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Catherine Tate Biography
Birth Name:
Catherine Ford
Birth Place:
Bloomsbury, London, England
Profession
Actor, comedian
Fast Facts
- Suffered from obsessive-compulsive disorder as a child
- Transferred to an all-boys Catholic school at age 16 because it offered a strong theater program
- Completed a year of work with the National Theatre while attending the Central School of Speech and Drama in London
- Turned to stand-up after finding the atmosphere of the Royal Shakespeare Company too competitive
- Returned to the stage in 2005 to star in a West End production of Neil Labute's Some Girl(s)
- Has publicly supported the Laura Crane Youth Cancer Trust since 2006
Awards
- 2015BAFTA Television Awards-Best Female Performance In A Comedy Programme: nominated
- 2012Screen Actors Guild Awards-Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Comedy Series: nominated
Relationships
- Erin Johanna Clark -- Daughter
- Adrian Chiles -- Ex-significant Other
- Twig Clark -- Ex-significant Other
- Josephine Ford -- Mother