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
Doctor Who
Donna Noble
Monte Carlo
Alicia Winthrop Scott
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Dulcia (voice UK Dub)
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
Donna Noble
Gulliver's Travels
Queen Isabel
Starter for 10
Julie Jackson
Monster Family
Baba Yaga (voice)
Leading Lady Parts
Boss
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Filmography
Acting (109)
Movies (58)
Doctor Who at the Proms
2024as Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)
Joan Rivers at the BBC
2024as Self (archive footage)
Rally Road Racers
2023as Juni Hakansdotter (voice)
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023as Donna Noble (archive footage)
imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
2023as Self
The Nan Movie
2022as Nan / Joanie
Monster Family 2
2021as Baba Yaga (voice)
The Big Night In
2020as Lauren Cooper
Saving the British Bulldog
2018as Self - Presenter
Leading Lady Parts
2018as Boss
Monster Family
2017as Baba Yaga (voice)
Perfect Roast Potatoes
2017as Tamara
Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
2017as Lauren Cooper
Billionaire Boy
2016as Sapphire Diamond
Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
2016as Self - Host
Do Not Disturb
2016as Anna
Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong
2016as Self
The Vote
2015as Kirsty Henderson
SuperBob
2015as Theresa
Not Sophie's Choice
2015as Mummy
Unity
2015as Narrator (voice)
Little Britain Sketch
2015as Sister
Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum
2015as Self
Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
2015as Self
Catherine Tate's Nan
2014as Nan
Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
2014as Dulcia (voice UK Dub)
Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
2014as Sophie
Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
2014as Donna Noble (archive footage)
50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
2014as Self
Khumba
2013as Nora (voice)
Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
2013as Donna Noble (archive footage)
Frost on Sketch Shows
2013as Self
Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
2013as Nan
The Women of Doctor Who
2012as Donna Noble (archive footage)
The Secret Policeman's Ball
2012as Self
Much Ado About Nothing
2011as Beatrice
Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
2011as Self - Presenter
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011as Stella (voice)
Monte Carlo
2011as Alicia Winthrop Scott
The Ballad of Russell & Julie
2011as Julie Gardner / Self
Gulliver's Travels
2010as Queen Isabel
Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
2010as Donna Noble (archive footage)
The One Ronnie
2010as Sue
Doctor Who: The End of Time
2010as Donna Noble
The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
2010as Self
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
2009as Joannie Taylor
Now That’s What I Call Comedy
2009as Lauren
Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
2008as Self - Guest Presenter
David Tennant's Video Diary
2007as Self
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
2007as Dorothy Ratcliffe
The Bad Mother's Handbook
2007as Karen Cooper
Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
2006as Donna Noble
Starter for 10
2006as Julie Jackson
Love and Other Disasters
2006as Tallulah Wentworth
Sixty Six
2006as Aunt Lila
Scenes of a Sexual Nature
2006as Sara
Milner
1994as Jesson's P.A.
Racing Thoughts
as Debbie Bryce
Television (51)
Going Dutch
2025as Katja Vanderhoff
Doctor Who
2024as Donna Noble
Doctor Who: Unleashed
2024as Self
Queen of Oz
2023as Georgiana
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
2022
Hard Cell
2022as Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie
DuckTales
2017as Magica De Spell (voice)
Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
2017as Self
Michael McIntyre's Big Show
2016as Self - Performer
Catherine Tate's Nan
2015as Nan
Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
2014as Self
Duck Quacks Don't Echo
2014
The Last Leg
2013as Self
8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
2013as Themselves - Contestant
Psychobitches
2013as Various Roles
Big School
2013as Miss Sarah Postern
Playhouse Presents
2012as Eva Braun / Édith Piaf
Little Crackers
2010as Josephine
Channel 4's Comedy Gala
2010as Nan
The Justin Lee Collins Show
2009as Self
Genius with Dave Gorman
2009
Doctor Who Greatest Moments
2009as Self
The Graham Norton Show
2007as Self
The One Show
2006as Self - Guest
The Charlotte Church Show
2006as Self
More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
2006as Self
Doctor Who
2005as Donna Noble
Doctor Who
2005as Donna Noble
The Office
2005as Nellie Bertram
Doctor Who Confidential
2005as Self
Bleak House
2005as Mrs. Chadband
Twisted Tales
2005as Wendy Midwich
Top of the Pops Reloaded
2005as Self
The Friday Night Project
2005as Self - Host
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004as Mitzi Kosinski
The Catherine Tate Show
2004as Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper
Little Britain
2003
Spine Chillers
2003
Wild West
2002as Angela Phillips
Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
2002
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
2001as Self - Guest
Attention Scum
2001
Big Train
1998 Big Train
1998
Barking
1998as Various
Never Mind the Buzzcocks
1996as Self - Panellist
Room 101
1994as Self
Surgical Spirit
1989as Girlfriend
This Morning
1988as Self - Guest
The Bill
1984
Eurovision Song Contest
1956as Self - UK’s Spokesperson
Crew (13)
Movies (5)
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