Name Arabella Weir Role Comedienne | Spouse Jeremy Norton Parents Michael Scott Weir | |
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Occupation Comedian, actress, writer. Books Does My Bum Look Big in This?: The Diary of an Insecure Woman Children Archie Weir Norton, Isabella Weir Norton Movies and TV shows The Fast Show, Posh Nosh, The French Lieutenant's Woman, My Summer with Des, Hana's Helpline Similar People Simon Day, Paul Whitehouse, Charlie Higson, Caroline Aherne, Karel Reisz | ||
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Arabella Weir (born 6 December 1957) is a British comedian, actress and writer.
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- Arabella weir on her book the rise and rise of tabitha baird lorraine
- Arabella weir dances to can t get you outta my head let s dance for sport relief 2012 bbc one
- Early life and education
- Career
- Personal life
- Novels
- Non Fiction
- References
The daughter of former British ambassador Sir Michael Weir, she is best known for her roles in The Fast Show and Posh Nosh, and for writing several books including the international best seller Does My Bum Look Big in This? (a catchphrase of one of her characters in The Fast Show). She is also well known for her books Onwards and Upwards and Cupid for which she also wrote the screenplay now owned by Working Title Films. Weir has written for The Independent magazine, which is included with the Saturday edition and for The Guardian newspaper and its Weekend magazine. She continues to contribute regularly to both newspapers.
Arabella weir dances to can t get you outta my head let s dance for sport relief 2012 bbc one
Early life and education
Weir attended nursery school in Washington D.C., where her father was posted as a member of the British diplomatic corps; she later attended the Sacre Coeur convent in Cairo, and the French Lycee in London. After her parents divorced she moved to Bahrain with her father, returning to London after passing the eleven-plus. She was a pupil at the Camden School for Girls, where her mother was a member of staff, and then studied drama at Middlesex Polytechnic. She was once a backing singer in the British pub rock band Bazooka Joe.
Career
In 2001 Weir took part in the Weakest Link Comedians Special.
Weir voiced the female incarnation of the Doctor in the Doctor Who Unbound Big Finish episode Exile. American alternative weekly Houston Press's Jef Rouner described her portrayal as "one of the most melancholy of all the Doctors."
Weir appeared in the Doctor Who 2011 Christmas Special 2011 "The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe".
Weir performed with the original cast from The Fast Show (with the exception of Mark Williams) in six online-only episodes sponsored by the Fosters brand.
In 2015 she joined the team of presenters for BBC Two's Food and Drink programme.
Personal life
She is married to Dr Jeremy Norton; the couple have two children. The actor David Tennant is a close friend and is godfather to her youngest child. When Tennant first moved to London in the early 1990s, he lodged with Weir at her house in Crouch End for five years; they had met on the set of the BBC Television series Takin' Over the Asylum.
She is a supporter of the British Labour Party.