
Catherine Tate
Acting • Born 1969-12-05
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.
Filmography
103 credits
Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
Movie • 2007
Dorothy Ratcliffe

Sixty Six
Movie • 2006
Aunt Lila

Love and Other Disasters
Movie • 2006
Tallulah Wentworth

Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion
Movie • 2014
Donna Noble (archive footage)

Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty
Movie • 2013
Donna Noble (archive footage)

The Women of Doctor Who
Movie • 2012
Donna Noble (archive footage)

David Tennant's Video Diary
Movie • 2007
Self

Monster Family 2
Movie • 2021
Baba Yaga (voice)

Starter for 10
Movie • 2006
Julie Jackson

Gulliver's Travels
Movie • 2010
Queen Isabel

Not Sophie's Choice
Movie • 2015
Mummy

Scenes of a Sexual Nature
Movie • 2006
Sara

The One Ronnie
Movie • 2010
Sue

The Bad Mother's Handbook
Movie • 2007
Karen Cooper

The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Movie • 2009
Joannie Taylor

Saving the British Bulldog
Movie • 2018
Self - Presenter

Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City
Movie • 2013
Nan

Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008
Movie • 2008
Self - Guest Presenter

Little Britain Sketch
Movie • 2015
Sister

The Big Night In
Movie • 2020
Lauren Cooper

The Ballad of Russell & Julie
Movie • 2011
Julie Gardner / Self

Comic Relief: Red Nose Day
Movie • 2017
Lauren Cooper

Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong
Movie • 2016
Self

Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking
Movie • 2015
Self

Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties
Movie • 2011
Self - Presenter

Frost on Sketch Shows
Movie • 2013
Self

Khumba
Movie • 2013
Nora (voice)

Much Ado About Nothing
Movie • 2011
Beatrice

The Itch of the Golden Nit
Movie • 2011
Stella (voice)

The Secret Policeman's Ball
Movie • 2012
Self

Rally Road Racers
Movie • 2023
Juni Hakansdotter (voice)

Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride
Movie • 2006
Donna Noble

50 Years of BBC Two Comedy
Movie • 2014
Self

Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!
Movie • 2014
Sophie

imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me
Movie • 2023
Self

The Vote
Movie • 2015
Kirsty Henderson

Unity
Movie • 2015
Narrator (voice)

SuperBob
Movie • 2015
Theresa

Billionaire Boy
Movie • 2016
Sapphire Diamond

Do Not Disturb
Movie • 2016
Anna

Shakespeare Live! From the RSC
Movie • 2016
Self - Host

Now That’s What I Call Comedy
Movie • 2009
Lauren

Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
Movie • 2023
Donna Noble (archive footage)

Doctor Who at the Proms
Movie • 2024
Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)

Milner
Movie • 1994
Jesson's P.A.

Perfect Roast Potatoes
Movie • 2017
Tamara

Monster Family
Movie • 2017
Baba Yaga (voice)

Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum
Movie • 2015
Self

Monte Carlo
Movie • 2011
Alicia Winthrop Scott

Leading Lady Parts
Movie • 2018
Boss

Catherine Tate's Nan
Movie • 2014
Nan

The Nan Movie
Movie • 2022
Nan / Joanie

The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa
Movie • 2010
Self

Joan Rivers at the BBC
Movie • 2024
Self (archive footage)

Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2
Movie • 2010
Donna Noble (archive footage)

Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods
Movie • 2014
Dulcia (voice UK Dub)

Doctor Who: The End of Time
Movie • 2010
Donna Noble

This Morning
TV • 1988
Self - Guest

Big Train
TV • 1998

The One Show
TV • 2006
Self - Guest

Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
TV • 2001
Self - Guest

The Bill
TV • 1984

The Office
TV • 2005
Nellie Bertram

The Friday Night Project
TV • 2005
Self - Host

Bleak House
TV • 2005
Mrs. Chadband

Top of the Pops Reloaded
TV • 2005
Self

The Catherine Tate Show
TV • 2004
Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper

The Charlotte Church Show
TV • 2006
Self

Wild West
TV • 2002
Angela Phillips

Attention Scum
TV • 2001

The Justin Lee Collins Show
TV • 2009
Self

Genius with Dave Gorman
TV • 2009

Doctor Who
TV • 2005
Donna Noble

Spine Chillers
TV • 2003

Catherine Tate's Nan
TV • 2015
Nan

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self - Panellist

The Graham Norton Show
TV • 2007
Self

Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled
TV • 2014
Self

Doctor Who Greatest Moments
TV • 2009
Self

Hard Cell
TV • 2022
Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie

Channel 4's Comedy Gala
TV • 2010
Nan

Little Crackers
TV • 2010
Josephine

Agatha Christie's Marple
TV • 2004
Mitzi Kosinski

8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown
TV • 2013
Self

Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
TV • 2022

Duck Quacks Don't Echo
TV • 2014

Doctor Who Confidential
TV • 2005
Self

Room 101
TV • 1994
Self

DuckTales
TV • 2017
Magica De Spell (voice)

Michael McIntyre's Big Show
TV • 2016
Self - Performer

Queen of Oz
TV • 2023
Georgiana

Never Mind the Buzzcocks
TV • 1996
Self - Host

Big School
TV • 2013
Miss Sarah Postern

Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief
TV • 2017
Self

Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
TV • 2002

Eurovision Song Contest
TV • 1956
Self - UK’s Spokesperson

The Last Leg
TV • 2013
Self

Going Dutch
TV • 2025
Katja Vanderhoff

The Friday Night Project
TV • 2005
Self

Surgical Spirit
TV • 1989
Girlfriend

More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy
TV • 2006
Self

Barking
TV • 1998
Various

Twisted Tales
TV • 2005
Wendy Midwich