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Kathy Burke

Kathy Burke

Actor, also director and producer · Born June 13, 1964 (62) · Camden, London, England, UK

BAFTA Award nominee · 1 other major award body

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
June 13, 1964 (62)
From
Camden, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor, also director and producer
Titles
25 on MovieCove · 85 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 155 days to Oct 26Down 5% in 30 days

What are Kathy Burke's films like?

Across their 16 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Society.

Genres

Comedy5 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 47th percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 69th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 36th percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
29%
Society
22%
Self
18%
Survival
15%
Power
10%
Morality
5%
Ideas
1%
Romantic love4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity5 titles, browse their movies with this themeFamily bonds3 titles, browse their movies with this themeIsolation4 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this themeViolence2 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival2 titles, browse their movies with this themePurpose2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 14 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 8 · Serious 2 · Dark 4

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

A split, not a type: Grounded 6 · Stylized 3 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 5 · Charged 5 · Intense 4

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 6 · Shifting 6 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 4 · Some laughs 5 · Funny 5

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 6 · Even-paced 7 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 7 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 2

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 8 · Affecting 4 · Heavy 2

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 12 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

7 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 4 of 7 analyzed roles.

Ally
4 of 7
Trickster
1 of 7
Shadow
1 of 7
Threshold guardian
1 of 7
Show the 7 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
5
Warm
7
Contemplative
5
Absurd
4
Melancholic
5
Other
16

How their films linger

Bittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteWistful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteUnsettling3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end · 1 with a twist

  • Happy5
  • Bittersweet7
  • Ambiguous4

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Kathy Burke's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 12 of their 25 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Roku Channel (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Kathy Burke's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

85 credits, 25 with a MovieCove page; 30 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Blitz(2024)

    as Beryl

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Sea Beast(2022)

    as Gwen Batterbee (voice)

    Midcredits score: 86th percentile of all films

  • Holding(2022)

    Show 4 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all shows

  • Kathy Burke: Money Talks(2021)

    Show Producer

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)

  • Lady Windermere's Fan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    Director

  • School of Roars (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    Show 104 episodes · as Ms. Grizzlesniff

  • British Sitcom: 60 Years of Laughing at Ourselves(2016)

    as Linda (archive footage) (uncredited)

    Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie(2016)

    as Magda

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • Crashing(2016)

    Show 1 episode · as Great Aunt Gladys

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all shows

  • Pan(2015)

    as Mother Barnabas

    Midcredits score: 27th percentile of all films

  • An Evening with Harry Enfield and Paul Whitehouse (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Actor

  • Duck Quacks Don't Echo (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Psychobitches (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer · as Mona Lisa · as The Queen Mother

  • Walking and Talking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Angry Nun

  • Walking and Talking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 4 episodes · Creator · Writer · Actor

  • Playhouse Presents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Show 2 episodes · Writer · as Mona Lisa

  • Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy(2011)

    as Connie Sachs

    Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films

  • The Antics Roadshow (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Narrator (voice)

  • Comedy Showcase (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 1 episode · as The Virgin Mary

  • A Bucket O' French and Saunders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • Flushed Away(2006)

    as Rita's Mum (voice)

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Johnny Vegas: 18 Stone of Idiot - Unseen and Uncut (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    as Guest

  • The F Word (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Harry & Paul (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 24 episodes · Actor

  • Twenty Thousand Streets Under The Sky (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 3 episodes · as Jenny's Landlady

  • Anita and Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    as Mrs. Rutter · as Mrs. Diedre Rutter

  • Once Upon a Time in the Midlands(2002)

    as Carol

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Martins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Angie Martin

  • Kevin & Perry Go Large(2000)

    as Perry

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Love, Honor and Obey(2000)

    as Kathy

    Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films

  • Harry Enfield Presents Kevin's Guide to Being a Teenager (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    as Perry

  • Let Them Eat Cake (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • This Year's Love(1999)

    as Marey

    Midcredits score: 56th percentile of all films

  • Gimme Gimme Gimme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1999)

    Show 18 episodes · Script Editor · as Linda La Hughes

  • Ted & Ralph (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Mrs. Ted

  • Rex the Runt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Mandelbrotska (voice)

  • Elizabeth(1998)

    as Queen Mary Tudor

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all films

  • Dancing at Lughnasa(1998)

    as Margaret 'Maggie' Mundy

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • The End (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Writer

  • The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling(1997)

    Show 5 episodes · as Honour

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all shows

  • Nil by Mouth(1997)

    as Valerie

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Absolutely Fabulous: The Last Shout (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Magda

  • VIZ: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags in Blue Honeymoon (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Sandra

  • TFI Friday (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 4 episodes · Actor

