Kathy Burke

Kathy Burke (born June 13 1964) is a British actress.

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Born in London, Burke's first role was in the controversial film Scrubbers, directed by Swedish actress Mai Zetterling. The movie was set in a young offenders institute for girls and was seen as a female version of the infamous Scum.

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Burke first became familiar to television audiences as a player of minor roles in sketches by better-known performers such as Harry Enfield, Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. Along with French and Saunders, she featured on a Comic Relief charity single as a member of a Bananarama lookalike band. She quickly became successful in her own right and although mainly associated with comedy, she has played several serious roles including that of Queen Mary I of England in Elizabeth.

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In 1997 Burke won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in the gritty drama Nil by Mouth.

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In 2003, she was listed in The Observer as one of the 50 funniest acts in British comedy.

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