Diane Morgan was born on 5 October 1975 and is an English actress, comedian, television presenter, and writer.
21 Facts About Diane Morgan
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Diane Morgan is best known for playing Philomena Cunk on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe and in other mockumentaries, as Liz in the BBC Two sitcom Motherland, and Kath in the Netflix dark comedy series After Life.
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Diane Morgan wrote and starred in the BBC Two comedy series Mandy.
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Diane Morgan grew up in nearby Farnworth and Kearsley, and attended George Tomlinson School in Kearsley.
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Diane Morgan had a small part as Dawn in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights before a spell working various jobs, including as a dental assistant, a telemarketer, a potato peeler at a chip shop, selling Avon, and boxing up worming tablets in a factory.
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Diane Morgan subsequently made her first attempt at stand-up comedy.
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Diane Morgan was placed second in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year award in 2006 and as runner-up in the 2006 Funny Women Awards.
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Diane Morgan is perhaps best known for her portrayal of Philomena Cunk, an extremely dim-witted and ill-informed interviewer and commentator on current affairs.
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Also in 2018, Diane Morgan wrote Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena, published by Two Roads on 1 November.
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In December 2019, Diane Morgan appeared as Cunk for short episodes of Cunk and Other Humans, on BBC Two.
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Diane Morgan returned in a one-off episode of Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe titled "Antiviral Wipe", about the COVID-19 pandemic, in May 2020.
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Diane Morgan played David Brent's public relations guru in the film David Brent: Life on the Road.
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Diane Morgan has appeared in several short films, including The Boot Sale, which was shortlisted in the Virgin Media Shorts film competition 2010.
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In 2016, Diane Morgan played Mandy in Sky One's comedy Rovers, appearing in all six episodes of the first series.
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Diane Morgan appeared in the pilot for the BBC2 comedy We the Jury as Olivia.
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Diane Morgan plays receptionist Talia in Sky's comedy drama Mount Pleasant and Liz in the BBC2 sitcom Motherland.
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Diane Morgan plays Kath in the Netflix black-comedy series After Life, written by Ricky Gervais.
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Diane Morgan starred in the Gold sitcom The Cockfields, again alongside Wilkinson, and in comedy-drama Frayed in 2019.
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Also in 2020, Diane Morgan played Gemma Nerrick in the British mockumentary Death to 2020, created by Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones.
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Diane Morgan voiced the character 105E in the 2021 animated Cartoon Network series Elliott from Earth.
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In December 2022, Diane Morgan reprised her role as Liz on Motherland for the Christmas special.