Arabella Weir

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name = Arabella Weir


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Arabella Weir (born December 6, 1957 in San Francisco, California, United States) is a British comedian, actress and writer.

The daughter of former British ambassador Sir Michael Weir, she is famous for her roles in "The Fast Show" and for writing a number of books including the international best seller "Does My Bum Look Big In This?" (a catchphrase of one of her characters in the show). She is also well known for her books "Onwards and Upwards" and "Stupid Cupid" for which she also wrote the screenplay now owned by Working Title. Arabella has also written for The Independent magazine, which is included with the Saturday edition and the Guardian newspaper and Weekend magazine. She continues to contribute regularly to both newspapers.

Weir was a backing singer for a period in an early band, Bazooka Joe, which featured one Stuart Goddard, better known later on in his career as Adam Ant, starred in the 2003 comedy series "Posh Nosh", which she also co-wrote with Jon Canter. She also contributes to the popular BBC2 comedy series, "Grumpy Old Women".

She made regular appearances in the BBC Radio 4 comedy series "Smelling of Roses" and "Down the Line". She has performed in "Exile" — a "Doctor Who" audio play by Big Finish Productions as an alternate female version of the Doctor.

Arabella provides the voice for the puppet duck character Hana in forthcoming children's TV show "Hana's Helpline".

She recently appeared in the E4 teen drama/comedy Skins as the mother of Michelle Richardson.

Personal life

She attended Camden School for Girls from 1969 to 1976. [cite web
last =Smurthwaite| first =Nick| title =Weir Not Alone| publisher =SecEd| date =2006-01-17| url =http://www.sec-ed.co.uk/cgi-bin/go.pl/features/article.html?uid=1037| accessdate =2007-12-30 ] The actor David Tennant is a close friend and lodged with Weir, from whom he rented a room for five years after his arrival in London after they had met on the set of the BBC's "Takin Over The Asylum" . [cite web | last=Weir | first=Arabella | title=It's ok to think Doctor Who is gay, says David Tennant| url=http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/tv_and_radio/article3688463.ece] He is godfather to her children. She is married to Dr Jeremy Norton; the couple have two children. Weir said she would move out of London were Boris Johnson to be elected Mayor, but has failed to do so.

External links

*imdb name|id=0918572|name=Arabella Weir

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SHORT DESCRIPTION=British comedian, actress, writer
DATE OF BIRTH=1957-12-06
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