Helen Lederer is a British comedian, writer and actress who emerged as part of the alternative comedy boom in the 1980s. She is known for her roles in Naked Video, Absolutely Fabulous, Bottom and other shows, and her comedy novel Losing It.

Filmography

• 2026Borley Rectory: The Awakening — Doctor Ambrose
• 2023When Camping Goes Horribly Wrong — Narrator
• 2023When Caravan Holidays Go Horribly Wrong — Narrator
• 2020The Schnoz — Sandra
• 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie — Catriona
• 2016Gridiron UK — Derek's Mum
• 2016Sarah Chong Is Going to Kill Herself — HR Pam
• Old Jack's Boat — Miss Bowline-Hitch
• 2011Horrid Henry: The Movie — Rich Aunt Ruby
• 2010The Kid — Mrs. Saunders
• Little Howard's Big Question — Big Howard's Mum
• Bargain Hunt Famous Finds
• Hotel Trubble — Marlene
• Mist: Sheepdog Tales — Colleen Cow
• Celebrity Masterchef
• Genie in the House — Adiva
• Love Soup — Maxine
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Marjorie Attfield
• 2004Bottom Mindless Violence — Lady Natasha, Third Viscountess of Moldavia (archive footage)
• 2004Fat Slags — Hysterical UN Woman
• Mile High — Julia
• Harry Hill's TV Burp
• Doctors — Safia Jobson, Maisie Oliver
• Sooty Heights — Mrs. Frumpton
• 1998Speak Like a Child — Ms Feggetter
• Midsomer Murders — Ginny Kilcannon
• 1996Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout — Catriona
• Jack and Jeremy's Real Lives
• Paul Merton in Galton & Simpson's — Agency Woman
• Hollyoaks — Mariam
• 1995Solitaire for 2 — Motorcycle Cop
• The Baldy Man — Receptionist
• Pirates — Jill Crutchworthy
• The Easter Stories — Mary Magdalene
• Absolutely Fabulous — Catriona
• Heartbeat — Kath Harrison
• Virtual Murder — Meriel Connors
• Bottom — Nurse, Lady Natasha
• Murder Most Horrid — Yvonne Quail
• Harry Enfield's Television Programme — Prostitute
• One Foot in the Grave — Andrea Temple
• Filthy Rich & Catflap — Doctor
• French & Saunders — Baby Sue
• Hello Mum
• The New Statesman — Radio Presenter
• Casualty — Maria Harrop, Dr. Hilary Oppe
• 1986Dangerous Brothers Present: World of Danger — Prostitute Martin
• Naked Video — Various
• Girls On Top — Debbie / Felicity
• Happy Families — Flossie
• Little Armadillos — Various
• Countdown
• The Young Ones — Bank Teller, Gwendolyn
• Coronation Street — Elspeth

Appearances as themselves (23)

• 2026Rik Mayall: Magnificent B'Stard — Self
• 2024Bottom: Exposed — Self
• 2018How The Young Ones Changed Comedy — Self
• 2018Larry Grayson: Shut That Door! — Herself - Narrator (Voice)
• Pilgrimage — Self - Participant
• Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief — Self - Contestant
• Big Brother's Bit on the Side — Self
• Celebrity Antiques Road Trip — Self - Participant
• Celebrity Big Brother's Bit on the Side — Self
• Pointless Celebrities — Self - Participant
• Celebrity Coach Trip — Self
• Angela and Friends — Self
• 2008We Are Most Amused — Self
• The Big Questions — Self
• The One Show — Self
• 2003100 Worst Britons — Self
• Celebrity Big Brother — Self
• Loose Women — Self
• Ruby — Self
• Saturday Live — Self
• Ready, Steady, Cook — Self - Guest
• Pebble Mill — Self
• An Audience with... — Self