Liza Tarbuck

Liza Tarbuck is an English performer who has worked as an actress, comedian and presenter on both television and radio, and who studied at RADA and the National Youth Theatre before graduating in 1986. Born in Liverpool and raised near Kingston upon Thames, she got her first big break in 1987 when she won a lead part in the Granada Television comedy Watching, staying with it for its whole seven-year run. Her television work includes the 1988 drama Tumbledown, the title role in Linda Green from 2001 to 2002, and Mrs Jellyby in the BBC serial Bleak House. In 2007 she did voice work for an animated Doctor Who adventure, The Infinite Quest, and in 2009 she took her first feature film part in The Be All and End All. She has presented programs including The Big Breakfast, Blockbusters and Without Prejudice?, and has played Anne Hathaway in the comedy series Upstart Crow.