Catherine Jane Ford (born 5 December 1969), 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 for the fourth series in 2008, and 60th anniversary episodes in 2023.

Filmography

• Going Dutch — Katja Vanderhoff
• 2023Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials — Donna Noble (archive footage)
• Queen of Oz — Georgiana, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
• 2023Rally Road Racers — Juni Hakansdotter (voice)
• Hard Cell — Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie, Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
• Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg
• 2022The Nan Movie — Nan / Joanie, Executive Producer, Writer
• 2021Monster Family 2 — Baba Yaga (voice)
• 2020The Big Night In — Lauren Cooper
• 2018Leading Lady Parts — Boss
• 2017Comic Relief: Red Nose Day — Lauren Cooper
• DuckTales — Magica De Spell (voice)
• 2017Monster Family — Baba Yaga (voice)
• 2017Perfect Roast Potatoes — Tamara
• 2016Billionaire Boy — Sapphire Diamond
• 2016Do Not Disturb — Anna
• Catherine Tate's Nan — Nan, Writer, Creator
• 2015Little Britain Sketch — Sister
• 2015Not Sophie's Choice — Mummy
• 2015SuperBob — Theresa
• 2015The Vote — Kirsty Henderson
• 2015Unity — Narrator (voice)
• 2014Catherine Tate's Nan — Nan, Writer
• 2014Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion — Donna Noble (archive footage)
• Duck Quacks Don't Echo
• 2014Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?! — Sophie
• Big School — Miss Sarah Postern
• 2013Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City — Nan, Writer
• 2013Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty — Donna Noble (archive footage)
• 2013Khumba — Nora (voice)
• Playhouse Presents — Eva Braun / Édith Piaf
• 2012The Women of Doctor Who — Donna Noble (archive footage)
• 2011Monte Carlo — Alicia Winthrop Scott
• 2011Much Ado About Nothing — Beatrice
• 2011The Ballad of Russell & Julie — Julie Gardner / Self
• 2011The Itch of the Golden Nit — Stella (voice)
• Channel 4's Comedy Gala — Nan
• 2010Doctor Who: Meanwhile in the TARDIS: Part 2 — Donna Noble (archive footage)
• 2010Doctor Who: The End of Time — Donna Noble
• 2010Gulliver's Travels — Queen Isabel
• Little Crackers — Josephine, Director, Writer
• 2010The One Ronnie — Sue
• Genius with Dave Gorman
• 2009Now That’s What I Call Comedy — Lauren
• 2009The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol — Joannie Taylor, Writer
• 2007Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution — Dorothy Ratcliffe
• 2007The Bad Mother's Handbook — Karen Cooper
• 2006Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride — Donna Noble
• 2006Love and Other Disasters — Tallulah Wentworth
• 2006Scenes of a Sexual Nature — Sara
• 2006Sixty Six — Aunt Lila
• 2006Starter for 10 — Julie Jackson
• Bleak House — Mrs. Chadband
• Doctor Who — Donna Noble
• The Office — Nellie Bertram
• Twisted Tales — Wendy Midwich
• Agatha Christie's Marple — Mitzi Kosinski
• The Catherine Tate Show — Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper, Creator
• Spine Chillers
• Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy
• Wild West — Angela Phillips
• Attention Scum
• Barking — Various
• Big Train
• 1994Milner — Jesson's P.A.
• Surgical Spirit — Girlfriend
• The Bill

Appearances as themselves (35)

• 2024Doctor Who at the Proms — Self - Host / Donna Noble (archive footage)
• 2024Joan Rivers at the BBC — Self (archive footage)
• 2023imagine… Russell T Davies: The Doctor and Me — Self
• 2018Saving the British Bulldog — Self - Presenter
• Let's Sing and Dance for Comic Relief — Self
• 2016Bruce's Hall of Fame with Alexander Armstrong — Self
• Michael McIntyre's Big Show — Self - Performer
• 2016Shakespeare Live! From the RSC — Self - Host
• 2015Dara Ó Briain Meets Stephen Hawking — Self
• 2015Michael McIntyre's Easter Night at the Coliseum — Self
• 201450 Years of BBC Two Comedy — Self
• Alan Davies: As Yet Untitled — Self
• 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown — Self
• 2013Frost on Sketch Shows — Self
• The Last Leg — Self
• 2012The Secret Policeman's Ball — Self
• 2011Catherine Tate: Laughing at the Noughties — Self - Presenter
• 2010The Royle Family: Behind the Sofa — Self
• Doctor Who Greatest Moments — Self
• The Justin Lee Collins Show — Self
• 2008Doctor Who: Music of the Spheres - Doctor Who at the Proms 2008 — Self - Guest Presenter
• 2007David Tennant's Video Diary — Self
• The Graham Norton Show — Self
• More Dawn French's Girls Who Do: Comedy — Self
• The Charlotte Church Show — Self
• The One Show — Self - Guest
• Doctor Who Confidential — Self
• The Friday Night Project — Self - Host
• Top of the Pops Reloaded — Self
• Friday Night with Jonathan Ross — Self - Guest
• Never Mind the Buzzcocks — Self - Panellist, Self - Host
• Room 101 — Self
• This Morning — Self - Guest
• Olivier Awards — Self - Host
• Eurovision Song Contest — Self - Spokesperson