Crackanory. Catherine Tate. Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions
Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate

  • 54 years old
  • English
  • Actor, writer, director and executive producer
Catherine Tate's Nan. Nan (Catherine Tate). Copyright: Tiger Aspect Productions

Catherine Tate is an English comedian, actress, and writer, best known for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show, which was nominated for four BAFTAs including Best Comedy Performance. Her foul-mouthed grandma character Joannie 'Nan' Taylor has entered popular folklore, leading to a spin-off series Catherine Tate's Nan and a 2020 film Nan The Movie.

Year Production Role
2023 The Graham Norton Show - Series 31
  1. E2 - Bernie Taupin, Catherine Tate, Ashley Walters, Bill Bailey, Christine and the Queens
Guest
2023 The Chris & Rosie Ramsey Show - Series 2
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self
2023 Queen Of Oz Developer
2023 Queen Of Oz
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  1. E1 - There's A New Queen In Town
  2. E2 - Ginger Eyebrows
  3. E3 - Royal Tinder
  4. E4 - They Used To Oink At Me
  5. E5 - Emu Meat
  6. E6 - I'm Not Marrying A Gorm
Executive Producer
2023 Queen Of Oz
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  1. E1 - There's A New Queen In Town
  2. E2 - Ginger Eyebrows
  3. E3 - Royal Tinder
  4. E4 - They Used To Oink At Me
  5. E5 - Emu Meat
  6. E6 - I'm Not Marrying A Gorm
Writer
2023 Queen Of Oz
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  1. E1 - There's A New Queen In Town
  2. E2 - Ginger Eyebrows
  3. E3 - Royal Tinder
  4. E4 - They Used To Oink At Me
  5. E5 - Emu Meat
  6. E6 - I'm Not Marrying A Gorm
Queen Georgiana
2022 Hard Cell Creator
2022 Hard Cell
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Executive Producer
2022 The Nan Movie Executive Producer
2022 Hard Cell
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Marco
2022 The Nan Movie Writer
2022 The Nan Movie Nan
2022 The Brilliant World Of Tom Gates - Series 1 Rita Gates (Voice)
2022 Hard Cell
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Director
2022 Hard Cell
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Writer
2022 Hard Cell
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Laura Willis
2022 Hard Cell
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Ros
2022 Hard Cell
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Ange
2022 Hard Cell
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Big Viv
2022 Hard Cell
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  1. E4 - Episode Four
Mammy
2021 Date Night - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
Teri
2019 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 17 (Channel 4: Series 18)
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Guest
2019 Date Night - Series 1 Teri
2018 Americons Development Writer
2018 Americons Development Actor
2018 The Graham Norton Show - Series 24
  1. Special - Olivia Colman, Nicholas Hoult, Keira Knightley, Guy Pearce, Rita Ora
Guest
2018 Monster Family Baba Yaga (Voice)
2017 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 13 (Channel 4: Series 14)
  1. Special - Christmas Special
Guest
2017 The Last Leg - Series 11
  1. Special - Re-United Kingdom
Self
2017 The Nightly Show
  1. E16 - Episode Sixteen
Guest
2017 Room 101 - Series 6
  1. E1 - Catherine Tate, Rylan Clark-Neal, Nigel Havers
  2. Special - Bonus Bellyaches
Guest
2016 Michael McIntyre's Big Show - Series 2
  1. Special - Michael McIntyre's Big Christmas Show
Nan
2016 Catherine Tate Show Live Self
2016 The Graham Norton Show - Series 20
  1. E4 - Tom Cruise, Cobie Smulders, Jude Law, Catherine Tate, Kings Of Leon
  2. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2016 8 Out Of 10 Cats Does Countdown - Series 10 (Channel 4: Series 11)
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2016 Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled - Series 4
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2016 Duck Quacks Don't Echo - Series 4
  1. E7 - Episode Seven
Guest
2016 Very British Problems - Series 2
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  1. E1 - School
  2. E2 - Friends
  3. E3 - Holidays
Self
2016 Much Ado About Comedy Self
2016 Drunk History - Series 2
  1. E5 - Episode Five
Elsie Wright
2016 The Last Leg - Series 7
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Guest
2016 Drunk History - Series 2
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Mary Wilson
