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Ingrid Oliver (born 25 February 1977) is a British actress and
She appears in the film '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' as Miss Stamp, and in early 2009 could be seen in
comedian
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, and one half of the comic double act '' Watson & Oliver''. She is known for playing Petronella Osgood
UNIT stands for United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, a fictional entity in ''Doctor Who''.
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, a supporting character in the BBC television series ''Doctor Who
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''.
Career
Oliver and her comedy partnerLorna Watson
Lorna Watson (born 1977) is a British comedian, actress and television presenter.
She was one of the presenters of ''Spy School''. Her acting roles include various characters in television sketch shows ''Rush Hour'', ''The Wrong Door'' and '' ...
met at Tiffin Girls' School
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in Kingston upon Thames
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. In September 2005, Watson and Oliver performed their first show together at the Canal Cafe Theatre
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in London. Since then they have taken sell-out shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe
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, in both 2006 and 2007.
Oliver has performed in various radio and television programmes, including ''Doc Martin
''Doc Martin'' is a British medical comedy drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella after the character of Dr Martin Bamford in the 2000 comedy film '' Saving Grace''. The ...
'' starring Martin Clunes
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, ''The Penny Dreadfuls radio series '' The Penny Dreadfuls Present... The Brothers Faversham'' and the radio series ''Another Case of Milton Jones''. She played the part of Natalie in ''Peep Show
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'' on Channel 4
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.
She appears in the film '' Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging'' as Miss Stamp, and in early 2009 could be seen in Channel 4
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's sitcom '' Plus One''.
In 2010, Oliver played Mimi Throckmorton in '' Material Girl'' on BBC One
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, alongside Lenora Crichlow
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and Dervla Kirwan
Dervla Kirwan (born 24 October 1971) is an Irish television, stage, and film actress who specializes in drama roles. She gained attention for her roles in ''Ballykissangel'', '' Goodnight Sweetheart'', and the Doctor Who Christmas special epis ...
. In 2012, she appeared on ''Let's Dance For Sport Relief'' with comedy partner Lorna Watson, dancing ''Boléro
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Co ...
'', famously used by Torvill and Dean
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. The following year, she appeared in the first episode of ''The Great Comic Relief Bake Off'' and was named as 'Star Baker'. The same year, she appeared in the 50th anniversary special of ''Doctor Who
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'', "The Day of the Doctor
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", as Petronella Osgood
UNIT stands for United Nations Intelligence Taskforce, a fictional entity in ''Doctor Who''.
UNIT first appeared in the Second Doctor serial ''The Invasion (Doctor Who), The Invasion'', (1968), although Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Alistair Go ...
. She reprised the role in the episodes "Death in Heaven
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", "The Zygon Invasion
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", "The Zygon Inversion
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", '' UNIT'', an audio drama spinoff series produced by Big Finish Productions, and ''Doctor Who: Redacted'', a BBC radio drama spin-off series.
Personal life
Oliver was born to aGerman
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father and English
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mother. Her grandfather, Eric Gideon, was a D-Day
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veteran who died in 2017, shortly after receiving the Legion d'Honneur for his service to France during the war. Her mother is Conservative MP Jo Gideon
Joanna Mary Gideon (born 7 November 1952) is a British Conservative Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament ( MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency since the 2019 general election.
Early life and career
Gideon studied ...
, who became the Member of Parliament
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(MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central in 2019, Oliver has British and German nationality.
She began a relationship with Richard Osman in 2021, they became engaged in May 2022 and married in December 2022. They met when she was a contestant on TV celebrity quiz show '' Richard Osman's House of Games''.
Filmography
Film
Television
Stage
Video games
Radio
References
External links
* * 1977 births Living people British film actresses British television actresses English women comedians People educated at the Tiffin Girls' School 21st-century British actresses 21st-century British comedians {{england-actor-stub