Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke (born 13 June 1964) is an English actress, comedienne, playwright and theatre director. She best known for her portrayals of Perry in the Harry Enfield film Kevin and Perry Go Large, and of Linda La Hughes in the british sitcom Gimme Gimme Gimme (the latter of which she co-wrote and developed with Jonathan Harvey). She is also known for her regular appearances on French and Saunders, Absolutely Fabulous and Harry Enfield and Chums.

Filmography

• 2024Blitz — Beryl
• Holding — Director
• 2022The Sea Beast — Gwen Batterbee (voice)
• 2018Lady Windermere's Fan — Director
• School of Roars — Ms. Grizzlesniff
• 2016Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie — Magda
• 2016British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves — Linda (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Crashing — Great Aunt Gladys
• 2015An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse
• 2015Pan — Mother Barnabas
• Duck Quacks Don't Echo
• Psychobitches — Mona Lisa, The Queen Mother, Writer
• Playhouse Presents — Mona Lisa, Writer
• 2012Walking and Talking — Angry Nun, Writer, Executive Producer
• Walking and Talking — Writer, Creator
• 2011The Antics Roadshow — Narrator (voice)
• 2011Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy — Connie Sachs
• A Bucket O' French and Saunders
• Comedy Showcase — The Virgin Mary
• 2006Flushed Away — Rita's Mum (voice)
• Harry & Paul
• 2005Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut — Guest
• The F Word
• Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky — Jenny's Landlady
• 2002Anita and Me — Mrs. Rutter, Mrs. Diedre Rutter
• 2002Once Upon a Time in the Midlands — Carol
• 2001The Martins — Angie Martin
• 2000Kevin & Perry Go Large — Perry
• 2000Love, Honour and Obey — Kathy
• Gimme Gimme Gimme — Linda La Hughes, Script Editor
• 1999Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager — Perry
• Let Them Eat Cake
• 1999This Year's Love — Marey
• 1998Dancing at Lughnasa — Margaret 'Maggie' Mundy
• 1998Elizabeth — Queen Mary Tudor
• Rex the Runt — Mrs. Mandelbrotska (voice)
• 1998Ted & Ralph — Mrs. Ted
• 1998The End — Writer
• 1997Nil by Mouth — Valerie
• The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling — Honour
• 1996Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout — Magda
• TFI Friday
• 1996VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon — Sandra
• 1995After Miss Julie — Christine
• 1995Hello, Hello, Hello — Jo Thomas
• Common As Muck — Sharon
• 1994French and Saunders' Christmas Carol — Mistress Shag
• Harry Enfield and Chums — Various Characters
• 1994Sin Bin — Debbie
• 1993Jealousy — Waitress
• Mr. Wroe's Virgins — Martha
• Absolutely Fabulous — Magda
• 1991Morrissey - Hulmerist — Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board
• Murder Most Horrid — Helen
• Performance — Christine
• 1990Amongst Barbarians — Lilly
• Harry Enfield's Television Programme
• 1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! — Mary
• 1990South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 — Mary
• 1989Work Experience — Sally
• 1988French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 — Kim
• 1988Funseekers — Charlotte
• 1988The Black and Blue Lamp — Voiceover
• French & Saunders
• 1987Straight to Hell — Sabrina
• 1987This Year's Model — Mary
• 1987Two of Us — Vera
• 1987Walker — Annie Mae
• A Very Peculiar Practice — Alice
• Call Me Mister
• Casualty — Lorraine McCullier
• Ladies in Charge — Daisy
• 1986Past Caring — Angie
• ScreenPlay — Voiceover, Lily
• 1986Sid and Nancy — Brenda Windzor
• 1986The Best Years of Your Life — Paula
• Bleak House — Guster
• 1985Sacred Hearts — Tillie
• Screen Two — Debbie
• The Bill
• 1983A Visitor from Outer Space — Tina
• 1983Forever Young — Girl
• 1982Scrubbers — Glennis
• The Comic Strip Presents... — Mary, Charlotte

Appearances as themselves (30)

• Kathy Burke: Growing Up — Self - Host
• 2023imagine... French & Saunders: Pointed, Bitchy, Bitter — Self
• Joe Lycett's Got Your Back — Self
• RuPaul's Drag Race UK — Self - Guest Judge
• Harry Hill's Alien Fun Capsule — Self
• The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice — Self
• 2015The 90s: Ten Years That Changed the World — Self - Narrator (voice)
• Travel Man: 48 Hours in... — Self - Guest
• Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled — Self
• 2014Brendan Behan: The Roaring Boy — Herself
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown — Self - Contestant
• The Last Leg — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy — Self
• Parkinson — Self - Guest
• The Culture Show — Self
• 2003The Importance of Being Morrissey — Self
• 2002Spike Milligan I told you I was ill... A live tribute — Self
• V Graham Norton — Self
• Big Brother's Little Brother — Self
• 1999Suit You Sir! The Inside Leg Of The Fast Show — Self
• Fantasy World Cup — Self
• So Graham Norton — Self - Guest
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self, Self - Host
• The Frank Skinner Show — Self
• Room 101 — Self
• 1992Is That All There Is? — Self
• Have I Got News for You — Self, Self - Hostess
• 1989The Secret Policeman’s Biggest Ball — Self
• Have I Got a Bit More News for You — Self - Presenter