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Catherine Tate

Catherine Tate

Actor and writer, also producer and director · Born December 5, 1969 (56) · Bloomsbury, London, England, UK

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.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
December 5, 1969 (56)
From
Bloomsbury, London, England, UK
Works as
Actor and writer, also producer and director
Titles
32 on MovieCove · 67 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 64 days to Oct 27Up 24% in 30 days

What are Catherine Tate's films like?

Across their 22 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 50th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Comedy movies
Animation4 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 20th percentile
: browse their Animation movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 84th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Adventure2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 15th percentile
: browse their Adventure 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
35%
Self
30%
Society
20%
Power
8%
Morality
6%
Ideas
1%
Family bonds10 titles, browse their movies with this themeCommunity6 titles, browse their movies with this themeRomantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSelf-worth5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeComing of age3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFreedom3 titles, browse their movies with this themeFriendship2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 19 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Light: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their light movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

Light 17 · Serious 2 · Dark 0

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

A split, not a type: Grounded 11 · Stylized 6 · Heightened 2

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

Gentle 16 · Charged 3 · Intense 0

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

Steady 15 · Shifting 4 · Whiplash 0

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

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 12 · Funny 7

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

Slow burn 8 · Even-paced 10 · Relentless 1

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

Casual 18 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0

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

Resolved 19 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Roles they play

9 analyzed roles

Usually the Shapeshifter: 4 of 9 analyzed roles.

Shapeshifter
4 of 9
Hero
3 of 9
Ally
1 of 9
Trickster
1 of 9
Show the 9 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Warm
15
Joyful
13
Absurd
6
Hopeful
7
Contemplative
4
Other
10

How their films linger

Feel-good18 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun9 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteThought-provoking2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy16
  • Bittersweet4
  • Ambiguous2

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 Catherine Tate's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 17 of their 32 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (8).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Catherine Tate'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

67 credits, 32 with a MovieCove page; 35 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • Going Dutch(2025)

    Show 7 episodes · as Katja Vanderhoff

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2023)

    as Donna Noble (archive footage)

  • Queen of Oz(2023)

    Show 6 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Georgiana

    Midcredits score: 33rd percentile of all shows

  • Rally Road Racers(2023)

    as Juni Hakansdotter (voice)

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all films

  • Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2022)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Hard Cell(2022)

    Show 6 episodes · Director · Creator · Executive Producer · Writer · as Laura / Ros / Ange / Big Viv / Marco / Anne Marie

    Midcredits score: 25th percentile of all shows

  • The Nan Movie(2022)

    Executive Producer · Writer · as Nan / Joanie

    Midcredits score: 22nd percentile of all films

  • Monster Family 2(2021)

    as Baba Yaga (voice)

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all films

  • The Big Night In(2020)

    as Lauren Cooper

    Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Leading Lady Parts (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as Boss

  • Monster Family(2017)

    as Baba Yaga (voice)

    Midcredits score: 12th percentile of all films

  • DuckTales(2017)

    Show 9 episodes · as Magica De Spell (voice)

    Midcredits score: 92nd percentile of all shows

  • Perfect Roast Potatoes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)

    as Tamara

  • Comic Relief: Red Nose Day(2017)

    as Lauren Cooper

  • Do Not Disturb (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)

    as Anna

  • Billionaire Boy(2016)

    as Sapphire Diamond

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Catherine Tate's Nan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    Show 2 episodes · Creator · Writer · as Nan

  • SuperBob(2015)

    as Theresa

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Unity(2015)

    as Narrator (voice)

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Not Sophie's Choice (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Mummy

  • The Vote (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Kirsty Henderson

  • Little Britain Sketch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)

    as Sister

  • Nativity 3: Dude, Where's My Donkey?!(2014)

    as Sophie

    Midcredits score: 5th percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who: The Ultimate Companion(2014)

    as Donna Noble (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 79th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Catherine Tate's Nan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    Writer · as Nan

  • Doctor Who Live: The Afterparty(2013)

    as Donna Noble (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • Catherine Tate's Nan vs Holby City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Writer · as Nan

  • Big School (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    Show 12 episodes · as Miss Sarah Postern

  • Khumba(2013)

    as Nora (voice)

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • The Women of Doctor Who(2012)

    as Donna Noble (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all films

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

    Show 1 episode · as Eva Braun / Édith Piaf

  • The Ballad of Russell & Julie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Julie Gardner / Self

  • Monte Carlo(2011)

    as Alicia Winthrop Scott

    Midcredits score: 55th percentile of all films

  • The Itch of the Golden Nit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Stella (voice)

  • Much Ado About Nothing(2011)

    Producer · as Beatrice

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all films

  • The One Ronnie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Sue

  • Gulliver's Travels(2010)

    as Queen Isabel

    Midcredits score: 8th percentile of all films

  • Little Crackers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · Director · Writer · as Josephine

