{{Short description|British actress (born 1964)}} {{Use British English|date=August 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}} {{Infobox person | name = Kathy Burke | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1964|6|13}} | birth_place = Islington, London, England | occupation = {{hlist|Actress|comedian|writer|producer|director}} | years_active = 1982–present | module = {{Listen |embed=yes |filename= Kathy_Burke_BBC_Radio4_Desert_Island_Discs_15_Aug_2010_b00tcz90.flac |title=Kathy Burke's voice on ''Desert Island Discs''|type=speech |description=''Desert Island Discs'', BBC Radio 4, 15 August 2010<ref>{{Cite episode |title=Kathy Burke |series=Desert Island Discs |series-link=Desert Island Discs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00tcz90 |station=BBC Radio 4 |date=15 August 2010 |access-date=18 January 2014 }}</ref> }} }} '''Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke''' (born 13 June 1964)<ref>[http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/484838/index.html "Burke, Kathy (1964-)"]. Screenonline. ''BFI''. Retrieved 23 August 2021.</ref> is an English actress and comedian. She appeared in sketch shows such as ''French and Saunders'' (1988–1999), ''Harry Enfield's Television Programme'' (1990–1992), and ''Harry Enfield & Chums'' (1994–1998), and played a recurring role as Magda on the BBC sitcom ''Absolutely Fabulous'' (1992–2012). From 1999 to 2001, she starred as Linda La Hughes on the BBC sitcom ''Gimme Gimme Gimme'', for which she received a British Comedy Award and two BAFTA nominations.
Burke made her film debut in the 1982 drama ''Scrubbers''. For her portrayal of Valerie in the 1997 film ''Nil by Mouth'', she won Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA for Best Actress in a Leading Role. Her other film appearances include ''Sid and Nancy'' (1986), ''Dancing at Lughnasa'' (1998), ''Elizabeth'' (1998), ''This Year's Love'' (1999), ''Kevin & Perry Go Large'' (2000), ''The Martins'' (2001), ''Anita and Me'' (2002) and ''Once Upon a Time in the Midlands'' (2002). Having spent most of the 2000s concentrating on her work as a theatre director, she returned to film roles in the 2010s with ''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' (2011), ''Pan'' (2015) and ''Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'' (2016). Starting from 2019, Burke fronted a series of documentaries for Channel 4: ''Kathy Burke's All Woman'' (2019), ''Kathy Burke: Money Talks'' (2021) and ''Kathy Burke: Growing Up'' (2023).
==Early life== Burke was born at the Royal Free Hospital, London, on 13 June 1964,<ref name="kathyburke.co.uk"/> and was brought up in Islington, North London, by her Irish Catholic parents Paddy (from Galway) and Bridget (from Cork).<ref name="Camden">{{Cite web |last=Galton |first=Bridget |date=21 November 2013 |title=Kathy Burke stages showdown with nuns in Once a Catholic |url=https://www.islingtongazette.co.uk/news/kathy-burke-stages-showdown-with-nuns-in-once-a-catholic-3710732 |website=Islington Gazette}}</ref> She has two elder brothers.<ref>[https://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018834/bio "Kathy Burke"], movies.yahoo.com. {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227190530/http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800018834/bio|date=27 February 2007}}</ref> Her mother, known as Bridie, died of cancer when Burke was two years old. 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.<ref name="Camden" /> She then studied at the Anna Scher Theatre School in Islington.<ref name="kathyburke.co.uk">{{cite web |url=https://kathyburke.co.uk/about/ |title=Biography |access-date=10 April 2012|work=kathyburke.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/45/Kathy-Burke.html |title=Kathy Burke Biography (1964-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |access-date=6 November 2015}}</ref>
==Career== Burke's first role was in the 1982 film ''Scrubbers'', directed by Swedish actress Mai Zetterling and featuring Pam St. Clement, Robbie Coltrane, Miriam Margolyes, Honey Bane, Debby Bishop and Eva Mottley.<ref name=":3">{{Citation |title=Scrubbers (1982) - Cast and Crew {{!}} AllMovie |url=https://www.allmovie.com/movie/scrubbers-v43279/cast-crew |language=en |access-date=2022-03-20}}</ref> The film was set in a young offenders' institute for girls and was seen as a female version of the film ''Scum''.
