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15 Facts About Morwenna Banks

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Tamsin Morwenna Banks was born on 20 September 1961 and is a British actress, comedian, writer, and producer.

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Morwenna Banks appeared in the Channel 4 comedy sketch show Absolutely, and wrote, produced, and appeared in the British ensemble film The Announcement.

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Morwenna Banks adapted Nick Hornby's novel Funny Girl for Sky Max and is a writer on Slow Horses for Apple TV+.

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Morwenna Banks acted with the Marlowe Society, such as in a brief comic cameo as the Widow in Ben Jonson's The Alchemist, alongside Tilda Swinton.

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Morwenna Banks appeared as Anthea Stonem in the E4 Teen drama Skins and was a cast member on NBC's Saturday Night Live, for four episodes of the show's twentieth season.

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Morwenna Banks appeared as Carmen Kenaway in the first two episodes of the ninth series of Shameless.

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Morwenna Banks won Best Voice Performance at the 2014 British Animation Awards for providing the voice for Queen Marigold in Ben and Holly's Little Kingdom and a voice in Humf.

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Morwenna Banks wrote, produced, and appeared in the British ensemble film The Announcement in 2001.

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Morwenna Banks appeared in season one, episode 13 of Sabrina the Teenage Witch as a "rulebearer".

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Morwenna Banks appeared in their shows The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer, Bang, Bang, It's Reeves and Mortimer and Monkey Trousers.

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Morwenna Banks had voiced Sophie in Crapston Villas, an adult animated sitcom soap opera, which was produced in the 1990s.

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In 2009, Morwenna Banks made a series of web videos for BBC Comedy called Celebrities STFU, each video featuring her in costume impersonating Lady Gaga, Noel Gallagher, Susan Boyle, Pixie Lott, Jools Holland, and Duffy.

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Morwenna Banks subsequently wrote the play's 2015 film adaptation, titled Miss You Already.

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In 2016, Morwenna Banks co-wrote and starred in the comedy series Damned.

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Morwenna Banks adapted Nick Hornby's novel Funny Girl for a 2023 series which airs on Sky as Funny Woman, and is a writer on Slow Horses for Apple TV+, which premiered in 2022.