  • Meanwhile, in the TARDIS: Part 2(2010)

    as Donna Noble (archive footage)

    Midcredits score: 90th percentile of all films

  • Channel 4's Comedy Gala (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Show 1 episode · as Nan

  • Doctor Who: The End of Time (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    as Donna Noble

  • The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Writer · as Joannie Taylor

  • Genius with Dave Gorman (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Now That’s What I Call Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    as Lauren

  • Mrs. Ratcliffe's Revolution(2007)

    as Dorothy Ratcliffe

    Midcredits score: 45th percentile of all films

  • The Bad Mother's Handbook(2007)

    as Karen Cooper

    Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all films

  • Doctor Who: The Runaway Bride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2006)

    as Donna Noble

  • Scenes of a Sexual Nature(2006)

    as Sara

    Midcredits score: 35th percentile of all films

  • Sixty Six(2006)

    as Aunt Lila

    Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films

  • Starter for 10(2006)

    as Julie Jackson

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Love and Other Disasters(2006)

    as Tallulah Wentworth

    Midcredits score: 50th percentile of all films

  • Bleak House(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Mrs. Chadband

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows

  • Doctor Who(2005)

    Show 13 episodes · as Donna Noble

    Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all shows

  • The Office(2005)

    Show 34 episodes · as Nellie Bertram

    Midcredits score: 99th percentile of all shows

  • Twisted Tales (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)

    Show 1 episode · as Wendy Midwich

  • Agatha Christie's Marple(2004)

    Show 1 episode · as Mitzi Kosinski

    Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all shows

  • The Catherine Tate Show (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2004)

    Show 18 episodes · Creator · as Joannie Taylor / Lauren Cooper

  • Spine Chillers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Show 1 episode · Actor

  • Wild West (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 12 episodes · as Angela Phillips

  • Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2002)

    Show 3 episodes · Actor

  • Attention Scum (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    Show 6 episodes · Actor

  • Big Train (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 7 episodes · Actor

  • Barking (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    Show 6 episodes · as Various

  • Milner (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1994)

    as Jesson's P.A.

  • Surgical Spirit (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    Show 1 episode · as Girlfriend

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

    Show 1 episode · Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 97th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 67 titles from 1984 to 2025; peak year 2006.

Biggest box office

Gulliver's Travels (2010)

$237M worldwide

Highest rated

Much Ado About Nothing (2011)

Midcredits 99th

Most popular right now

Going Dutch (2025)

Film career

19842025

Peak 2006 · fewer prominent film roles lately. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. 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.

  • 1998Screen debut· Big Train
  • 2006First film· Love and Other Disasters

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting67 of 67: 58 only acting, 9 with another role · typical Midcredits score53rdDirecting2 of 67: 0 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting8 of 67: 0 only writing, 8 with another roleProducing3 of 67: 0 only producing, 3 with another roleOther crew4 of 67: 0 only other crew, 4 with another role

67 titles, 9 with more than one role — acting and writing overlap on 8 of them.

By decade

1980s2 · acting1990s3 · acting2000s20 · 20 acting · 2 crew2010s33 · 33 acting · 4 crew2020s9 · 9 acting · 3 crew

Billing

usually 5th · top billed in 0% of 17 roles
061116

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.

How do Catherine Tate's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of the 23 of 24 with a score; across their 19 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 49th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

49thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Approval · how many liked their films

41stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 19

Midcredits score across 31 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up10
  • 50th to 74th8
  • 25th to 49th7
  • Below 25th6

Shape of the crowd

17 of their 31 titles are Mixed.

  • Universally Loved6
  • Divisive2
  • Crowd Pleaser5
  • Broadly Agreed1
  • Mixed17

Most divisive · actor

The Big Night In (2020)

97th percentile spread · 33% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

The Office (2005)

Midcredits 99th · 93% liked

Reviewers score the acting 58/100 in their films, across 15 reviewed titles; fans 72, detractors 35. 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 Catherine Tate's work okay for kids?

Across up to 7 MovieCove titles with content scores, violence & gore, profanity, alcohol & drugs and frightening / intense run lighter than most films.

Their medianMedian of all filmsMiddle 80% of their titles
Violence & Gore5 titles9–29 · median 22 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 44
Sex & Nudity7 titles25–44 · median 29 · mildnear the median of all filmsMedian of all films: 32
Profanity5 titles11–60 · median 24 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 36
Alcohol & Drugs5 titles12–41 · median 20 · mildlighter than most filmsMedian of all films: 33
Frightening / Intense5 titles9–40 · median 23 · mildlighter 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 Catherine Tate work with?

People who share at least 2 of Catherine Tate's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Niky Wardley shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and editors

Producers

Mixed roles