Burke appeared in a non-speaking role in a 1985 public information film about heroin addiction.<ref name=rhlstp>{{cite episode|title= Kathy Burke |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_HQTZhAksE&t=1s |network= YouTube |series= Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast |number= 165 |first= Richard |last= Herring |date= 8 February 2018 |access-date= 9 February 2018|time=08:30 }}</ref> The following year she appeared in a non-speaking role as 'witness in doorway' in an award-winning advert for ''The Guardian''{{'}}s 'Points of View'.<ref name=rhlstp2>{{cite episode|title= Kathy Burke |url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_HQTZhAksE&t=1s |network= YouTube |series= Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast |number= 165 |first= Richard |last= Herring |date= 8 February 2018 |access-date= 9 February 2018 |time=09:00}}</ref>
Burke first became familiar to television audiences as a player of minor roles in sketches by better-known performers such as Harry Enfield, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Early TV work included regular appearances on the chat show ''The Last Resort'' hosted by Jonathan Ross on UK Channel 4 in the mid-1980s, playing the characters 'Tina Bishop' and "Perry the Pre-pubescent Schoolboy". Bishop was a continually pregnant "expert" offering advice on household chores, always with disastrous results. Both Perry and Tina (renamed "Waynetta Slob") later re-appeared as recurring sketch characters in Harry Enfield programmes. Along with French and Saunders, she has contributed to two Comic Relief charity singles. She first appeared as a member of Bananarama parody band Lananeeneenoonoo in 1989, and then as a member of Spice Girls look-alike band the Sugar Lumps in 1997.
In real life Burke was a big fan of Morrissey and appeared in the video for his 1989 single "Ouija Board, Ouija Board" and later in the 2002 Channel 4 documentary ''The Importance of Being Morrissey''.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} On the 7 November 2023 episode of her ''Where There's a Will There's a Wake'' podcast, with Dolly Alderton as her guest, Burke commented "We don't like Morrissey anymore...because he's a racist wanker". Alderton shared Burke's disappointment with Morrissey's views with Burke adding "We idolise these people...but then people are three-dimensional and you get to know what they really think about life and it's just always a disappointment." <ref>{{Citation |title=Here Lies Dolly Alderton |date=2023-11-07 |url=https://open.spotify.com/episode/6ExVQaL96c7fBUp2yK8ieK |access-date=2023-11-08 |language=en}}</ref>
She became successful in her own right and although mainly associated with comedy, she has played several serious roles including that of Queen Mary Tudor in the film ''Elizabeth,'' which was released in 1998.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Elizabeth (1998) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80a0379a |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624094703/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b80a0379a |url-status=dead |archive-date=24 June 2016 |access-date=2022-03-24 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>
In 1994 Burke was awarded the Royal Television Society Award for Best Actress, for her performance as the mute Martha in the 1993 BBC TV series ''Mr. Wroe's Virgins''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Awards – Kathy Burke |url=https://kathyburke.co.uk/awards/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=kathyburke.co.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> The series was directed by Danny Boyle and is based on Jane Rogers' book about John Wroe.<ref>{{Citation |title=Mr. Wroe's Virgins |date=1993-02-24 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106074/?ref_=nm_flmg_wr_2 |type=Drama, History |publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) |access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref>
