Kate Robbins

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Kate Robbins (born August 21, 1960) is a Liverpudlian actress and impressionist.

She first came to prominance whilst representing United Kingdom in the Eurovision Song Contest 1980 with the group Primma Donna. They finished an unexpected third.

A cousin once removed of Paul McCartney, she got her first big break in the ITV soap opera, Crossroads in 1981. As part of the storyline, she released a single called "More Than in Love" (witten by Simon May), which got to number two in the UK singles chart.

She is now best known for providing almost all of the female voices on the television show Spitting Image in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She also had her own TV show with her brother, Ted Robbins. Other siblings are Amy, Emma and Jane.

She also wrote the original, well-known theme tune to Surprise, Surprise.

Robbins is best known today as the Yorkshire voice of Danish over-dubbed porn stars on quirky Channel 4 series Eurotrash.