Morgana Robinson

Morgana Robinson
Born	21 June 1980 (1980-06-21) (age 31)
Medium	Actress, writer, comedienne
Nationality	British
Years active	2007–present

Morgana Robinson is an English comedienne, writer and actress, who is probably best known for her eponymous comedy sketch program The Morgana Show, and her appearance on The TNT Show. She will appear in her own impressions show in 2012, Very Important People.^[1]

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."^[2]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	The Green Green Grass	Katia	Episode 3.07: "Lust in Translation".
2008	Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown	Rachel	Short pilot.
2009	My Family	Anna	Episode 9.07: "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 movie.
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....

References

1. ^ http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/commissioning/morgana-returns-to-c4-with-impressions-show/5031395.article
2. ^ http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2010/08/26/11612/unknown_lands_her_own_c4_comedy_series unknown lands her own comedy series

External links

• Morgana Robinson at the Internet Movie Database
• The Morgana Show at The British Comedy Guide

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Name	Robinson, Morgana
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Date of birth	21 June 1980
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