Actor profile

Catherine Tate

5th December 1969 Bloomsbury, London, England, UK Acting

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.

58 Movies 47 TV Shows 107 Credits

Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Doctor Who at the Proms poster

Doctor Who at the Proms 24th December 2024 as Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)

Joan Rivers at the BBC poster

Joan Rivers at the BBC 8th September 2024 as Self (archive footage)

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials poster

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials 18th December 2023 as Donna Noble (archive footage)

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me poster

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me 18th December 2023 as Self

Doctor Who - The Giggle poster

Doctor Who - The Giggle 9th December 2023 as Donna Noble

Doctor Who - Wild Blue Yonder poster

Doctor Who - Wild Blue Yonder 2nd December 2023 as Donna Noble

Doctor Who - The Star Beast poster

Doctor Who - The Star Beast 25th November 2023 as Donna Noble

Rally Road Racers poster

Rally Road Racers 12th May 2023 as Juni Hakansdotter (voice)

The Nan Movie poster

The Nan Movie 18th March 2022 as Nan / Joanie

Monster Family 2 poster

Monster Family 2 15th October 2021 as Baba Yaga (voice)

The Big Night In poster

The Big Night In 23rd April 2020 as Lauren Cooper

Saving the British Bulldog poster

Saving the British Bulldog 14th March 2018 as Self - Presenter

Leading Lady Parts poster

Leading Lady Parts 8th March 2018 as Boss

Monster Family poster

Monster Family 24th August 2017 as Baba Yaga (voice)

Perfect Roast Potatoes poster

Perfect Roast Potatoes 5th May 2017 as Tamara

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day poster

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day 24th March 2017 as Lauren Cooper

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC poster

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC 23rd April 2016 as Self - Host

Do Not Disturb poster

Do Not Disturb 27th January 2016 as Anna

Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong poster

Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong 2nd January 2016 as Self

Billionaire Boy poster

Billionaire Boy 1st January 2016 as Sapphire Diamond

SuperBob poster

SuperBob 16th October 2015 as Theresa

Unity poster

Unity 12th August 2015 as Narrator (voice)

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking poster

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking 8th June 2015 as Self

Not Sophie's Choice poster

Not Sophie's Choice 24th May 2015 as Mummy

The Vote poster

The Vote 7th May 2015 as Kirsty Henderson

Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum poster

Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum 12th April 2015 as Self

Little Britain Sketch poster

Little Britain Sketch 13th March 2015 as Sister

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! poster

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! 14th November 2014 as Sophie

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion poster

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion 13th August 2014 as Donna Noble (archive footage)

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy poster

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy 24th May 2014 as Self

Catherine Tate's Nan poster

Catherine Tate's Nan 4th January 2014 as Nan

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty poster

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty 23rd November 2013 as Donna Noble (archive footage)

Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City poster

Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City 15th November 2013 as Nan

Khumba poster

Khumba 18th July 2013 as Nora (voice)

Frost on Sketch Shows poster

Frost on Sketch Shows 13th March 2013 as Self

The Secret Policeman's Ball poster

The Secret Policeman's Ball 4th March 2012 as Self

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties poster

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties 17th December 2011 as Self - Presenter

The Ballad of Russell & Julie poster

The Ballad of Russell & Julie 31st October 2011 as Julie Gardner / Self

Monte Carlo poster

Monte Carlo 1st July 2011 as Alicia Winthrop Scott

The Itch of the Golden Nit poster

The Itch of the Golden Nit 28th June 2011 as Stella (voice)

Much Ado About Nothing poster

Much Ado About Nothing 16th May 2011 as Beatrice

The One Ronnie poster

The One Ronnie 25th December 2010 as Sue

Gulliver's Travels poster

Gulliver's Travels 23rd December 2010 as Queen Isabel

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa poster

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa 10th November 2010 as Self

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 poster

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 9th November 2010 as Donna Noble (archive footage)

Doctor Who: The End of Time poster

Doctor Who: The End of Time 2nd February 2010 as Donna Noble

The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol poster

The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol 25th December 2009 as Joannie Taylor

Now That’s What I Call Comedy poster

Now That’s What I Call Comedy 2nd March 2009 as Lauren

Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 poster

Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 27th July 2008 as Self - Guest Presenter