  • After Miss Julie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Christine

  • Hello, Hello, Hello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1995)

    as Jo Thomas

  • French and Saunders' Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Mistress Shag

  • Harry Enfield and Chums (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 12 episodes · as Various Characters

  • Common As Muck (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    Show 7 episodes · as Sharon

  • Sin Bin (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Debbie

  • Jealousy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    as Waitress

  • Mr. Wroe's Virgins (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 4 episodes · as Martha

  • Absolutely Fabulous(1992)

    Show 4 episodes · as Magda

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all shows

  • Murder Most Horrid(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Helen

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all shows

  • Performance (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 1 episode · as Christine

  • Morrissey - Hulmerist (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Cast - Ouija Board, Ouija Board

  • Harry Enfield's Television Programme (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Show 13 episodes · Actor

  • Amongst Barbarians (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Lilly

  • South Atlantic Raiders: Part 2 Argie Bargie! (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Mary

  • South Atlantic Raiders: Part 1 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    as Mary

  • Work Experience (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Sally

  • French And Saunders - Christmas Special '88 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Kim

  • The Black and Blue Lamp (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Voiceover

  • Funseekers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1988)

    as Charlotte

  • Walker(1987)

    as Annie Mae

    Midcredits score: 73rd percentile of all films

  • This Year's Model (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Mary

  • Straight to Hell(1987)

    as Sabrina

    Midcredits score: 39th percentile of all films

  • Two of Us (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Vera

  • French & Saunders (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    Show Actor

  • Past Caring (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Angie

  • Sid and Nancy(1986)

    as Brenda Windzor

    Midcredits score: 81st percentile of all films

  • Casualty(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Lorraine McCullier

    Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows

  • Call Me Mister (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • ScreenPlay (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Lily · as Voiceover

  • A Very Peculiar Practice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Alice

  • The Best Years of Your Life (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    as Paula

  • Ladies in Charge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1986)

    Show 1 episode · as Daisy

  • Sacred Hearts(1984)

    as Tillie

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Bleak House (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Guster

  • Screen Two (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Debbie

  • The Bill (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    Show 2 episodes · Actor

  • A Visitor from Outer Space (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Tina

  • Forever Young (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Girl

  • The Comic Strip Presents... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    Show 2 episodes · as Charlotte · as Mary

  • Scrubbers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as Glennis

Career shape

Star power in the 96th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 84 titles from 1982 to 2024; peak year 1999.

Biggest box office

Flushed Away (2006)

$178M worldwide

Highest rated

Elizabeth (1998)

Midcredits 92nd

Most popular right now

Flushed Away (2006)

Film career

MilestoneBreakout
19822024

Peak 1999 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

  • 1982Screen debut· Scrubbers
  • 1997Breakout· Nil by Mouth

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting81 of 84: 76 only acting, 5 with another role · typical Midcredits score56thDirecting2 of 84: 2 only directing, 0 with another roleWriting6 of 84: 1 only writing, 5 with another roleProducing1 of 84: 0 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 84: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

84 titles, 5 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 5 of them.

By decade

1980s25 · acting1990s30 · 29 acting · 2 crew2000s12 · acting2010s14 · 13 acting · 5 crew2020s3 · 2 acting · 1 crew

Billing

usually 8th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
8202

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

Awards

1 major award from 7 major nominations, 1997–2002.

WinNomination
  1. 2002
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy Performance
  2. 2001
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Comedy Performance
  3. 1999
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Light Entertainment Performance
  4. 1998
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Actress
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Light Entertainment Performance
    • BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role
  5. 1997
    • Cannes award, won

Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.

How do Kathy Burke's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 54th percentile, the median of all 18; across their 14 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Approval · how many liked their films

55thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Reach · how many have seen their films

85thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 14

Midcredits score across 25 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up9
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th1

Shape of the crowd

13 of their 25 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Cult Classic1
  • Crowd Pleaser13
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed8

Most divisive · actor

Sacred Hearts (1984)

74th percentile spread · 19% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Elizabeth (1998)

Midcredits 92nd · 82% liked

Reviewers score the acting 76/100 in their films, across 12 reviewed titles; fans 84, detractors 54. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Kathy Burke's work okay for kids?

Across up to 8 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, sex & nudity and frightening / intense run heavier than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore7 titles33–85 · median 61 · intenseheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity8 titles18–66 · median 46 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity7 titles17–69 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs7 titles18–71 · median 35 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense7 titles26–69 · median 49 · moderateheavier than most filmsMedian of all films: 39

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted. The band's colour is the severity of their median, named beside it.

Who does Kathy Burke work with?

People who share at least 2 of Kathy Burke's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Rhys Ifans shares the most, 4.

Actors

Producers

Mixed roles