cancer charity the Joe Glover Trust for a number of years since its launching in 2007. Since 2005, Tate has been a frequent supporter of two BBC telethon charities, Children in Need and Comic Relief. For the latter, she so far has starred in eleven sketches and a music video. She also appeared as Lauren Cooper from The Catherine Tate Show live on stage during the Red Nose Day 2005 and 2017 events, and as Nan in 2009. In August 2017, after being asked at the Wizard World Chicago convention about what her career would look like if she hadn't become an actress and comedian, Tate said: "I'd definitely work with animals. In fact, sometimes I do feel, 'Oh, am I sort of wasting my time doing [acting] when I should be doing sort of like stuff with animals in need?' because I'm a big animal welfare kind of person, animal rights person." She has supported the animal rescue centre Battersea Dogs & Cats Home on multiple occasions and adopted cats from there. In 2018, she presented the BBC One hour-long documentary Saving the British Bulldog about the health issues affecting one of the most popular dog breeds in the UK. In 2020, she featured in a video aimed to raise funds for the Zoological Society of London after it was badly impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Filmography Film Television Acting credits Presenting and game show credits Radio and audio dramas Video games Music videos Theatre Discography Awards and nominations References Notes Citations External links Catherine Tate at bbc.co.uk/comedy The Catherine Tate Show at bbc.co.uk/comedy Living people 20th-century English actresses 20th-century English comedians 21st-century English actresses 21st-century English comedians 21st-century English women writers 21st-century English writers Actresses from London Alumni of the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama Audiobook narrators British sketch comedians English film actresses English Shakespearean actresses English stage actresses English television actresses English television writers English women comedians National Youth Theatre members People from Bloomsbury People from Holborn Royal Shakespeare Company members British women television writers 1969 births British voice actresses English voice actresses English female screenwriters British women screenwriters English television directors British television directors