David Tennant's Video Diary poster

David Tennant's Video Diary 5th November 2007 as Self

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution poster

Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution 28th September 2007 as Dorothy Ratcliffe

The Bad Mother's Handbook poster

The Bad Mother's Handbook 19th February 2007 as Karen Cooper

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride poster

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride 25th December 2006 as Donna Noble

Scenes of a Sexual Nature poster

Scenes of a Sexual Nature 3rd November 2006 as Sara

Sixty Six poster

Sixty Six 3rd November 2006 as Aunt Lila

Starter for 10 poster

Starter for 10 13th September 2006 as Julie Jackson

Love and Other Disasters poster

Love and Other Disasters 9th September 2006 as Tallulah Wentworth

Milner poster

Milner 19th December 1994 as Jesson's P.A.

Going Dutch poster

Going Dutch 2nd January 2025 as Katja Vanderhoff

Queen of Oz poster

Queen of Oz 16th June 2023 as Georgiana

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg poster

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg 4th September 2022

Hard Cell poster

Hard Cell 12th April 2022 as Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie

DuckTales poster

DuckTales 12th August 2017 as Magica De Spell (voice)

Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief poster

Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief 4th March 2017 as Self

Michael McIntyre's Big Show poster

Michael McIntyre's Big Show 16th April 2016 as Self - Performer

Catherine Tate's Nan poster

Catherine Tate's Nan 27th December 2015 as Nan

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled poster

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled 16th June 2014 as Self

Duck Quacks Don't Echo poster

Duck Quacks Don't Echo 7th February 2014

Big School poster

Big School 16th August 2013 as Miss Sarah Postern

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown poster

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown 12th April 2013 as Self

The Last Leg poster

The Last Leg 25th January 2013 as Self

Playhouse Presents poster

Playhouse Presents 12th April 2012 as Eva Braun / Édith Piaf

Little Crackers poster

Little Crackers 19th December 2010 as Josephine

Channel 4's Comedy Gala poster

Channel 4's Comedy Gala 5th April 2010 as Nan

Doctor Who Greatest Moments poster

Doctor Who Greatest Moments 20th August 2009 as Self

Genius with Dave Gorman poster

Genius with Dave Gorman 20th March 2009

The Graham Norton Show poster

The Graham Norton Show 22nd February 2007 as Self

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy poster

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy 25th December 2006 as Self

The Charlotte Church Show poster

The Charlotte Church Show 1st September 2006 as Self

The One Show poster

The One Show 14th August 2006 as Self - Guest

Bleak House poster

Bleak House 27th October 2005 as Mrs. Chadband

Top of the Pops Reloaded poster

Top of the Pops Reloaded 17th September 2005 as Self

Doctor Who poster

Doctor Who 26th March 2005 as Donna Noble

Doctor Who Confidential poster

Doctor Who Confidential 26th March 2005 as Self

The Office poster

The Office 24th March 2005 as Nellie Bertram

The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project 4th February 2005 as Self - Host

The Friday Night Project poster

The Friday Night Project 4th February 2005 as Self

Twisted Tales poster

Twisted Tales 16th January 2005 as Wendy Midwich

Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple 12th December 2004 as Mitzi Kosinski

The Catherine Tate Show poster

The Catherine Tate Show 16th February 2004 as Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper

Spine Chillers poster

Spine Chillers 23rd June 2003

Wild West poster

Wild West 22nd October 2002 as Angela Phillips

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy poster

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy 13th August 2002

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross poster

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross 2nd November 2001 as Self - Guest

Attention Scum poster

Attention Scum 25th February 2001

Big Train poster

Big Train 9th November 1998

Barking poster

Barking 24th June 1998 as Various

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12th November 1996 as Self - Panellist

Never Mind the Buzzcocks poster

Never Mind the Buzzcocks 12th November 1996 as Self - Host

Room 101 poster

Room 101 4th July 1994 as Self

Surgical Spirit poster

Surgical Spirit 14th April 1989 as Girlfriend

This Morning poster

This Morning 3rd October 1988 as Self - Guest

The Bill poster

The Bill 16th October 1984

Olivier Awards poster

Olivier Awards 1st January 1981 as Self - Host

Eurovision Song Contest poster

Eurovision Song Contest 24th May 1956 as Self - UK’s Spokesperson