Catherine Tate
Biography
Catherine Tate, born in Bloomsbury, London, is an English actress, comedian and writer who trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama and came to prominence through the BBC sketch show The Catherine Tate Show, which she co-wrote and starred in and which won her best comedy newcomer at the British Comedy Awards along with nominations for British Academy Television Awards. She played Donna Noble in Doctor Who, a role she reprised across the 2008 fourth series and the 60th anniversary episodes in 2023, and later brought her character Joanie Taylor to the spin-off Catherine Tate's Nan and the film The Nan Movie (2022). Her screen credits include Starter for 10 (2006), Sixty Six (2006), Gulliver's Travels (2010) and the superhero comedy SuperBob (2015), plus the American version of The Office as Nellie Bertram and voice work in DuckTales. In the 2020s she created and starred in Hard Cell (2022) and Queen of Oz (2023).
56years old
Turns 57 on December 5in 53 days
- Born Bloomsbury
- Star sign: SagittariusThe sign runs November 22 to December 21
- Catherine Jane Ford (birth name)
Movie Career
- Films
- 13
- Career span
- 17 years2006 to 2023
Genres
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About the name
Tate chose her professional surname after Jessica Tate, the character played by Katherine Helmond in the American sitcom Soap, when she collected her Equity card.
First role
Tate's first screen role came in a 1991 episode of the sitcom Surgical Spirit, offered by a casting director who also ran the sandwich shop Tate frequented and knew she was bound for drama college.
Early training
Tate spent four years trying to get into the Central School of Speech and Drama, and got in on her fourth attempt. She then studied there for three years.
Big break
Tracey Gillham, a casting director, spotted Tate at Edinburgh and cast her as Angela in the comedy Wild West, her first major television role, which ran from 2002 to 2004.
A role that slipped away
Tate was reportedly the top choice to replace Steve Carell on The Office, but her commitment to Much Ado About Nothing kept her from joining the filming.
Catherine Tate movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Holger Tappe directed two of these films, Josie Rourke two. Fourteen actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Holger TappeDirector, 2 films, 2017 to 2021
All films by Holger Tappe
Josie RourkeDirector, 2 films, 2015 to 2022
All films by Josie Rourke
Also two films together8 more actors
- Emma TateMonster Family 2 (2021) and Monster Family (2017)
- Jessica Brown FindlayMonster Family 2 (2021) and Monster Family (2017)
- Ewan BaileyMonster Family 2 (2021) and Monster Family (2017)
- Daniel Ben ZenouMonster Family 2 (2021) and Monster Family (2017)
- Ethan RouseMonster Family 2 (2021) and Monster Family (2017)
- Rosalie CraigThe Nan Movie (2022) and The Vote (2015)
- Niky WardleyThe Nan Movie (2022) and Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! (2014)
- Jan MakinoMonster Family 2 (2021) and Monster Family (2017)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Catherine Tate's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$312 million
8 of the 13 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 13 films: 8 worldwide figure; 1 us gross only; 1 never in cinemas; 3 figure not found.
- 8Worldwide figure
- 1US gross only
- 1Never in cinemas
- 3Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$237M76.0% of the total
- 2$29M9.4% of the total
- 3$27M8.7% of the total
- 4$6.7M2.2% of the total
- 5$6.4M2.1% of the total
- 6$2.9M0.9% of the total
- 7$1.9M0.6% of the total
- 8$430K0.1% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.