Catherine Tate
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Born Catherine Ford in Bloomsbury, London in 1968, she was brought up in the distinctive and iconic Brunswick Centre. Catherine attended a local Catholic primary school and a south London convent secondary school before going on to train at the Central School of Speech and Drama. She began her television career with roles in serial dramas such as Casualty and The Bill and appeared in comedy series such as The Harry Hill Show, Big Train, Wild West and That Peter Kay Thing before being given her own show which she co-wrote with Derren Litten. Since the start of the Catherine Tate Show, she also appeared in the BBC TV adaptation of Bleak House.
In 2005, Catherine appeared in the West End play Some Girl(s), alongside Friends actor David Schwimmer. The play also starred Sara Powell (Silent Witness), Lesley Manville (Vera Drake) and Saffron Burrows (Troy). In an interview, Catherine commented that she could not look Schwimmer in the eye during her time with him, leading to speculation that the pair did not get on. Tate immediately denied the rumours, explaining that she was joking about her attempts to act "cool" around the actor, who she described as, "a very funny, personable man, and easy to get along with".
She was quoted as saying "I love astrologer Jonathan Cainer. I ring his phone line twice a week and he's always spot on with me and three million other Taureans. But I know it's MY soul he's looking into."[[Citing sources citation needed]]
Tate made a humorous surprise appearance in the closing few moments of the final episode of the 2006 series of Doctor Who as Donna, a woman in a wedding dress who suddenly appears in the TARDIS. She will guest star in the role in the 2006 Christmas special, The Runaway Bride. On her appearance in the series she commented "I was holding out for a summer season at Wigan rep but as a summer job this'll do."
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