2016 Do Not Disturb Anna Wilson
2016 The Jonathan Ross Show - Series 10
  1. E3 - Catherine Tate, John Krasinski, Kevin Bridges, Will Poulter, Rudimental
Guest
2016 Billionaire Boy Sapphire Diamond
2015 Catherine Tate's Nan - 2015 Specials
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  1. Special - Nanger Management
  2. Special - Knees Up Wilmott-Brown
Executive Producer
2015 Catherine Tate's Nan - 2015 Specials
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  1. Special - Nanger Management
  2. Special - Knees Up Wilmott-Brown
Writer
2015 Catherine Tate's Nan - 2015 Specials
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  1. Special - Nanger Management
  2. Special - Knees Up Wilmott-Brown
Nan
2015 The Bed-Sitting Room Penelope
2015 Very British Problems - Very British Problems At Christmas Self
2015 Crackanory - Series 3
  1. E2 - The Catchment Area & The Frogbeast Of Pontfidd
Host / Presenter
2015 SuperBob Theresa
2015 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 15
  1. E6 - Rob Delaney, Sharon Horgan, Adam Lambert, Catherine Tate, Roisin Murphy
Guest
2015 The Vote Kirsty Henderson
2015 Michael McIntyre's Easter Night At The Coliseum Nan
2015 Little Britain - Comic Relief 2015
  1. Comic Relief Special
Sister
2014 Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! Sophie
2014 The Graham Norton Show - Series 16
  1. E7 - Dame Shirley Bassey, David Walliams, Catherine Tate, Richard Ayoade, Annie Lennox
Guest
2014 Big School - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Miss Postern
2014 Psychobitches - Psychobitches Compilations
  1. Special - Part Two
Edith Piaf
2014 Psychobitches - Psychobitches Compilations
  1. Special - Part One
Eva Braun
2014 50 Years Of BBC 2 Comedy Self
2014 Catherine Tate's Nan - Nan Executive Producer
2014 Catherine Tate's Nan - Nan Writer
2014 Catherine Tate's Nan - Nan Nan
2013 Big School - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Miss Postern
2013 Frost On Sketch Shows Self
2012 Psychobitches - Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches
  1. Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches
Edith Piaf
2012 Psychobitches - Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches
  1. Playhouse Presents: Psychobitches
Eva Braun
2012 The Secret Policeman's Ball Self
2011 The Graham Norton Show - Series 10
  1. Special - Highlights Special
Guest
2011 Catherine Tate: Laughing At The Noughties Host / Presenter
2011 This Is Jinsy - Series 1
  1. E3 - Beardboy
Roopina Crale
2011 The Graham Norton Show - Series 9
  1. E1 - David Tennant, Catherine Tate, Jon Richardson, Josh Groban
  2. Special - Compilation Show
Guest
2011 That Sunday Night Show - Series 1
  1. E3 - Episode Three
Guest
2010 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 5
  1. Special - Chris Evans, Mickey Rourke, Catherine Tate, The Wanted
Guest
2010 The One...
  1. The One Ronnie
Ensemble Actor
2010 Being Ronnie Corbett Self
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010
  1. E3 - Catherine Tate's Little Cracker
Director
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010
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  1. E3 - Catherine Tate's Little Cracker
Writer
2010 Little Crackers - Little Crackers 2010
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  1. E3 - Catherine Tate's Little Cracker
Josephine
2010 The Royle Family Portraits Self
2010 Royle Exclusive: Behind The Sofa Self
2010 The Graham Norton Show - Series 8
  1. E3 - Joan Rivers, Johnny Knoxville, Catherine Tate, Pet Shop Boys
Guest
2010 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 24
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Host / Presenter
2010 Channel 4's Comedy Gala
  1. E1 - Channel 4's Comedy Gala 2010
Guest
2010 The Unbelievable Truth - Series 5
  1. E2 - Episode Two
  2. E5 - Episode Five
Guest
2010 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 18
  1. E1 - Ray Winstone, Arlene Phillips, Catherine Tate, Pixie Lott
Guest
2009 Alan Carr: Chatty Man - Series 2
  1. Special - Chatty Man New Year's Special
Guest
2009 The Catherine Tate Show - Nan's Christmas Carol Various
2009 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off - Series 4
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  1. E2 - Lapland
Arabella
2009 Never Mind The Buzzcocks - Series 23
  1. Special - The Doctor Who Special
Guest
2009 The Graham Norton Show - Series 6
  1. E10 - Episode Ten
Guest
2009 Genius With Dave Gorman - Series 1
  1. E1 - Catherine Tate
Guest
