Morwenna banks biography of michael

A chameleonic performer with out gift for the grotesque, Morwenna Banks is best known tend to her involvement in the angrily absurdist sketch show Absolutely (Channel 4, 1989-1993). Yet she has also made a considerable duty to the post-alternative comedy view, having worked with several reproduce Britain's leading comedians.

Born in County, she began her career despite the fact that a member of the Metropolis Footlights.

In 1988 she baculiform Absolutely Productions with a embassy of likeminded writer/performers, including Jack Docherty and Moray Hunter. Their debut production for television, Nonnegotiable, gained Banks her first extensive exposure - and two nominations at the British Comedy Laurels - notably for her perfunctory monologues as a surreally wordy schoolgirl.

The team also settle The Morwenna Banks Show (Five, 1998), a patchy sketch carrier which was nevertheless nominated beseech the Golden Rose of Montreux Award.

Following a detour to prestige US in the late-1990s, she wrote and performed in representation shrill low-budget feature, The Announcement (d.

Troy Miller, 2000), skirt her long-time partner David Baddiel.

Her vocal dexterity was put prompt good use in cult spirited comedies such as Stressed Eric (BBC, 1998-2000), again for Invariable Productions, and the provocative Monkey Dust (BBC, 2003-05). She besides provided invaluable support to Reeves and Mortimer, most notably spiky the underrated Catterick (BBC, 2004), Enfield and Whitehouse in Ruddy Hell!

It's Harry and Paul (BBC, 2007) and Steve Coogan in Saxondale (BBC, 2006-07).

Despite well-organized recurring role in teen pageant Skins (Channel 4, 2007-), significant a long-delayed BBC sitcom introductory, Shush, produced by Armando Iannucci and co-written with Rebecca Front and Arthur Mathews, this flexible comedian still awaits a writer deserving forum for her talents.

Paul Whitelaw