Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate (2019)

Catherine Tate (* 12. May 1968 in London , England as Catherine Ford ) is a British actress , comedian and screenwriter . She received several awards for her sketch show The Catherine Tate Show and was nominated for an Emmy and four BAFTA awards. She plays Donna Noble in the British science fiction series Doctor Who .

childhood and education

Tate was born Catherine Ford in Bloomsbury , London . Her mother is a florist and she never met her father because he left the mother when she was pregnant. Tate knew she wanted to be an actress since she was a teenager and she dropped out of school without graduating from high school. She tried unsuccessfully for three years to get a place at the Central School of Speech and Drama until she finally succeeded on the fourth attempt in 1990. There she studied for three years and lived in the London districts of Holborn and Bloomsbury.

Career

Catherine Tate with David Tennant outside Wyndham's Theater , 2011

On the set of DW: Stolen Earth with David Tennant, Billie Piper and John Barrowman in 2008

Guest at the comic convention Wizard World Columbus , 2017

Tate began her acting career with roles in British crime series such as The Bill and London's Burning . She started doing stand-up comedy in 1996 and appeared at the Edinburgh Film Festival in 2000 and 2001, where she was discovered by a casting director. She subsequently got the lead role in the British sitcom Wild West alongside Dawn French .

Tate appeared with the Royal Shakespeare Company in a 2000 production of A Servant to Two Masters and The Way of the World at the National Theater .

In 2004 Tate got her own comedy series, the Catherine Tate Show , which ran for three successful seasons. In the show, Catherine Tate plays several different characters such as Chav teenage Lauren Cooper or Joannie Taylor, the grandmother with the dirty mouth. Tate won the British Comedy Award for Best Comedy Newcomer, received a BAFTA nomination, and appeared as Lauren Cooper on the annual BBC Comic Relief . For her performance in the second season of the Catherine Tate Show , Tate won a British Comedy Award for "Best British Comedy Actress".

2005 Catherine Tate return to the theater back to next Friends actor David Schwimmer in London's West End the play Some Girls perform.

The third season of the Catherine Tate Show aired in 2006 and won the UK's National Television Award for Most Popular Comedy. Tate's catchphrase "Am I bovvered?" ( Bovvered , [bɒvəɻɘ: d] reflects the Cockney pronunciation of bothered [bɒðəd] ( RP - sociolect ) and means something like: "Who cares?" Or "Does it itch / do I care? "), Used by her character Lauren Cooper on the show, was so popular that" bovvered "was voted British" Word of the Year "and even received an entry in the Oxford English Dictionary . She received a total of four BAFTA Award nominations for her performance on the Catherine Tate Show .

In 2006, she played Donna Noble , the companion of the 10th Doctor , in the Doctor Who Christmas special The Runaway Bride . She then had several roles in British movies such as Starter for 10 , Sixty Six and Scenes of a Sexual Nature . She later starred in Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution and Love and Other Disasters .

In 2008, Tate returned to Doctor Who to play the role of Donna Noble alongside David Tennant for the entire fourth season. At the TV Quick Awards 2008 she received the award for best actress and at the British National Television Awards she was nominated in the category "Outstanding Drama Performance", but here her co-star David Tennant won. Since Tennant was on stage at the Royal Shakespeare Theater during the awards ceremony , Tate accepted the award for him. During the break in the RSC production of Hamlet , Tennant was tuned in live and gave a short eulogy for Catherine Tate.

During the rehearsals for the play Under the Blue Sky 2008 at the Duke of York's Theater in London, Tate injured his ankle and appeared in the first appearances with crutches. In 2010 Tate starred in a series of comedy shorts called Little Crackers , which made her directorial debut. She also appeared in the play Season's Greetings . In the film Gulliver's Travels - Something Big Comes Our Way , she plays Queen Isabelle.

In the official music video for "Happy Now" ( Progress ) by Take That , which was shown as a comic relief sketch on Red Nose Day 2011 for the first time, she was a member of the tribute band "Fake That", together with the British Comedians Alan Carr , James Corden , John Bishop and David Walliams . Tate took on the role of Take That member Jason Orange , with whom she soon began a year-long relationship.

In the seventh season finale of the series Das Büro (American remake of The Office ), Tate played a guest role as possible successor to boss Michael Scott . She then got a permanent role for the last two seasons.

From May 16 to September 3, 2011 she appeared - again alongside David Tennant - in Shakespeare's comedy Much Ado About Nothing at London's Wyndham's Theater . The production broke all sales records of the theater, which opened in 1899, and was described by critics as the “feel-good hit of the summer” and “Shakespeare with mind and heart”. Due to the great demand, the play was filmed and made available as a download.

Since Doctor Who , Tate has been a regular guest at international comic conventions such as the San Diego Comic-Con . Countless actors, authors, artists and filmmakers from all branches of the science fiction and / or fantasy genre come together there and present new and old works, as well as previews, autograph sessions and a large number of so-called panels where individual celebrities meet ask the fans' questions or share comedic anecdotes. Tate, who, in contrast to Doctor Who colleagues such as David Tennant , John Barrowman or Russell T. Davies, is not at home in the science fiction world according to her own statement, always jokingly fends off genre-related questions on the panels and increased it with the Attending the conventions, especially the international popularity of the Catherine Tate Show and especially the sketch figures Nan and Lauren Cooper ( "I ain't bovvered" ).

