Kathy Burke

Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke is an English actress, director and comedian. She became known through sketch shows like French and Saunders and Harry Enfield's Television Programme. Kathy Burke has a nude scene in Mr. Wroe's Virgins, away from her better-known comedy work. Her birthday is 13 June 1964, and she made her first film, Scrubbers, in 1982. Her biggest film role came as Valerie in Nil by Mouth (1997), which won her Best Actress at Cannes. On television she played Magda in Absolutely Fabulous and starred as Linda La Hughes in Gimme Gimme Gimme. Later films include Elizabeth, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and Pan, alongside years spent directing theatre. Since 2019 she has fronted Channel 4 documentaries, most recently Kathy Burke: Growing Up.