racers	Juni Hakansdotter (voice)
2023	imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me	Self
2023	Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2022	The Nan Movie	Nan / Joanie
2021	Monster Family 2	Baba Yaga (voice)
2020	The Big Night In	Lauren Cooper
2018	Saving the British Bulldog	Self - Presenter
2018	Leading Lady Parts	Boss
2017	Comic Relief: Red Nose Day	Lauren Cooper
2017	Perfect Roast Potatoes	Tamara
2017	Monster Family	Baba Yaga (voice)
2016	Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong	Self
2016	Billionaire Boy	Sapphire Diamond
2016	Do Not Disturb	Anna
2016	Shakespeare Live! From the RSC	Self - Host
2015	Not Sophie's Choice	Mummy
2015	Little Britain Sketch	Sister
2015	Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking	Self
2015	The Vote	Kirsty Henderson
2015	Unity	Narrator (voice)
2015	SuperBob	Theresa
2015	Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum	Self
2014	Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2014	50 Years of BBC Two Comedy	Self
2014	Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!	Sophie
2014	Catherine Tate's Nan	Nan
2013	Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2013	Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City	Nan
2013	Frost on Sketch Shows	Self
2013	Khumba	Nora (voice)
2012	The Women of Doctor Who	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2012	The Secret Policeman's Ball	Self
2011	The Ballad of Russell & Julie	Julie Gardner / Self
2011	Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties	Self - Presenter
2011	Much Ado About Nothing	Beatrice
2011	The Itch of the Golden Nit	Stella (voice)
2011	Monte Carlo	Alicia Winthrop Scott
2010	Gulliver's Travels	Queen Isabel
2010	The One Ronnie	Sue
2010	The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa	Self
2010	Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 2	Donna Noble
2010	Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2	Donna Noble (archive footage)
2009	The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol	Joannie Taylor
2009	Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008	Self - Guest Presenter
2009	Now That’s What I Call Comedy	Lauren
2009	Doctor Who: The End of Time Part 1	Donna Noble
2007	Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution	Dorothy Ratcliffe
2007	David Tennant's Video Diary	Self
2007	The Bad Mother's Handbook	Karen Cooper
2006	Sixty Six	Aunt Lila
2006	Love and Other Disasters	Tallulah Wentworth
2006	Starter for 10	Julie Jackson
2006	Scenes of a Sexual Nature	Sara
2006	Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride	Donna Noble
1994	Milner	Jesson's P.A.

Year	TV Show	Role
2025	Going Dutch	Katja Vanderhoff
2023	Queen of Oz	Georgiana
2022	Hard Cell	Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie
2022	Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2017	DuckTales	Magica De Spell (voice)
2017	Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief	Self
2016	Michael McIntyre's Big Show	Self - Performer
2015	Catherine Tate's Nan	Nan
2014	Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled	Self
2014	Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2013	Psychobitches	Various Roles
2013	8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013	Big School	Miss Sarah Postern
2013	The Last Leg	Self
2010	Channel 4's Comedy Gala	Nan
2010	Little Crackers	Josephine
2009	The Justin Lee Collins Show	Self
2009	Genius with Dave Gorman
2009	Doctor Who Greatest Moments	Self
2007	The Graham Norton Show	Self
2006	The One Show	Self - Guest
2006	The Charlotte Church Show	Self
2005	The Office	Nellie Bertram
2005	The Friday Night Project	Self - Host
2005	Bleak House	Mrs. Chadband
2005	Top of the Pops Reloaded	Self
2005	Doctor Who	Donna Noble
2005	Twisted Tales
2005	Doctor Who Confidential	Self
2005	The Friday Night Project	Self
2004	The Catherine Tate Show	Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper
2004	Agatha Christie's Marple	Mitzi Kosinski
2003	Spine Chillers
2002	Wild West	Angela Phillips
2002	Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2001	Friday Night with Jonathan Ross	Self - Guest
2001	Attention Scum
1998	Big Train
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self - Panellist
1996	Never Mind the Buzzcocks	Self - Host
1994	Room 101	Self
1989	Surgical Spirit	Girlfriend
1988	This Morning	Self - Guest
1984	The Bill
1956	Eurovision Song Contest	Self - UK’s Spokesperson