Private life

Tate has a daughter (* 2003) with theater manager Twig Clark. She was born through an emergency caesarean section. The family lived in Richmond, London with a cat and a dog, the latter a gift from their friend Jonathan Ross . Tate and Clark separated in 2011, their daughter growing up with Tate. From March 2011 onwards, Catherine Tate was dating Take-That member Jason Orange , and the two separated again in February 2012.

Tate suffered from postnatal depression (PPD) for nearly two years following the birth of their daughter . Occasionally, she has panic attacks and relapses of depression. Basically she struggles with depressive moods: "I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral". All of these factors are considered to be risk factors for PPD. She speaks openly about it in order to contribute to destigmatization.

Tate has been the patron of the theater group Theatretrain and the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust since August 2006. In 2011, she helped design the new charity calendar for the Cancer Aid Foundation. She speaks French fluently.

Filmography (selection)

• 1993, 1994: The Bill (TV series, 3 episodes)
• 1994: Men Behaving Badly (TV series, 1 episode)
• 1998–2002: Big Train (TV series, various leading roles)
• 2002–2004: Wild West (TV series, all 12 episodes)
• 2004–2009: The Catherine Tate Show (TV series, author, producer, various leading roles)
• 2005: Bleak House (TV series, 1 episode)
• 2005: Agatha Christie's Marple (TV series, episode A Murder Is Announced )
• 2006: Starter for 10
• 2006: Sixty Six
• 2006: Love and Other Disasters
• 2006–2010: Doctor Who (TV series, Donna Noble in 16 episodes)
• 2007: Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution
• 2007: The Bad Mother's Handbook
• 2009: Nan's Christmas Carol (TV movie, Catherine Tate Show Christmas special )
• 2010: Little Crackers (short films, directorial debut and acting)
• 2010: Gulliver's Travels - Something big is coming up (Gulliver's Travels)
• 2011: Suddenly Star (Monte Carlo)
• 2011: A Quiet Word With ... (guest appearance, episode 2x03)
• 2011–2013: Das Büro (US remake of The Office , TV series, 34 episodes)
• 2011: Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties (guest presenter, episode 1x02 of the TV show Laughing at the ... )
• 2013: Khumba (voice of Nora the sheep)
• 2013-2014: Big School (TV series, all 12 episodes)
• 2014–2015: Catherine Tate's Nan (offshoot of the Catherine Tate Show )
• 2014: Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?
• 2015: Unity ( documentary , narrator)
• 2016: Billionaire Boy (TV movie)
• 2016: Asterix in the Land of the Gods ( Asterix: The Mansions of the Gods , voice of Dulcia)
• 2016: Do Not Disturb

Plays

Theaters without a specific place name are located in London's West End theater district .

year	title	role	Ensemble / theater
1995	The way of the world		Royal National Theater
1996	The Prince's Play	Waitress	Royal National Theater
2000	New bits	various roles	Edinburgh Festival
	A Servant to Two Masters	Smeraldina	Royal Shakespeare Company , RST
2005	Some girl (s)	Sam	Gielgud Theater
	Royal Variety Performance	Lauren Cooper ( Catherine Tate Show )	Wales Millennium Center
2006	The Exonerated	Sunny Jacobs	Riverside Studios
2008	Under the blue sky	Michelle	Duke of York's Theater
2010-2011	Season's Greetings	Belinda	Royal National Theater
2011	A lot of noise about nothing	Beatrice	RSC , Wyndham's Theater
	Sixty Six Books	God	Bush Theater
2012	24 hour plays	various roles	American Airlines Theater, Broadway
2014-2015	Assassins	Sara Jane Moore	Menier Chocolate Factory
2015	The vote	Kirsty Henderson	Donmar Warehouse
2016	Miss Atomic Bomb	Myrna	The Other Place (formerly St James Theater)
	The Catherine Tate Show: Live (Sketch Show)	various roles	UK tour

Radio, audio books, radio plays

• 2008: The Forever Trap ( audio book , narrator)
• 2009: The Nemonite Invasion (audio book, narrator)
• 2009–2010: The Jonathan Ross Show ( BBC Radio 2 , guest DJ)
• 2016: Doctor Who (three Big Finish - radio plays , voice of Donna Noble )

Awards

Unless otherwise stated, the award refers to the Catherine Tate Show .

