she reprised in 2015 before being killed off by the "Gloved Hand Killer". In February 2015 Lederer appeared, as grieving widow Safia, in the BBC soap opera series Doctors. She has also appeared on Celebrity MasterChef, Loose Women and Countdown. In 2017 she competed in Celebrity Big Brother 20, eventually becoming the 7th housemate to be evicted. In 2018 the BBC launched the comedy podcast series Knock Knock, in which she talks with guest comedians from across the UK. Lederer appears in the 2018 short film To Trend on Twitter in aid of young people with cancer charity CLIC Sargent with fellow comedians Reece Shearsmith, Steve Pemberton, David Baddiel and actor Jason Flemyng. In 2019 she hosted the Women in Comedy panel at Wilderness festival. Comedy Women in Print award In 2018, Lederer launched a new literary prize for comic fiction written by women. The 2019 winner of the CWIP award was The Exact Opposite of Okay by Laura Steven. The 2020 awards added a humorous graphic novel prize. The award was created because of dissatisfaction with the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize, which was not awarded in 2018 and had up to that point only been won by a woman three times. Personal life Lederer has married twice and has a daughter, Hannah Lederer-Alton, with her first husband, journalist and former editor of The Observer, Roger Alton. Her second husband is Chris Browne, a GP. Lederer is an ambassador for the Prince's Trust, Eve Appeal Gynaecological Cancer Charity and cancer charity GO Girls. Her daughter Hannah Lederer-Alton played Abi (Jason Donovan’s daughter) in the TV series Echo Beach. Television and film appearances Pointless Celebrities (2018) Celebrity Big Brother (2017) Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie (2016) Hollyoaks (Mariam, 2013, 2015) Old Jack's Boat (2013, 2014) Absolutely Fabulous (1992–2012) Horrid Henry: The Movie (2011) The Kid (2010) Agatha Christie's Marple (2009) Hotel Trubble Big Brother's Bit on the Side Fat Slags Casualty (1992–2011) Love Soup Girls on Top The New Statesman Iconicles Naked Video (1986) Sooty Heights French and Saunders (1988–1998) Heart Beat Virtual Murder Filthy Rich & Catflap Saturday Night Live One Foot in the Grave (1993) Bottom (1991–1992) The Jack Dee Show Harry Enfield's Television Programme (1992) Hello Mum (1987) Happy Families (1985) The Young Ones (1984) Murder Most Horrid A Day Full of Animals & Songs Doctors (Maise Oliver, 2021) References External links 1954 births Living people English film actresses