Catherine's real last name is Ford but she changed her name when she got her Equity card as an actress. She previously revealed she had chosen her new surname after the character of Jessica Tate ...

Tate was born as Catherine Ford in Bloomsbury, and brought up in the Brunswick Centre. Her mother, Josephine, was a florist, and Tate has said that the character of Margaret in The Catherine Tate ...

New characters for Series 2 included camp Derek Faye. The show also got its first Christmas special at the end of this year. As Catherine Tate's career started to diversify (with starring roles in ...

Show more Catherine Tate comes bearing gifts in the shape of some favourite comedy characters in her 2007 Christmas special. Bernie the nurse invites a famous patient to the karaoke party ...

David Tennant and Catherine Tate are to return to Doctor Who ... and has continued performing her well known Nan character - most recently in The Nan Movie released earlier this year.