Morgana Robinson is an English comedienne, writer and actress, who is probably best known for her eponymous comedy sketch program The Morgana Show

The Morgana Show

The Morgana Show is a British television sketch comedy written by Morgana Robinson and James de Frond. The eponymous Robinson also stars in almost all of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of original character creations and celebrity impressions...

, and her appearance on The TNT Show. She will appear in her own impressions show in 2012, Very Important People.

Television career

Her television debut came in 2007, as she played an Eastern European internet bride in BBC1's comedy The Green Green Grass

The Green Green Grass

The Green Green Grass is a British sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a spin-off of the long running sitcom Only Fools and Horses and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness and Jack Doolan...

. She then starred in the TV pilot Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown, an improvised mockumentary

Mockumentary

A mockumentary , is a type of film or television show in which fictitious events are presented in documentary format. These productions are often used to analyze or comment on current events and issues by using a fictitious setting, or to parody the documentary form itself...

 playing Rachel, a self-obsessed glamour model, trying to rid herself of cellulite

Cellulite

Cellulite is a topographic skin change that occurs in most postpubertal females. It presents as a modification of skin topography evident by skin dimpling and nodularity that occurs mainly in women on the pelvic region, lower limbs, and abdomen, and is caused by the herniation of subcutaneous fat...

. In 2009 she appeared as Anna in the BBC1 comedy My Family in the episode "It's Training Men".

In 2009, she appeared in a running sketch segment (Gilbert's Special Report) in The TNT Show as Gilbert, a teenage 'special needs' boy who interviews celebrities, alongside his disabled crew members. In 2010, Channel 4 commissioned a five-part comedy sketch show - The Morgana Show

The Morgana Show

The Morgana Show is a British television sketch comedy written by Morgana Robinson and James de Frond. The eponymous Robinson also stars in almost all of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of original character creations and celebrity impressions...

. Channel 4's head of comedy, Shane Allen, said: "Discovering, supporting and nurturing new talent is at the heart of Channel 4 comedy’s remit, and in Morgana we really feel we’ve found a fresh performer with a huge amount of potential."

Television

Year	Title	Role	Other notes
2007	The Green Green Grass The Green Green Grass The Green Green Grass is a British sitcom, created and initially written by John Sullivan, produced by Shazam Productions for the BBC. It is a spin-off of the long running sitcom Only Fools and Horses and stars John Challis, Sue Holderness and Jack Doolan...	Katia	Episode 3.07: "Lust in Translation Lust in Translation Lust in Translation is an episode of the BBC sitcom, The Green Green Grass. It was first screened on 21 December 2007, as the seventh episode of series three. -Synopsis:... ".
2008	Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown	Rachel	Short pilot.
2009	My Family	Anna	Episode 9.07: "It's Training Men".
2009	The TNT Show	Gilbert	Appeared in a running sketch segment "Gilbert's Special Report". The character was later used in Robinson's own sketch show.
2010	MovieMash	Unknown	TV movie.
2010	The Morgana Show The Morgana Show The Morgana Show is a British television sketch comedy written by Morgana Robinson and James de Frond. The eponymous Robinson also stars in almost all of the show's sketches, which feature a wide range of original character creations and celebrity impressions...	Various	Star, writer and creator.
2011	The Hunt for Tony Blair The Hunt for Tony Blair The Hunt for Tony Blair is a one-off episode of The Comic Strip Presents..., a British television comedy, which aired on Channel 4 on 14 October 2011. The 60 minute film was written by Peter Richardson and Pete Richens and presented in the style of a 1950s film noir...	Carole Caplin Carole Caplin Carole Caplin was the style adviser to Cherie Blair and a fitness adviser to Tony Blair, when he was the British Prime Minister...	A one-off episode of The Comic Strip Presents... The Comic Strip The Comic Strip is a group of British comedians, known for their television series The Comic Strip Presents.... The core members are Adrian Edmondson, Dawn French, Rik Mayall, Nigel Planer, Peter Richardson and Jennifer Saunders, with frequent appearances by Keith Allen, Robbie Coltrane and... .

External links

• The Morgana Show at The British Comedy Guide