1. Sarah Doon Mackichan is a British actress, comedian and writer.
20 Facts About Doon Mackichan
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Doon Mackichan co-created, wrote and performed in the double-Emmy-award-winning Smack the Pony.
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Doon Mackichan was born on 7 August 1962 in London and later moved with her family to the Scottish village of Upper Largo.
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Doon Mackichan had her television debut in comedy series Five Alive, shown by Channel 4 between 1987 and 1988, along with Brian Conley, Peter Piper, Joanna Brookes and Andrew Secombe.
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Doon Mackichan appeared in the sitcoms Beast and Bedtime, and was a regular performer in Knowing Me, Knowing You.
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Doon Mackichan appeared in several of The Comic Strip Presents.
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Doon Mackichan portrayed Cherie Blair in the Channel 4 satirical drama A Very Social Secretary, and appeared in the Channel 4 sitcom Nathan Barley.
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Doon Mackichan portrayed a BBC news presenter, Louise Marlowe, in series 4 of The Sarah Jane Adventures in 2010.
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In film, Doon Mackichan played Victoria Lender in 1997's The Borrowers and teamed up with her former Smack the Pony co-stars for the 2004 film Gladiatress.
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In July 2011, Doon Mackichan performed alongside Julian Barratt in Nikolai Gogol's comedy The Government Inspector at the Young Vic Theatre, London.
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Since 2013, Doon Mackichan has starred in Toast of London as Steven Toast's quirky agent Jane Plough.
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Doon Mackichan has narrated several TV series including The Honey Trap and Bank of Mum and Dad.
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Doon Mackichan has voiced characters in several animated series including Bob and Margaret, Stressed Eric, Don't Eat the Neighbours and Bromwell High.
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Doon Mackichan fronted a TV ad campaign for Hallmark in the UK, and appeared alongside Darren Boyd as one half of a married couple for a series of Direct Line insurance TV ads in 2012.
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Doon Mackichan was a contestant in the 2003 BBC charity singing contest Comic Relief does Fame Academy, in which she came fourth.
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Doon Mackichan has appeared twice on the BBC panel show QI, in series C, episode 2, and series E episode 11,.
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From 2013 until 2018, Doon Mackichan played Flavia, a recurring character, in the ITV comedy Plebs, for which she was nominated for the British Academy Television Award for Best Female Comedy Performance in 2014.
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Doon Mackichan played Cathy in the BBC comedy Two Doors Down from 2013 until 2022, when she decided to quit the show to concentrate on other acting roles.
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Doon Mackichan then lived with her children in Clapham, South London.
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In March 2016, Doon Mackichan was part of a team of well-known people who attempted to sail around a section of Britain in just five days, as part of the BT Sport Relief Challenge: Hell on High Seas.