Morgana Robinson

Morgana Robinson (born 7 May 1982) is an Australian-born English comedian, writer and actress, who is best known for her comedy sketch programme The Morgana Show, Morgana Robinson's The Agency, appearances on The TNT Show, House of Fools and Very Important People.[2]

Morgana Robinson
Born	(1982-05-07) 7 May 1982 Shepparton, Australia[1]
Medium	Actress, writer, comedian
Nationality	British
Years active	2007–present
Relative(s)	Brody Dalle (half-sister)

Early life

Robinson was born in Shepparton, Victoria, in Australia, and her family moved to England when she was three.[1] She was educated at Benenden School in Kent.

On her father’s side, Robinson has four elder half-siblings, one of whom is Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson) of the punk rock band the Distillers and alternative rock band Spinnerette. As adults they first met in 2004, backstage at one of Dalle's concerts at the Brixton Academy.[3][4]

Television career

Robinson’s television debut came in 2007, as she played an Eastern European internet bride in BBC1's comedy The Green Green Grass. She then starred in the TV pilot Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown, an improvised mockumentary, playing Rachel, a self-obsessed glamour model, trying to rid herself of cellulite. In 2009 she appeared as Anna in the BBC1 comedy My Family 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, Channel 4 commissioned a five-part comedy sketch show – The Morgana 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."[5]

In 2012, Robinson starred in the Channel 4 sketch show Very Important People also starring Terry Mynott. In the show, she impersonates a variety of performers, including Frankie Boyle, Danny Dyer, Amy Childs, and Adele.

In 2016, she starred as Pippa Middleton in The Windsors, a comedy parody of the British Royal Family.

Awards

At the 2012 British Comedy Awards she won in the Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist category.[6]

In 2018, she won the BAFTA Award in the Best Short Form Programme category for Morgana Robinson's Summer.[7]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	The Green Green Grass	Katia	Series 3, Episode 7: "Lust in Translation"
2008	Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown	Rachel	Short pilot
2009	My Family	Anna	Series 9, Episode 7: "It's Training Men"
2009	The TNT Show	Gilbert	Appeared in a running sketch segment "Gilbert's Special Report". The character was later used in Robinson's own sketch show
2010	MovieMash	Unknown	TV film
2010	The Morgana Show	Various	Star, writer and creator
2011	The Hunt for Tony Blair	Carole Caplin	A one-off episode of The Comic Strip Presents...
2012	Very Important People	Various	Star, writer and creator
2012	Them from That Thing[8]	Various	Two-part sketch show with Kayvan Novak, Sally Phillips and Blake Harrison produced for Channel 4's Comedy Fortnight
2013	Toast of London[9]	Jemima Gina	Sitcom with Matt Berry
2014–15	House of Fools	Julie	BBC2 comedy series written by Bob Mortimer and Vic Reeves
2014	Chanel M	Various	BBC iPlayer content part of the Original Comedy Shorts series.[10]
2014	Big School	Fenella Forbes	Series 2, Episode 1
2014	Drifters	Rebecca	Series 2, Episode 6
2014	Toast of London[9]	Lorna Wynde	Series 2, Episode 6
2015	Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe[11]	Various	Series 3
2015	SunTrap	Janice / Susan	Series 1, Episode 3
2015	Toast of London[12]	Emma	Series 3, Episode 2
2015	Crackanory	Storyteller	Series 3, Episode 5
2015–	Walliams & Friend[13]	Various / Carla	Series 1
2016 - Present	The Windsors	Pippa Middleton	Series 1 - Present
2016	Morgana Robinson's The Agency[14]	Various	BBC 2 mockumentary
2016	Hey Duggee	Peggee / Buggy / Katarina the Flamingo	Season 2
2017	Inside No. 9	Carrie	"Private View"
2018	Shakespeare and Hathaway – Private Investigators	Sally Balthasar	"Exit, Pursued by a Bear"
2019	Island Of Dreams	Adele	Pilot episode

References

1. Alice Jones. "Morgana Robinson interview: 'I've been picked on all my life'" The Independent. 23 November 2014 Accessed 26 March 2017
2. "Morgana returns to C4 with impressions show". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
3. "Boots Electric (Jessie Hughes' Eagles Of Death Metal) - Boots Electric Theme - Track Of The Day - QTheMusic.com". 10 July 2011. Archived from the original on 10 July 2011.
4. Rhik Samadder (4 May 2014). "Comedian Morgana Robinson and singer Brody Dalle on their close sister relationship". The Guardian.
5. Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "'Unknown' lands her own C4 comedy series : News 2010 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
6. "British Comedy Awards – The Winners – Channel 4 – Info – Press". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
7. "Morgana Robinson's Summer - Winners' Acceptance Speech, Short Form Programme, Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards in 2018". BAFTA. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
8. "C4 Comedy Presents: Them from That Thing – All 4". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
9. "Toast of London – All 4". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
10. Guide, British Comedy (15 May 2014). "BBC iPlayer Original Comedy Shorts – British Comedy Guide". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
11. "Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe – BBC Two". Retrieved 10 March 2017.
12. "Beauty Calls". 25 November 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017 – via IMDb.
13. "Walliams & Friend". 24 December 2015. Retrieved 10 March 2017 – via IMDb.
14. "Morgana Robinson's The Agency is an affectionate but spiky lampooning of celebrity – BBC Two, review". Retrieved 10 March 2017.

External links

• Morgana Robinson on IMDb
• The Morgana Show at The British Comedy Guide
• Morgana Robinson at John Noel Management