• 2004: British Comedy Award - Best Comedy Newcomer (won)
• 2004: British Comedy Award - Best TV Comedy Actress (nominated)
• 2005: British Comedy Award - Best TV Comedy Actress (nominated)
• 2005: British Comedy Award - People's Choice Award (received the most votes, the award wrongly went to Ant & Dec. Catherine Tate received the award retrospectively in 2008)
• 2005: International Emmy - Best Performance by an Actress
• 2005: BAFTA TV Award - Best New Writer (nominated)
• 2005: BAFTA TV Award - Comedy Program or Series Award (nominated)
• 2006: Royal Television Society Award - Best Comedy Performance (won)
• 2006: British Comedy Award - Best TV Comedy Actress (won)
• 2006: BAFTA TV Award - Best Comedy Performance (nominated)
• 2007: National Television Awards - Most Popular Comedy Program (won)
• 2007: BAFTA TV Award - Best Comedy Program (nominated)
• 2008: National Television Awards - Outstanding Drama Performance (for Doctor Who , nominated)
• 2008: TV Quick Award - Best Actress in a Drama Series (for Doctor Who , won)
• 2008: Nickelodeon's UK Kids Choice Awards - Funniest Person (nominated)
• 2008: Nickelodeon's UK Kids Choice Awards - Best TV Actress (for Doctor Who , nominated)
• 2009: Constellation Awards - Best Female Performance in a SciFi TV Episode (won)
• 2011: BAFTA TV Award - Best Comedy Program (for Catherine Tate's Little Cracker , nominated)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Brian Viner: Catherine Tate: The shy star. (No longer available online.) In: The Independent . December 23, 2006, archived from the original on April 11, 2010 ; accessed on October 3, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Archived from the original on April 11, 2010.  
2. ^ ^{A b c} Gerard Gilbert: Catherine Tate: Multiple personality. In: The Independent . March 23, 2004, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b c} Lucy Mangan: I'm a lazy control freak. In: The Guardian . July 12, 2005, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
4. ↑ ^{a b c d} Miranda Sawyer: Catherine the Great. In: The Guardian . October 15, 2006, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
5. ^ Catherine Tate profile. In: BBC. Retrieved January 11, 2011 . 
6. ^ Nuala Calvi: Tate to talk about her relationship with Shakespeare. In: The Stage. May 16, 2007, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
7. ↑ High ratings for Catherine Tate. In: BBC News. October 27, 2006, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
8. ^ Triple triumph for Little Britain. In: BBC News . December 22, 2004, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
9. ^ Owen Gibson: The Guardian profile: Catherine Tate. In: The Guardian . December 23, 2005, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
10. ↑ Merchant takes top comedy honor. In: BBC News. December 14, 2006, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
11. ↑ Friends star makes West End debut. In: BBC News. May 24, 2005, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
12. ↑ 'Bovvered' wins Word of the Year award. In: The Guardian. October 12, 2006, archived from the original on July 12, 2012 ; accessed on January 11, 2011 . 
13. ^ ^{A b} Rob Salem: British sketch comedy's Catherine the great. In: Toronto Star. January 19, 2008, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
14. ↑ Catherine Tate to star in Doctor Who Christmas Special. In: BBC Press. July 9, 2006, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
15. ↑ Vanessa Thorpe: Proletarian utopia? Am I bovvered? In: The Guardian. September 24, 2006, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
16. ^ Tate to be Doctor's companion. In: BBC News . July 3, 2007, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
17. ^ Catherine Tate Injury forces Blue Sky Cancellation. (No longer available online.) In: WhatsOnStage. July 16, 2008, formerly in the original ; accessed on January 11, 2011 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
18. ↑ ^{a b} David Tennant and Catherine Tate to star on stage. In: BBC News. January 8, 2011, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
19. ↑ Take That Meet Fake That - Red Nose Day 2011. (No longer available online.) In: rednoseday.com. February 18, 2011, archived from the original on March 22, 2011 ; Retrieved March 20, 2011 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
20. ↑ Much Ado About Nothing ends run at Wyndham's Theater. In: Broadwayworld.com. August 4, 2011, accessed August 24, 2011 . 
21. ↑ Much Ado About Nothing reviews. In: Much Ado On Stage. 2011, accessed on August 24, 2011 . 
22. ↑ Much Ado About Nothing starring David Tennant and Catherine Tate available for download. (No longer available online.) In: DigitalTheatre.com. December 13, 2011, archived from the original on February 15, 2017 ; accessed on October 2, 2017 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
23. ↑ Did divine intervention make Adrian Chiles and comedienne Catherine Tate an item? - Daily Mail Online . In: Mail Online . Retrieved August 2, 2015.
24. Jump up ↑ Jason Orange dating Catherine Tate. In: The Independent. October 19, 2011, accessed November 29, 2011 . 
25. ↑ Kimberley Dadds: Tate that: Singer Jason Orange and unlikely lover Catherine Tate end their whirlwind romance. In: Daily Mail . February 20, 2012, accessed September 11, 2012 . 
26. ↑ Theatretrain Patrons - Theatretrain . In: theatretrain.co.uk . Archived from the original on July 21, 2015. Retrieved August 2, 2015.
27. ^ "The Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust" . Official website . Retrieved October 28, 2011.
28. ↑ James Rampton: Remains of the school day: David Walliams and Catherine Tate in Big . In: The Independent , August 12, 2013. 
29. ^ ITV admits comedy award deception. In: BBC News. May 8, 2008, accessed January 11, 2011 . 
30. ↑ Doctor Who big winner at TV awards. September 8, 2008, accessed January 11, 2011 . 

Web links

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• Catherine Tate in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Catherine Tate in the German dubbing file