Diane Morgan

Diane Morgan (* 1975 ) is an English actress and comedian. As Philomena Cunk she was leading actress in the BBC - Mockumentarys Cunk on Britain , Cunk on Christmas , Cunk on Shakespeare . In Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe , she asks experts on current topics, asking absurd questions or advocating theses.

Life

Diane Morgan grew up in Farnworth and Kearsley near Bolton , her father was a physiotherapist , her mother a housewife. She attended the George Tomlinson School (now Kearsley Academy ). At 20, she attended East 15 drama school , but was unable to find a job as an actress and instead worked for five years in telephone sales . In 2004 or 2005 she started working as a stand-up comedian . When she received a script for Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe in 2013, her breakthrough as Philomena Cunk began .

Awards

• 2nd place in the Hackney Empire New Act Of The Year 2006
• 2nd place Funny Women Award 2006

films and series

• Motherland as Liz
• Cunk on Christmas , BBC 2016
• Cunk on Britain , 2018, 5-part mockumentary
• After Life , 2019, comedy-drama directed by Ricky Gervais

Web links

• Website by Diane Morgan (English)
• Rollers on unitedagents.co.uk (English)

Footnotes

1. ↑ freebmd.org.uk, accessed October 12, 2018
2. ↑ companieshouse.gov.uk, accessed October 12, 2018
3. ↑ ^{a b} The Guardian, Decca Aitkenhead: Comedy Interview: Diane Morgan: 'I want to play weirdos' , October 28, 2017
4. ↑ ^{a b} The Bolton News, 2013 looks to be a busy year for funny girl Diane , accessed October 12, 2018
5. ↑ ^{a b c} Radiotimes, Diane Morgan: “Philomena Cunk is who I'd love to be if I had the balls,” May 1, 2018
6. ↑ ^{a b} Comedy CV, Diane Morgan , accessed October 12, 2018
7. ^ Diane Morgan website, About , accessed October 12, 2018
8. ↑ ^{a b} XS Malarkey, Diane Morgan , accessed October 12, 2018
9. ↑ bbc, Motherland
10. ↑ The Guardian, Television: Philomena Cunk: 'No one likes Christmas pudding, but we have to respect it'