Burke won the Best Actress award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival for her role in the gritty drama ''Nil by Mouth''. Burke was so convinced she would not win that she made no plans to attend the ceremony; when told shortly beforehand she had won, she found her passport was out of date. The film also earned her a BAFTA nomination for Best Actress in a Leading Role.<ref name="festival-cannes.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/4790/year/1997.html |title=Festival de Cannes: Nil by Mouth |access-date=23 September 2009|work=festival-cannes.com}}</ref> From 1999 to 2001 she appeared as Linda La Hughes in the BBC TV series ''Gimme Gimme Gimme'' (which she developed 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 performance.<ref name=":6">{{Citation |title=Gimme Gimme Gimme |date=1999-01-08 |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0167599/ |type=Comedy |publisher=Tiger Aspect Productions |access-date=2022-03-25}}</ref> In 2000, she appeared in the cult film ''Love Honour and Obey'' with Ray Burdis,<ref name=":7">{{Cite web |title=Love, Honour and Obey (2000) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82a89570 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170310014349/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82a89570 |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 March 2017 |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref> and as Perry in the comedy film ''Kevin & Perry Go Large.''<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |title=Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000) |url=https://www2.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82db5cb8 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170703073928/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b82db5cb8 |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 July 2017 |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=BFI |language=en}}</ref>
In 2003, she was listed in ''The Observer'' as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.<ref>{{cite news| title= The A-Z of laughter (part one)| url= https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2003/dec/07/comedy.thebestofbritishcomedy1| date= 7 December 2003| work= The Observer| access-date= 2 January 2020 }}</ref>
Beginning in 2001, she stopped acting and began theatre directing, something she considers to be one of her true passions.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/10/19/btburke19.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/10/19/ixtop.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060910075141/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml?xml=/arts/2004/10/19/btburke19.xml&sSheet=/arts/2004/10/19/ixtop.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=10 September 2006 | work=The Daily Telegraph | location=London | title=My acting days are over | date=19 October 2004 | access-date=7 May 2010}}</ref> She said in an interview with Dawn French in ''Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy'' that she no longer felt the same creative energy associated with acting that she used to have (she described it as a "feeling in my belly") and that for this reason she had stopped acting. However, since then, she has done some voice-over work, including UK TV adverts for Ski yoghurt (2005)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathy Burke searches for something simple in Ski Yogurt relaunch ad |url=https://www.campaignlive.co.uk/article/kathy-burke-searches-something-simple-ski-yogurt-relaunch-ad/478018 |access-date=2022-03-25 |website=campaignlive.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> and the voice of Rita's mum in the animated film ''Flushed Away'' (2006).<ref name=":9">{{Cite web |title=Flushed Away (2006) |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/flushed_away |access-date=25 March 2022 |website=Rotten Tomatoes}}</ref> She also appeared in the 2007 Christmas Special of ''The Catherine Tate Show'' as Nan's daughter Diane.<ref name=":5">{{Citation |title="The Catherine Tate Show" Christmas Special (TV Episode 2007) - IMDb |url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1697352/fullcredits |access-date=2022-03-24}}</ref>
