Catherine Tate was born Catherine Ford on 12th May, 1968 in Bloomsbury, London, England.
As a child, Tate suffered from an obsessive-compulsive disorder which centred on word association. As an example, Tate was not able to leave a jumper on the floor or it might have brought misfortune to her mother whose name began with J like jumper.
An English comedienne and actress, she began her acting career in serials such as Casualty and The Bill.
Catherine has won numerous awards for her work on sketch comedy series, The Catherine Tate Show.
Tate has a daughter with stage manager Twig Clark.
She once said, "I'm an incredibly negative person, so any form of success is only ever going to be a relief to me and set my default position back to neutral."
