Catherine Tate
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.
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Films (58)
Bad Fairies
2027 · Fairy Gothmother (voice)
20 Years of Not Going Out
2026 · Kate (archive footage)
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024 · Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024 · Self (archive footage)
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023 · Self
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
Les Rois du rallye
2023 · Juni Hakansdotter (voice)
The Nan Movie
2022 · Nan / Joanie, Executive Producer, Writer
Monster Family : En route pour l'aventure !
2021 · Baba Yaga (voice)
The Big Night In
2020 · Lauren Cooper
Saving the British Bulldog
2018 · Self - Presenter
Leading Lady Parts
2018 · Boss
Monster Family, les origines
2017 · Baba Yaga (voice)
Perfect Roast Potatoes
2017 · Tamara
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017 · Lauren Cooper
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016 · Self - Host
Do Not Disturb
2016 · Anna
Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong
2016 · Self
Billionaire Boy
2016 · Sapphire Diamond
SuperBob
2015 · Theresa
Unity
2015 · Narrator (voice)
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
2015 · Self
Not Sophie's Choice
2015 · Mummy
The Vote
2015 · Kirsty Henderson
Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum
2015 · Self
Little Britain Sketch
2015 · Sister
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
2014 · Sophie
Doctor Who : The Ultimate Companion
2014 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014 · Self
Catherine Tate's Nan
2014 · Nan, Writer
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
2013 · Nan, Writer
Khumba
2013 · Nora (voice)
Frost on Sketch Shows
2013 · Self
The Women of Doctor Who
2012 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012 · Self
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011 · Self - Presenter
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
2011 · Julie Gardner / Self
Bienvenue à Monte-Carlo
2011 · Alicia Winthrop Scott
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011 · Stella (voice)
Much Ado About Nothing
2011 · Beatrice
The One Ronnie
2010 · Sue
Les Voyages de Gulliver
2010 · Queen Isabel
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010 · Self
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010 · Donna Noble (archive footage)
Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010 · Donna Noble
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
2009 · Joannie Taylor, Writer
Now That’s What I Call Comedy
2009 · Lauren
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
2008 · Self - Guest Presenter
David Tennant's Video Diary
2007 · Self
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007 · Dorothy Ratcliffe
The Bad Mother's Handbook
2007 · Karen Cooper
Doctor Who - Le mariage de Noël
2006 · Donna Noble
Question à 10 points
2006 · Julie Jackson
Ma Finale 66
2006 · Aunt Lila
Amour & Conséquences
2006 · Sara
Love (et ses petits désastres)
2006 · Tallulah Wentworth
Milner
1994 · Jesson's P.A.
Séries (47)
Going Dutch
2025 · Katja Vanderhoff
Queen of Oz
2023 · Georgiana, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Hard Cell
2022 · Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie, Director, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
La Bande à Picsou
2017 · Magica De Spell (voice)
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017 · Self
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
2016 · Self - Performer
Catherine Tate's Nan
2015 · Nan, Writer, Creator
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014 · Self
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
Big School
2013 · Miss Sarah Postern
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013 · Self
The Last Leg
2013 · Self
Playhouse Presents
2012 · Eva Braun / Édith Piaf
Little Crackers
2010 · Josephine, Writer, Director
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
2010 · Nan
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009 · Self
Genius with Dave Gorman
2009
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009 · Self
El show de Graham Norton
2007 · Self
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006 · Self
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
La Oficina
2005 · Nellie Bertram
The Friday Night Project
2005 · Self - Host, Self
Twisted Tales
2005 · Wendy Midwich
Miss Marple
2004 · Mitzi Kosinski
The Catherine Tate Show
2004 · Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper, Creator
Spine Chillers
2003
Wild West
2002 · Angela Phillips
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002 · Self
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001 · Self - Guest
Attention Scum
2001
Big Train
1998
Barking
1998 · Various
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996 · Self - Panellist, Self - Host
Room 101
1994 · Self
Surgical Spirit
1989 · Girlfriend
This Morning
1988 · Self - Guest
Comic Relief
1988
The Bill
1984
Olivier Awards
1981 · Self - Host
Eurovision Song Contest
1956 · Self - Spokesperson