Kate Robbins

Kate Robbins

actress, writer, soundtrack

Kate Robbins was born on Aug 21, 1958 in UK. Kate Robbins's big-screen debut came with Spitting Image - Season 3 directed by Steve Bendelack in 1986. Kate Robbins is known for After Life directed by Ricky Gervais, Ricky Gervais stars as Tony and Tom Basden as Matt. Kate Robbins has got 4 awards and 1 nominations so far. The most recent award Kate Robbins achieved is Birmingham Film Festival. The upcoming new tvshow Kate Robbins plays is The Emily Atack Show - Season 3 which will be released on Nov 04, 2020.

Kate Robbins (born in Margate, Kent) is an English actress, comedian, singer and songwriter. She came to prominence in the early 1980s when she scored a No.2 hit on the UK Charts with the song "More Than in Love", She went on to become a prolific voice actress, most notably for nine years with the satirical show Spitting Image.Robbins is a first cousin once removed of Paul McCartney and older sister of fellow actress Amy Robbins (her mother and McCartney were first cousins). She attended Wirral Grammar School for Girls in Bebington, Cheshire.Robbins wrote the first theme tune to Surprise, Surprise and provided almost all of the female voices on the television show Spitting Image in the late 1980s and early 1990s.The 1986 Granada Television sketch show Kate & Ted's Show featured Kate, her brother Ted Robbins, and her sisters Amy Robbins, Jane Robbins, and Emma Robbins. Granada TV then commissioned The Kate Robbins Show in 1987She participated in the 1989 Children's Royal Variety Performance on BBC TV, singing her own comic songs at the piano, and featured in the original series of Dead Ringers on BBC Radio 4 in 2000.Robbins also provided the English-language dubbing for Europeans, featured on the Channel 4 series Eurotrash and, in 2006, In 2007, Robbins was awarded an Honorary Bachelor of Arts degree from Bedfordshire University, for her lifetime contribution to the Performing Arts.Robbins was amicably divorced from musician Keith Atack in 2008 after 19 years of marriage. Her three children are the actor and comedian Emily Atack, Martha Atack, and George Atack (born in '89,'91 and '92)Robbins was one of the 'Grumpy Old Women' for three UK tours in 2014, 2015 & 2016 with comedian Jenny Eclair and actress Susie Blake. She toured the UK in the 80s musical 2018 as Consuela in 'Club Tropicana' Robbins appeared in two episodes of the BBC Television comedy series 'dinnerladies' Dinnerladies (1998), playing 'Babs,' a friend of 'Petula Gordino' played by Julie Walters. Robbins later appeared with the sitcom's writer Victoria Wood in the BBC TV special Victoria Wood: With All the Trimmings (2000). She recently appeared in season 3 ( three episodes) of Afterlife on Netflix as the fortune- telling author Penny Spencer-Wright

  • Birthday

    Aug 21, 1958
  • Place of Birth

    Margate, Kent, England, UK
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Awards

4 wins & 1 nominations

Birmingham Film Festival
2022
Best Female Actor
Winner - Best Female Actor
Road Trip (2022)
Falcon International Film Festival (FIFF)
2022
Best Actress
Winner - April Edition
Road Trip (2022)
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