Catherine Jane Ford (born 12 May 1968), known professionally as Catherine Tate, is an English actress, comedian and writer. She has won numerous awards for her work on the BBC sketch comedy series The Catherine Tate Show (2004–2007), as well as being nominated for an International Emmy Award and seven BAFTAs. Tate played Donna Noble in the 2006 Christmas special of Doctor Who, and later reprised her role, becoming the Tenth Doctor's regular companion for the fourth series in 2008.
Following the success of The Catherine Tate Show, Tate starred as Joannie Taylor in the BBC One comedy series Catherine Tate's Nan (2009–2015). In 2011, she began a recurring role as Nellie Bertram in the U.S. version of The Office and was a regular until the series ended. Tate played the role of Miss Sarah Postern in the BBC One sitcom Big School (2013–2014). Since 2017, she has played the voice role of Magica De Spell in the DuckTales animated series.
Tate has also appeared in films, including Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution (2007), Gulliver's Travels (2010), Monte Carlo (2011), SuperBob (2015), and Nan The Movie (currently postponed).
Tate was born on 12 May 1969 in Bloomsbury, where she was raised in the Brunswick Centre. Her mother, Josephine, was a florist. Tate has said that the character of Margaret in The Catherine Tate Show, who shrieks at the slightest of disturbances, is based largely on her mother. Tate never knew her father as he left very early on in her life and, consequently, she was brought up in a female-dominated environment, being cared for by her mother, grandmother, and godparents. As a child, Tate suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and was obsessed with word association. For example, she was not able to leave a jumper on the floor because it might have brought misfortune to her mother, whose name began with the letter "J" like "jumper".
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