Morgana Robinson (born 7 May 1982) is an Australian-born

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, comedian, writer and actress, who is best known for her comedy sketch programme ''

The Morgana Show ''The Morgana Show'' is a British television sketch comedy written by Morgana Robinson and James de Frond. Robinson starred in almost all of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of original character creations and celebrity impressions ...

'', ''

Morgana Robinson's The Agency ''Morgana Robinson's The Agency'' is a British mockumentary about fictional talent agency Mann Management, with impressions by Morgana Robinson. In a seven-part show, Robinson plays the roster of talent agent Vincent Mann. It was broadcast on BBC ...

'', appearances on ''The TNT Show'', '' House of Fools'' and '' Very Important People''.

Early life

Robinson was born in

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, in Australia. Her family moved to England when she was three. She was educated at

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. On her father's side, Robinson has four elder half-siblings, one of whom is

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(born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson) of the punk rock band the Distillers and

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band

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. They first met as adults, backstage at one of Dalle's 2004 concerts at the

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Television career

Robinson's television debut came in 2007, as she played an

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an internet bride in

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's comedy ''

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''. She then starred in the TV pilot ''Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown'', an improvised

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, playing Rachel, a self-obsessed

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, trying to rid herself of cellulite. In 2009, she appeared as Anna in the BBC One comedy ''

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'' 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,

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commissioned a five-part comedy sketch 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." Her stand-out characters being giant-glasses wearing Gilbert ("Grandad!") making TV shows from his bedroom and her impressions of Fern Cotton and mockumentary of Natalie Cassidy "Sonia off Eastenders" In 2012, Robinson starred in the Channel 4 sketch show '' Very Important People'' also starring

Terry Mynott Terry Mynott (born 21 November 1974) is an English comedian, actor, impressionist and singer. He stars as Martin Hurdle in Channel 4’s '' The Mimic'', having previously appeared in ''The Morgana Show'' and '' Very Important People''. In 2022 ...

. In the show, she impersonates a variety of performers, including

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, Danny Dyer,

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, and

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. In 2014 to 2015, she appeared as sexy nymphomaniac cafe-owner Julie in Vic Reeves and

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's 2-series surreal

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television comedy sitcom '' House of Fools'' in which her scene-stealing appearances include an obsessive attraction to Vic's character "Vic Reeves". In 2016, she appeared as

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in '' The Windsors'', a comedy parody of the British Royal Family in which she uses her sexiness to try to ensnare her sister's brother-in-law

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. In 2018, she appeared with Richard Ayoade in ''

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'', visiting

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. In 2021, Robinson played Hilary Bowden in series 2, episode 4 of ''

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''. That same year, she participated in the 10 episode, 12th series of Channel 4 comedy game show '' Taskmaster'' and won the series. In March 2022, Robinson appeared as Maxine in

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comedy ''

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''. Also in 2022, Robinson co-starred with

Dylan Moran Dylan William Moran ( ; born 3 November 1971) is an Irish comedian, writer, actor, artist and poet. He is best known for his observational comedy, the comedy series ''Black Books'' (which he co-wrote and starred in), and his work with Simon Peg ...

in the BBC Two sitcom '' Stuck''.

Awards

At the 2012

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, she won in the Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist category. In

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, she won the

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in the Best Short Form Programme category for ''Morgana Robinson's Summer''.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

*
The Morgana Show
at

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