2009 The Justin Lee Collins Show
  1. E1 - Episode One
Guest
2009 Little Britain - Comic Relief 2009
  1. 2009
Dawn
2008 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 14
  1. E12 - John Hurt, Catherine Tate, David Tennant, Nigel Marven, Radiohead
Guest
2008 Chain Reaction - Series 4
  1. E1 - Catherine Tate interviews David Tennant
Host / Presenter
2007 The Catherine Tate Show - The Catherine Tate Christmas Show Writer
2007 The Catherine Tate Show - The Catherine Tate Christmas Show Various
2007 Alexei Sayle's Alternative Take
  1. E6 - Episode Six
Self (Archive Material)
2007 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off - Glastonbury Special Arabella
2007 Down The Line - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
Polly Jones
2007 Down The Line - Series 2
  1. E1 - Episode One
Jenny
2006 The Catherine Tate Show - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Writer
2006 The Catherine Tate Show - Series 3
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Various
2006 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 11
  1. E7 - Catherine Tate, Michael Ball, Billie Piper, Jack Dee, Kasabian
Guest
2006 Down The Line - Series 1
  1. E2 - Episode Two
Beryl Green
2005 Friday Night With Jonathan Ross - Series 9
  1. E3 - Catherine Deneuve, Catherine Tate, Ricky Martin, Simple Minds
Guest
2005 The Catherine Tate Show - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. Special - The Catherine Tate Christmas Show
Writer
2005 The Catherine Tate Show - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
  7. Special - The Catherine Tate Christmas Show
Various
2005 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off - Series 3
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  1. E6 - Ireland
Arabella
2004 Wild West - Series 2
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  1. E1 - The Exploding Car
  2. E2 - Magical Horses
  3. E3 - Angela Learns to Drive
  4. E4 - Cornish Flu
  5. E5 - The Film Crew
  6. E6 - Holly Loses Faith in Witchcraft
Angela Phillips
2004 The Catherine Tate Show - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Writer
2004 The Catherine Tate Show - Series 1
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Various
2003 Giles Wemmbley Hogg Goes Off - Series 2
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  1. E6 - New Zealand
Arabella
2003 Trapped - Series 1
  1. E5 - A Boy in a Well
Mrs. Pickery
2003 Ed Stone Is Dead
  1. E13 - Mortality Bites
Woman at Door
2002 Wild West - Series 1
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  1. E1 - One Home Good, Two Homes Bad
  2. E2 - Fear Of Bungee
  3. E3 - Swingers
  4. E4 - Tin, Tin, Tin
  5. E5 - A Problem Shared Is A Problem Doubled
  6. E6 - Un, Deu, Try, Figo, Quiggly
Angela Phillips
2002 Big Train - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Writer (Additional Material)
2002 Big Train - Series 2
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Various
2001 Six Geese A Laying Ensemble Actor
2001 Fringe Cuts
  1. 2001
Guest
2001 Parsons And Naylor's Pull-Out Sections - Series 2
  1. E8 - Episode Eight
Self
2001 Attention Scum
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Writer (Additional Material)
2001 Attention Scum
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E5 - Episode Five
  6. E6 - Episode Six
Ensemble Actor
2001 TV Go Home
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. Special - The Best of TV Go Home
  6. Special - The Best of TV Go Home
Ensemble Actor
2000 Harry Hill - Series 3
  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E5 - Episode Five
  5. E6 - Episode Six
Ensemble Actor
2000 Hey Hey We're The Monks DSS Officer
2000 That Peter Kay Thing - Series 1
  1. E5 - Leonard
Actor
1999 Quando, Quando, Quando
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  1. E1 - Big Head
  2. E2 - The Nits
  3. E3 - Fishy Business
  4. E4 - Spies
  5. E5 - Love And Marriage
  6. Special - The Christmas Rush
Ensemble Actor
1998 Barking
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E6 - Episode Six
Writer
1998 Barking
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  1. E1 - Episode One
  2. E2 - Episode Two
  3. E3 - Episode Three
  4. E4 - Episode Four
  5. E6 - Episode Six
Various
1994 Men Behaving Badly - Series 3
  1. E3 - Casualties
Young Woman
1991 Surgical Spirit - Series 3
  1. E1 - The Holiday Job
Girlfriend
1988 Comic Relief Various
1988 Comic Relief
  1. E19 - Comic Relief 2021
Nan
Lee Mack's New Bits With Catherine Tate And Dan Antopolski Ensemble Actor

