Morwenna Banks

Morwenna Banks is a British actress and comedian, born in Redruth, who performed with the Cambridge Footlights from 1981 to 1983 while studying at Robinson College, Cambridge. She became known through the Channel 4 sketch show Absolutely, which ran from 1989 to 1993, and went on to roles in The Thick of It, Saxondale, Skins, Shameless and a four episode stint on Saturday Night Live. Her voice work takes in Mummy Pig and other characters on Peppa Pig, and she received a best voice performance prize at the British Animation Awards in 2014 for Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom. She wrote, produced and appeared in The Announcement, took a Tinniswood Award in 2015 for her radio play Goodbye, adapted Nick Hornby's Funny Girl for television as Funny Woman, and wrote for Slow Horses. She also appeared in The Eichmann Show (2015) as a translator at the Eichmann trial.