Morgana Robinson

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Morgana Robinson
Born	(1982-05-07) 7 May 1982 Australia
Medium	Actress, writer, comedienne
Nationality	English
Years active	2007–present

Morgana Robinson is an Anglo-Australian comedienne, writer and actress, who is probably best known for her eponymous comedy sketch programme The Morgana Show, appearances on The TNT Show and Very Important People.^[1]

Television career

Her television debut came in 2007, as she played an Eastern European internet bride in BBC1's comedy The Green Green Grass. She then starred in the TV pilot Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown, an improvised mockumentary playing Rachel, a self-obsessed glamour model, trying to rid herself of cellulite. In 2009 she appeared as Anna in the BBC1 comedy My Family in the episode "It's Training Men".

In 2009, she appeared in a running sketch segment (Gilbert's Special Report) in The TNT Show as Gilbert, a teenage 'special needs' boy who interviews celebrities, alongside his disabled crew members. In 2010, Channel 4 commissioned a five-part comedy sketch show - The Morgana Show. Channel 4's head of comedy, Shane Allen, said: "Discovering, supporting and nurturing new talent is at the heart of Channel 4 comedy’s remit, and in Morgana we really feel we’ve found a fresh performer with a huge amount of potential."^[2]

In 2012, Robinson starred in the Channel 4 sketch show Very Important People also starring Terry Mynott. In the show, she impersonates a variety of celebrities, including Frankie Boyle, Danny Dyer, Amy Childs and Adele.

Robinson is currently playing a recurring character, Julie, on Vic Reeves' and Bob Mortimer's BBC2 sitcom House of Fools.

Awards

At the 2012 British Comedy Awards she won Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist ^[3]

Personal life

Robinson was born in Australia but brought up in Britain.^[4] She attended the exclusive Benenden Boarding School.^[4] Robinson has four elder paternal half-siblings, one of which is Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson) of former American punk rock band the Distillers and alternative rock band Spinnerette. Neither were aware of being related until 2004 when they met at one of Dalle's concerts at the London Astoria.^[5]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	The Green Green Grass	Katia	Episode 3.07: "Lust in Translation"
2008	Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown	Rachel	Short pilot
2009	My Family	Anna	Episode 9.07: "It's Training Men"
2009	The TNT Show	Gilbert	Appeared in a running sketch segment "Gilbert's Special Report". The character was later used in Robinson's own sketch show.
2010	MovieMash	Unknown	TV film
2010	The Morgana Show	Various	Star, writer and creator
2011	The Hunt for Tony Blair	Carole Caplin	A one-off episode of The Comic Strip Presents...
2012	Very Important People	Various	Star, writer and creator
2012	Them From That Thing^[6]	Various	Two-part sketch show with Kayvan Novak, Sally Phillips and Blake Harrison produced for Channel 4's Comedy Fortnight.
2013	Toast of London^[7]	Jemima Gina	Sitcom with Matt Berry
2014	House of Fools	Julie	BBC2 comedy series written by Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves.

References

External links

Morgana Robinson at the Internet Movie Database
The Morgana Show at The British Comedy Guide
Morgana Robinson at John Noel Management

Persondata
Name	Robinson, Morgana
Alternative names
Short description	Comedienne
Date of birth	7 May 1982
Place of birth	Australia
Date of death
Place of death

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