In February 1990, she wrote and directed ''Mr Thomas'' at the Old Red Lion Theatre. It was filmed and shown on Channel 4 the next year.
In 2007, Burke contracted Clostridioides difficile while in hospital for an operation, resulting in her having to pass directing duties on ''Dying for It'' at the Almeida Theatre (which starred Charlie Condou and Sophie Stanton who she worked with on ''Gimme Gimme Gimme'').{{citation needed|date=April 2020}}
In 2009, Burke made her television directorial debut with the BBC Three sketch show series ''Horne & Corden'', starring Mathew Horne and James Corden.<ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2008/04_april/24/corden_horne.shtml|title=BBC - Press Office - Horne and Corden come up trumps for BBC Three|work=bbc.co.uk|access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref>
Burke wrote and appeared as a nun in the short autobiographical film "Better Than Christmas" for Sky 1's ''Little Crackers'', a collection of comic shorts that aired in December 2010. On 19 January 2012, it was announced that Burke had written her first TV series; her short for ''Little Crackers'' had led to the four-part series "Walking and Talking", based on her teenage years. Burke appeared as a nun in each episode of the series, which aired in the summer of 2012 on Sky Atlantic.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |author= |date=19 January 2012 |title=Kathy Burke writes her first TV comedy |url=https://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2012/01/19/14689/kathy_burke_writes_her_first_tv_comedy |access-date=8 June 2015 |work=chortle.co.uk}}</ref>
In 2011, Burke played Connie Sachs in the film adaptation of the novel ''Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy''. She was long-listed for a BAFTA nomination for her performance as Supporting Actress in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-and-my-week-marilyn-top-bafta-longlists-34135?page=0,1|title='Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy' and 'My Week With Marilyn' Top BAFTA Longlists|work=TheWrap|date=6 January 2012|access-date=8 June 2015|archive-date=13 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170413234829/http://www.thewrap.com/awards/column-post/tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-and-my-week-marilyn-top-bafta-longlists-34135/?page=0,1|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Burke appeared in the 2015 Peter Pan prequel film ''Pan'', as Mother Barnabas.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/pan-movie-amanda-seyfried/|title=PETER PAN Prequel, PAN, Adds Amanda Seyfried and More|work=Collider|date=24 April 2014|access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref> In November 2015, Burke presented the BBC topical news panel show ''Have I Got News for You''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b06nvz7f |title=BBC One - Have I Got News for You, Series 50, Episode 6 |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=6 November 2015 |access-date=6 November 2015}}</ref>
In 2019, Burke starred in her own self-titled three-part documentary ''Kathy Burke's All Woman''. The programme aired on Channel 4 and focused on the stereotypes and expectations of modern women. Burke touched on subjects such as marriage, pregnancy and cosmetic surgery.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathy Burke's All Woman - All 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/kathy-burkes-all-woman |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=channel4.com}}</ref>
In 2021, Burke appeared as a guest judge in series 3 of ''RuPaul's Drag Race UK''.<ref name=":10">{{Cite web |title=BBC Three - RuPaul's Drag Race UK, Series 3, Episode 9 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0b05zbc |access-date=2022-07-05 |website=BBC |language=en-GB}}</ref>
