Name Morgana Robinson Medium Writer, Comedian | Years active 2007–present Role Comedian | |
Born 7 May 1982 (age 42) Australia ( 1982-05-07 ) Similar People Brody Dalle, Emma Fryer, Diane Morgan | ||
Morgana Robinson is an English comedian, writer and actress, who is best known for her eponymous comedy sketch programme The Morgana Show, appearances on The TNT Show, House of Fools and Very Important People.
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- Television career
- Awards
- Personal life
- References
Morgana robinson terry mynott interview bbc breakfast 2012
How much is a pint of milk? - Morgana Robinson's The Agency: Episode 6 Preview - BBC Two
Television career
Her 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."
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 celebrities, including Frankie Boyle, Danny Dyer, Amy Childs and Adele.
Awards
At the 2012 British Comedy Awards she won Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist
Personal life
Robinson was born in Australia and brought up in Britain. She attended the exclusive Benenden Boarding School in Kent.
Robinson has four elder paternal half-siblings, one of whom is Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson) of 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.
