Kathy Burke
Kathy Burke was born in Camden Town, England, United Kingdom on June 13th, 1964 and is the Movie Actress. At the age of 59, Kathy Burke biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, movies, and networth are available.
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Katherine Bridget Burke (born 13 June 1964) is an English actor, comedian, writer, producer, and director.
She rose to fame in 1989-1989 with her appearances on sketch shows like French and Saunders (1988–1999) and her ongoing role as Magda on BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992–1996), as well as her frequent collaborations with fellow comedian Harry Enfield.
She was named Best Actress in a Leading Role at the Cannes Film Festival for her role as Valerie in the 1997 film Nil by Mouth. Burke made her film debut in the 1982 drama Scrubbers and appeared in Elizabeth, the award-winning biographical film Elizabeth (1998).
Sid and Nancy (1986), Dancing at Lughna (1999), This Year's Love (1999), Anita and Me (2001), and Once Upon a Time in the Midlands (2004) are among her other film appearances.
Linda La Hughes appeared on BBC sitcom Gimme Gimme, winning a British Comedy Award and two BAFTA nominations from 1999 to 2001.
Having spent most of the 2000s focusing on her work as a theatre producer, she returned to film roles in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (2011), Pan (2015), and Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016).
Early life
Burke was born at the Royal Free Hospital in London on June 13th, 1964, and her Irish Catholic parents Paddy and Bridget brought her up in Islington, North London, North London. She has two elder brothers. When Burke was two years old, her mother, Bridie, died of cancer. She lived with her father, a builder who was an alcoholic, and attended the Maria Fidelis Convent School, a secondary school in Euston, until she was 16 years old. She then attended Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington.
Career
Burke's first appearance was in the 1982 film Scrubbers, directed by Swedish actress Mai Zetterling, and starring Pam St. Clement, Robbie Coltrane, Honey Bane, Debby Bishop, and Eva Mottley. The film was shot in a youth offenders' institute for girls and was seen as a female version of Scum.
Burke appeared in a 1985 public information film about heroin use, but not speaking out. In an award-winning spot for The Guardian's 'Points of View', she appeared in a non-speaking role as 'witness in doorway' the following year.
Burke first appeared in sketches by lesser known actors such as Harry Enfield, Dawn French, and Jennifer Saunders, and became well-known in television audiences. Early television appearances on the show The Last Resort, hosted by Jonathan Ross on UK Channel 4 in the mid-1980s, included regular appearances starring the characters 'Tina Bishop' and 'Perman the Pre-pubescent Schoolboy." Bishop remained a "expert" who gave tips on household chores, but with varying outcomes. She has appeared on two Comic Relief charity singles, as well as French and Saunders. Lananeenoonoo, 1989, and then as a member of Spice Girls' look-alike group the Sugar Lumps in 1997, she first appeared as a member of Bananarama parody band Lananeenoono. Burke, a real life, is a huge fan of Morrissey, and appeared in his 1989 single "Ouija Board," Ouija Board, and later in the Channel 4 documentary The Importance of Being Morrissey.
She quickly became well-known in her own right, and although predominantly associated with comedies, she has appeared in several serious roles, including Queen Mary Tudor in the 1998 film Elizabeth.
Burke was named Best Actress by the Royal Television Society in 1994 for her role as mute Martha in the BBC TV series Mr. Wroe's Virgins, a mute Martha. Danny Boyle produced the film, which is based on Jane Rogers' book about John Wroe.
Burke received the Best Actress award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the gritty drama Nil by Mouth. Burke was so sure she would not win that she had no plans to attend the event that she didn't win that she had no intention of attending the event; when she was informed immediately that she had won, she discovered her passport was out of date. In addition, the film received a BAFTA award for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Linda La Hughes appeared in BBC TV series Gimme Gimme (which she co-created with writer Jonathan Harvey) where she was nominated for three British Comedy Awards (winning one), two BAFTA TV Awards, and a National Television Award for her role. She appeared in Love Honour and Obey with Ray Burdis, as Perry in the comedy film Kevin & Perry Go Large.
In 2003, she was named in The Observer as one of the country's top ten comedians.
She stopped acting and jumped into theatre directing, something she considers to be one of her true passions, beginning in 2001. In an interview with Dawn French of Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy that she no longer felt the same creative enthusiasm associated with acting as she did (she referred to it as a "feeling in my belly") and that this was the reason she stopped acting. However, she has done some voiceover work since, including UK television ads for Ski yoghurt (2005) and the voice of Rita's mum in the computer-animated film Flushed Away (2006). Diane Tate, Nan's daughter, appeared in the 2007 Christmas Special at The Catherine Tate Show as Nan's daughter Diane.
Mrs Thomas, her first play at the Old Red Lion Theatre, was written and directed by her in February 1990. Then sequel, it was filmed and broadcast on Channel 4 the following year.
Burke contracted Clostridium difficile while in hospital for an operation, resulting in her having to relinquish directing duties on Dying for It at the Almeida Theatre (which also appeared Charlie Condou and Sophie Stanton, who appeared on Gimme Gimme).
Burke made her television directorial debut with the BBC Three sketch show series Horne & Corden, starring Mathew Horne and James Corden.
Burke wrote and appeared as a nun in a short autobiographical film called "Better Than Christmas" on Sky 1's Little Crackers, a series of comedy shorts that premiered in December 2010. Burke had written her first TV series on January 19, 2012; her short for Little Crackers had resulted in a four-part series "Walking and Talking," based on her teenage years. Burke appeared in each episode of the series, which aired on Sky Atlantic in the summer of 2012.
In the film version of Tinker, Tailor, Spy, Spy, Connie Sachs appeared in Connie Sachs in 2011. She was long-listed for a BAFTA award for her work as a Supporting Actress in 2012.
Burke appeared in Pan, the Peter Pan prequel film that was released in 2015 as Mother Barnabas. Burke appeared on the BBC topical news panel Have I Got News for You in November 2015.
Burke appeared in Kathy Burke's All Woman, her own self-titled three-part documentary. The programme aired on Channel 4 and focuses on modern women's stereotypes and aspirations. Burke addressed topics such as marriage, pregnancy, and plastic surgery.
Burke appeared in 2021 as a guest judge in RuPaul's Drag Race UK series 3.
Holding, an ITV four-part murder mystery series, based on Graham Norton's book of the same name, premiered on March 14th 2022.