Burke directed ITV's four-part murder mystery series ''Holding'', which premiered on 14 March 2022 and is based on Graham Norton's novel of the same name.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=2022-03-13 |title=Holding Is the 'Darkly Funny' New Drama From Graham Norton's Hit Book – Here's What You Need To Know |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/holding-itv-graham-norton-new-drama-book-kathy-burke-director-siobhan-mcsweeney-cast_uk_6228ec11e4b07e948aee8b77 |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=HuffPost UK |language=en}}</ref>
In 2022, Burke started a podcast called ''Where There's a Will, There's a Wake''. In the podcast Burke talks a guest through how the guest believes (or hopes) they will die and what they want to be done for their funeral. Notable guests have been Jennifer Saunders, Dawn French, Emerald Fennell and Steve McQueen. The podcast is produced by Sony Music Entertainment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Apple Podcasts |title=Where There's A Will, There's A Wake |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/where-theres-a-will-theres-a-wake/id1654059310}}</ref>
Burke published a memoir, ''A Mind of My Own'', in October 2025,<ref>{{Cite book |title=A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke |url= https://www.simonandschuster.co.uk/books/A-Mind-of-My-Own/Kathy-Burke/9781398548145 |access-date=2025-04-08 |website=Simon & Schuster |isbn= 978-1-3985-4814-5 }}</ref> which received positive reviews.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/oct/24/a-mind-of-my-own-by-kathy-burke-review-a-brilliant-blunt-and-beautiful-memoir|title=A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke review – a brilliant, blunt and beautiful memoir|publisher=The Guardian|last=Nicholson|first=Rebecca|date=24 October 2025|accessdate=25 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/review/2025/10/27/a-mind-of-my-own-by-kathy-burke-london-irish-performers-extraordinary-trajectory/|title=A Mind of My Own by Kathy Burke: London-Irish performer’s extraordinary trajectory|publisher=Irish Times|last=O'Shea|first=Sinéad|date=27 October 2025|accessdate=25 February 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/kathy-burke-book|title=Kathy Burke: “I Didn’t Want To Be A Boy, But I Didn’t Want To Be A Girlie Girl Either”|website=British Vogue|last=Burke|first=Kathy|date=18 October 2025|accessdate=25 February 2026}}</ref>
==Filmography== ===Film=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1982 |''Scrubbers'' |Glennis |<ref name=":3"/> |- |1986 |''Sid and Nancy'' |Brenda Windzor | |- | rowspan="3"|1987 |''Straight to Hell'' |Sabrina | |- |''Walker'' |Annie Mae | |- |''Two of Us'' |Vera | |- |1989 |''Work Experience'' |Sally | |- |1997 |''Nil by Mouth'' |Valerie | |- | rowspan="2"|1998 |''Elizabeth'' |Queen Mary Tudor |<ref name=":4"/> |- |''Dancing at Lughnasa'' |Maggie Mundy | |- |1999 |''This Year's Love'' |Marey | |- | rowspan="2"|2000 |''Love, Honour and Obey'' |Kathy |<ref name=":7"/> |- |''Kevin & Perry Go Large'' |Perry |<ref name=":8"/> |- |2001 |''The Martins'' |Angie | |- | rowspan="2"|2002 |''Anita and Me'' |Deirdre Rutter | |- |''Once Upon a Time in the Midlands'' |Carol | |- |2006 |''Flushed Away'' |Rita's Mum |Voice<ref name=":9"/> |- | rowspan="2"|2011 |''Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy'' |Connie Sachs | |- |''The Antics Roadshow'' |Narrator | |- |2015 |''Pan'' |Mother Barnabas | |- |2016 |''Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie'' |Magda | |- |2022 |''The Sea Beast'' |Gwen Batterbie |Voice<ref>{{cite web|title=Netflix's 'The Sea Beast' Rises from the Depths with Teaser, Cast & Date Reveal|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/features/netflixs-the-sea-beast-rises-from-the-depths-with-teaser-cast-date-reveal/|website=Animation Magazine|date=March 30, 2022|access-date=March 30, 2022}}</ref> |- |2024 |''Blitz'' |Beryl | |}
