Catherine Tate

Catherine Jane Ford, born 5 December 1969 is an English comedian, actress, and writer. She has been nominated seven times for BAFTAs, an International Emmy Award, and many other accolades for her performance in BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (2004)-2007. Tate was Donna Noble's character in Doctor Who's Christmas special of 2006. The actress later reprised her role and became the Tenth Doctor's regular companion in the fourth series of Doctor Who in 2008. [2] Tate was the star of Joanie Taylor ("Nan"), a comedy character that she played on The Catherine Tate Show (2009-2015). She also appeared in The Nan Movie (2022). In 2011, Tate began an ongoing role in the role of Nellie Bertram on The Office, the U.S. edition of The Office. It played the role for a long time until the show's end. Tate portrayed Miss Sarah Postern (2013-2014), and Magica de Spell (2017-2021) in the BBC One sitcom Big School. In 2022, Tate starred as six characters in the Netflix comedy series, Hard Cell, which she also wrote and directed.