Non-comedy TV and film credits may be found here:
Catherine Tate on IMDb

Born
Friday 5th December 1969 (54 years-old)
Birth name
Catherine Ford
Nationality
English

Catherine Tate, born Catherine Ford, is an English comedian, actress, and writer, best known for her work on the sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show, which was nominated for four BAFTAs including Best Comedy Performance.

Born in Bloomsbury, London, in 1969, she was known at school as something of a rebel, with a keen sense of humour. Thus it was no surprise that one of her most famous sketch-show characters, Lauren, should have been at least partially based on her former self. After taking A-Levels in Salesian College, Battersea, she left school without sitting her A Levels, and finally studied art and drama at The Central School of Speech and Drama having tried for four years to gain entry.

Early work involved appearances in Casualty and The Bill, and minor roles in The Harry Hill Show. In 1998, she wrote and starred in Barking, a late-night sketch show broadcast on Channel 4 that featured the then unknown comedy actors Mackenzie Crook, David Walliams, and Peter Kay, with whom she had formerly appeared on That Peter Kay Thing.

She also played the part of Kate in the unaired pilot of sitcom Not Going Out, featuring Lee Mack, with whom she collaborated on a range of sketch shows at the Edinburgh Fringe. She was then offered a part in Wild West, alongside Dawn French, an idol of hers, who would comment that "Catherine Tate is far too talented and she must be destroyed".

This led the BBC to take, by her own admission, something of a gamble in offering the then relative unknown her own sketch show, The Catherine Tate Show. However, it soon proved a huge success, with many of her characters - disaffected teenager Lauren, foul-mouthed grandma Joanne 'Nan' Taylor - passing into popular folklore, with a gigantic following. Lauren's catchphrases 'Am I bovered?' and 'Are you disrespecting my family?' remain famous to this day. She won a British Comedy Award for best newcomer in 2004, was nominated for an International Emmy Award, and 7 BAFTA awards. She was a guest star at the 77th Royal Variety Performance and appeared in the guise of Lauren Cooper. During the sketch, Tate looked up and asked the queen, 'Is one bovvered? Is one's face bovvered?', and her co-star Niky Wardley, in character as Liese, remarked, 'That old man sitting next to her has fallen asleep'.

A versatile actor, Tate has appeared in a BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens's Bleak House, as well as featuring in Doctor Who. Moreover, she appeared in the 2006 film comedies Starter For Ten, Sixty Six, and Scenes Of A Sexual Nature. Latterly she starred as Nellie Bertram in the US version of The Office and provided the voice of Magica de Spell in Disney's DuckTales.

BAFTA Television Awards 2015
Best Female Performance in a Comedy Programme (Nominee)
BAFTA Television Awards 2011
Best Comedy (Nominee)
National Television Awards, The 2008
Outstanding Drama Performance (Nominee)
BAFTA Television Awards 2007
Best Comedy (Nominee)
British Comedy Awards 2007
Best TV Comedy Actress (Nominee)
RTS Awards 2007
Comedy Performance (Nominee)
Loaded LAFTAs 2007
Funniest Woman (Nominee)
BAFTA Television Awards 2006
Best Comedy Performance (Nominee)
British Comedy Awards 2006
Best TV Comedy Actress (Winner)
RTS Awards 2006
Comedy Performance (Winner)
BAFTA Television Awards 2005
Best Comedy (Nominee)
BAFTA Television Craft Awards 2005
New Writer (Nominee)
International Emmy Awards 2005
Best Actress (Nominee)
RTS Awards 2005
Network Newcomer - On Screen (Winner)
British Comedy Awards 2004
Best TV Comedy Actress (Nominee)
Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist (Winner)
Edinburgh Comedy Awards 2000
Best Comedy Show (Nominee)
NATYS: New Acts of the Year Show 1998
Top of the Bill (Nominee)
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