===Television=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1982 |''Educating Marmalade'' |School Kid |Episode: "Cringe Hill" |- | rowspan="2" |1983 |''Doctor Who'' |Lazar (uncredited) |Serial: "Terminus" |- |''Johnny Jarvis'' |Girl in Pub |Part 5: 1981-1982 |- |1983-1987 |''Scene'' |Various |2 episodes |- |1984 |''The Brief'' |Shirley Daniel |Episode: "Look at Me" |- |1985 |''Bleak House'' |Guster |2 episodes |- 1985 - BBC Bleak House | rowspan="3" |1986 |''A Very Peculiar Practice'' |Alice |Episode: "Catastrophe Theory" |- | ''Ladies in Charge'' | Daisy |Episode: "A Public Mischief" |- |''Call Me Mister'' |Cleaner |Episode: "Longshot" |- |1988-1993 |''The Comic Strip Presents'' |Various | 4 episodes |- |1988-1990 |''Screenplay'' |Voiceover/Lily |2 episodes |- |1988–1999 |''French and Saunders'' |Various |7 episodes |- |1989-1991 |''The Bill'' |Sherry Brooks/Wendy |2 episodes |- |1990 |''Set of Six'' |Tarquin's girlfriend |<ref>Rivron, Rowland. What the f*** did I do last night?: the memoir of an accidental comedian. Sidgwick & Jackson, 2011</ref> |- |1990–1992 |''Harry Enfield's Television Programme'' | rowspan="2" |Various | |- | rowspan="3" |1991 |''The Real McCoy'' |1 episode |- |''Casualty'' |Lorraine McCullier |Episode: "Facing Up" |- |''Murder Most Horrid'' |Helen |Episode: "A Determined Woman" |- |1992-1994 |''The Fat Slags'' |Sandra |<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Viz-Lordy-Its-Fat-Slags/dp/B0006GVKDO|title=Viz: Oh, Lordy! It's The Fat Slags [DVD]|work=amazon.co.uk|date=29 November 2004|access-date=8 June 2015}}</ref> |- |1992–1996 |''Absolutely Fabulous'' |Magda |5 episodes |- |1993 |''Mr. Wroe's Virgins'' |Martha |Miniseries |- |1994 |''Screen Two'' |Debbie |Episode: "Sin Bin" |- |1994-1997 |''Common As Muck'' |Sharon |7 episodes |- |1994–1998 |''Harry Enfield & Chums'' |Various | |- | rowspan="2" |1995 |''Jackanory'' |Storyteller |Story: ''The Twits'' |- |''Performance'' |Christine |Episode: ''After Miss Julie'' |- |1997 |''The History of Tom Jones: A Foundling'' |Honour |Miniseries |- |1998 |''Rex the Runt'' |Mrs Mandelbrotska |Episode: "Adventures on Telly 3" |- |1999 |''Let Them Eat Cake'' |Cecile | |- |1999–2001 |''Gimme Gimme Gimme'' |Linda La Hughes |<ref name=":6"/> |- |2003 |''Happiness'' |Kathy Burke |Episode: "A Little Bit of Love" |- |2005 |''Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky'' |Landlady (voice) |Miniseries |- |2006 |''Dawn French's Girls Who Do Comedy'' |Herself | |- |2007 |''The Catherine Tate Show'' |Diane |Christmas Special<ref name=":5"/> |- |2008 |''Ruddy Hell, It's Harry & Paul!'' |Queen |1 episode |- |2009 |''Horne & Corden'' | |Director<ref name=":2"/> |- |2010 |''Kathy Burke's Little Cracker: Better Than Christmas'' | rowspan="2" |Nun | rowspan="2" |Writer<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Little Crackers 2010, Episode 6 - Kathy Burke's Little Cracker |url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/tv/little_crackers/episodes/1/6/ |access-date=2022-03-18 |website=British Comedy Guide |language=en}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2"|2012 |''Walking and Talking'' |- |''Never Mind the Buzzcocks'' |Guest Host |1 episode |- |2012, 2013, 2015 |''Have I Got News for You'' |Herself |3 episodes |- |2013 |''Psychobitches'' |Mona Lisa; The Queen Mother |2 episodes |- | rowspan="2"|2014 |''8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown'' | rowspan="2"|Herself | rowspan="3" |1 episode |- |''Celebrity Gogglebox'' |- |2016 |''Crashing'' |Aunt Gladys |- |2017–2020 |''School of Roars'' |Ms. Grizzlesniff |Voice |- | rowspan="3"|2019 |''Kathy Burke's All Woman'' | rowspan="3"|Herself |<ref>{{cite news |last=Mangan |first=Lucy |title=Kathy Burke's All Woman review – beauty tips from the nation's bluntest nana |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/aug/13/kathy-burkes-all-woman-review-beauty-nations-bluntest-nana |access-date=17 August 2019 |work=The Guardian |publisher=Guardian News & Media Ltd |date=13 August 2019}}</ref> |- |''The Great British Bake Off: An Extra Slice'' | |- |''Joe Lycett's Got Your Back'' | |- |rowspan="2"|2021 |''RuPaul's Drag Race UK'' | Herself; Guest judge |Series 3, Episode 9<ref name=":10"/> |- | ''Kathy Burke: Money Talks'' | Herself; presenter |2-part Channel 4 documentary<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathy Burke: Money Talks {{!}} All 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/kathy-burke-money-talks |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210707114420/https://www.channel4.com/programmes/kathy-burke-money-talks |archive-date=7 July 2021 |access-date=16 March 2023 |website=channel4.com |language=en}}</ref> |- |2022 |''Holding'' | |Director<ref name=":1"/> |- |2023 |''Kathy Burke: Growing Up'' |Herself; presenter | 2-part Channel 4 special<ref>{{Cite web |title=Kathy Burke: Growing Up {{!}} All 4 |url=https://www.channel4.com/programmes/kathy-burke-growing-up |access-date=2023-03-16 |website=channel4.com |language=en}}</ref> |}
