Morwenna Banks
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| Morwenna Banks | |
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| Born | 1964, Flushing, Cornwall, England  |
| Other name(s) | Winnie Banks |
| Occupation | Television actress |
| Years active | 1980– present |
| Spouse(s) | David Baddiel (1993–present) |
Morwenna Banks (b. 1964) is a British actress and comedian.
Banks is best known in the UK as a cast member of the British Channel 4 comedy series Absolutely, where her best-known character was a schoolgirl who sat on the edge of a scaled up desk to give the effect of making her look small.
She achieved international fame by appearing as The Keeper Of The Rules (who resides in Limbo) in several episodes of the TV series Sabrina, the Teenage Witch. She played the character of Tess in the BBC comedy series Catterick in 2004 alongside Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer.
Banks made her television debut in the United States on April 8, 1995, when she was repertory/featured player on Saturday Night Live, and made history becoming the first British actress to star in an American sketch comedy show - not true - Tracey Ulman was the first & she had her own show! - (and the second castmember on SNL to be born outside of North America). Banks was fired at the end of the 1994-1995 season after four episodes.
She voiced the part of Clare Feeble, in Stressed Eric, Mummy Pig on the children's animated series Peppa Pig, a Dog Home Owner in the first episode of the animated comedy Rex the Runt and the ship's computer in the BBC TV series Hyperdrive. She also played the voices of the witches in Meg and Mog an animated children's series for CITV (2003), is Ping Pong in 'Rupert Bear'(5), Guinevere in 'King Arthurs Disasters (CITV), and is an additional voice in the Playstation 2 video game Dragon Quest VIII. She also voices Betty and Sonia in the 2008 film version of "Tales of the Riverbank".
She recently appeared in the E4 Teen comedy/drama Skins as Tony Stonem's mother. She is currently (2007) appearing in the TV series Ruddy Hell! It's Harry and Paul and Saxondale.
She is the girlfriend of David Baddiel, with whom she has two children.
[edit] External links
- Morwenna Banks at the Internet Movie Database
- Biography from the All Media Guide Movie Database via a New York Times website