== Theatre == ===As actress=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Role ! Venue |- |1989 |''Amongst Barbarians'' |Lilli |Royal Exchange, Manchester |- |1993 |''It's a Great Big Shame!'' | |Theatre Royal Stratford East |}
===As director=== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Venue ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |1990 |''Mr Thomas'' by Kathy Burke |Old Red Lion |Also shown on Channel 4 |- |1995 |''Boom Bang-a-Bang'' by Jonathan Harvey |Bush Theatre | |- |2001 |''Out in the Open'' by Jonathan Harvey |Hampstead Theatre | |- |rowspan="2"|2002 |''Betty'' by Karen McLachlan |Vaudeville Theatre | |- |''Kosher Harry'' by Nick Grosso |Royal Court Theatre | |- |2003 |''Born Bad'' by Debbie Tucker Green |Hampstead Theatre | |- |rowspan="2"|2004 |''The Quare Fellow'' by Brendan Behan | |Oxford Stage Company |- |''Love Me Tonight'' by Nick Stafford |Hampstead Theatre |<ref name=Agency>{{cite web|title=Nick Stafford|url=http://www.theagency.co.uk/clients/clientdisplay.html?viewListing=Mjkx|work=The Agency|access-date=11 March 2023|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726065822/http://www.theagency.co.uk/clients/clientdisplay.html?viewListing=Mjkx|archive-date=26 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> |- |rowspan="2"|2005 |''Blue/Orange'' by Joe Penhall |Cambridge Arts Theatre | |- |''The God of Hell'' by Sam Shepard |Donmar Warehouse | |- |2006 |''Smaller'' by Carmel Morgan |Lyric Theatre, London | |- |2014 |''Once a Catholic'' by Mary O'Malley |Tricycle Theatre | |- |2018 |''Lady Windermere's Fan'' by Oscar Wilde |Vaudeville Theatre, West End, London |<ref>{{cite news|last=Gardner|first=Lyn|title=Lady Windermere's Fan review – Saunders simmers at Wilde's West End party|url=https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2018/jan/22/lady-windermeres-fan-review-oscar-wilde-jennifer-saunders|access-date=23 January 2018|work=the Guardian|date=22 January 2018}}</ref> |}
== Music videos == {| class="wikitable" |+ !Year !Song !Artist !Notes |- | rowspan="2" |1989 |"Help!" |Bananarama featuring Lananeeneenoonoo | |- |"Ouija Board, Ouija Board" |Morrissey | |- |1997 |"Who Do You Think You Are" |Spice Girls |Comic Relief Version |}
== Podcasting == {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders sortable" ! Year ! Title ! Company ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- |2022–2025 |''Where There's a Will, There's a Wake'' |Sony Music Entertainment | |}
==Awards== {| class="wikitable" |- !Year !Award !Category !Work !Result |- |1994 |Royal Television Society Programme Awards |Best Actress |''Mr Wroe's Virgins'' |{{won}} |- | rowspan="2"| 1997 |Cannes Film Festival |Best Actress | rowspan="3"|''Nil By Mouth'' |{{won}} |- |British Independent Film Award |Best Actress |{{won}} |- | rowspan="3"| 1998 |British Academy Film Awards |Best Actress |{{nom}} |- |British Academy Television Awards | Best Actress |''Tom Jones'' |{{nom}} |- | rowspan="4" |BAFTA TV Awards | rowspan="2" |Best Light Entertainment Performance |''Harry Enfield & Chums'' |{{nom}} |- |1999 |''Harry Enfield's Yule log Chums'' |{{nom}} |- |2001 |Best Comedy Performance | rowspan="3"|''Gimme Gimme Gimme'' |{{nom}} |- | rowspan="2"|2002 |Best Comedy Performance |{{nom}} |- |British Comedy Awards |Best Comedy Actress |{{won}} |}
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==External links== * [http://www.kathyburke.co.uk/ KathyBurke.co.uk] * {{IMDb name}} * {{Instagram|Kathy_Burke_}} * {{Twitter}}
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