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Tamsin Greig (IPA pronunciation [ˈtæmzın grεg]), born 12 July 1966)^[1] is an English actress best known for her comedy performances. Articles with similar titles include the NATO phonetic alphabet, which has also informally been called the â€œInternational Phonetic Alphabetâ€. For information on how to read IPA transcriptions of English words, see IPA chart for English. ... is the 193rd day of the year (194th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1966 (MCMLXVI) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar) of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. ... Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England â€” the anthem of the United Kingdom is God Save the Queen. See also Proposed English National Anthems. ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ...

As of 2006 she is probably best known for two Channel 4 television comedy parts: Fran Katzenjammer in Black Books and Dr. Caroline Todd in Green Wing. Other notable roles include Alice Chenery in BBC One's comedy drama Love Soup and Debbie Aldridge in BBC Radio 4's soap opera The Archers. Channel 4 is a public-service British television station, broadcast to all areas of the United Kingdom (and also the Republic of Ireland), which began transmissions in 1982. ... Television comedy had a presence from the earliest days of broadcasting. ... Fran Katzenjammer (Tamsin Greig) Enid Francesca Fran Katzenjammer is a character in the sitcom Black Books played by Tamsin Greig. ... Black Books was a British sitcom broadcast on Channel 4 starring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig, written by Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley and produced by Nira Park. ... Caroline Todd is the main character in the British sitcom Green Wing, and is played by Tamsin Greig. ... Green Wing is an award winning British television comedy, set in a hospital. ... BBC One is the primary television channel of the BBC, and the first in the United Kingdom. ... Love Soup is the title of a comedy drama on the BBC which was first broadcast in September 2005. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... The Archers is a British radio soap opera broadcast on the BBCs main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. ...

In a Radio Times poll in 2005, Greig was voted the 19th most powerful person working in UK comedy.^[2] Current Radio Times logo Radio Times is the BBCs weekly television and radio programme listings magazine. ...

Career

Greig has had a long-running part as Debbie Aldridge in the BBC Radio 4 soap opera The Archers since 1991. Due to her other work, she is not in the show all the time, and her character Debbie spends most of her time living in Hungary. She appeared in an insurance advert three weeks before giving birth to her first son.^[3] Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1004x560, 91 KB) Summary Dr. Caroline Todd (Tamsin Greig) in, Green Wing, looking at herself in the mirror in Series 1, episode 5, Housewarming Party. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1004x560, 91 KB) Summary Dr. Caroline Todd (Tamsin Greig) in, Green Wing, looking at herself in the mirror in Series 1, episode 5, Housewarming Party. ... Green Wing is an award winning British television comedy, set in a hospital. ... old Radio 4 logo BBC Radio 4 is a UK domestic radio station which broadcasts a wide variety of spoken-word programmes including news, drama, comedy, science and history. ... For Philippine soap opera, see Teleserye. ... The Archers is a British radio soap opera broadcast on the BBCs main spoken-word channel, Radio 4. ...

She reportedly got her first laughs during a production of The Crucible.^[4] It is also known that Greig has problems with corpsing.^[5] For other uses, see The Crucible (disambiguation). ... Corpsing is a theatrical slang term used to describe when an actor breaks character during a scene - usually by laughing or forgetting his or her lines, or by causing another cast member to do so. ...

She guest-starred in five episodes of the second series in the radio version of Absolute Power, playing Gayle Shand, a rival to Prentiss McCabe and Charles Prentiss's former lover. Absolute Power is a British comedy series, set in the offices of Prentiss McCabe, a fictional public relations company (or government-media relations consultancy) in London, run by Charles Prentiss (Stephen Fry), and Martin McCabe (John Bird). ...

She made a guest appearance on Woman's Hour on 28 September 2005, presented a BRIT Award in 2006, and also appeared on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 31 March 2006. Womans Hour is a magazine programme broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in the United Kingdom. ... is the 271st day of the year (272nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The 2006 Brit Awards were the 26th edition of the biggest annual pop music awards in the United Kingdom. ... Friday Night with Jonathan Ross is a chat show presented by Jonathan Ross. ... March 31 is the 90th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (91st in leap years), with 275 days remaining. ... Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Significant roles

On television, her first major role was Fran Katzenjammer in the sitcom Black Books in 2000, a neurotic who owned, "Nifty Gifty," a sort of new-age gift shop, in the first series, but became unemployed, and eventually became worse at everything she tried as the series went on. Several later roles depict similar characters. Fran Katzenjammer (Tamsin Greig) Enid Francesca Fran Katzenjammer is a character in the sitcom Black Books played by Tamsin Greig. ... A sitcom or situation comedy is a genre of comedy performance originally devised for radio but today typically found on television. ... Black Books was a British sitcom broadcast on Channel 4 starring Dylan Moran, Bill Bailey and Tamsin Greig, written by Dylan Moran, Graham Linehan, Arthur Mathews, Kevin Cecil and Andy Riley and produced by Nira Park. ... A neurosis, in psychoanalytic theory, is an ineffectual coping strategy that Sigmund Freud suggested was caused by emotions from past experience overwhelming or interfering with present experience. ...

In 2004 she had a small part in the movie Shaun of the Dead with Dylan Moran, who also appeared in Black Books. In 2005 she appeared as a nurse in an episode of the BBC science fiction television series Doctor Who entitled "The Long Game", which also featured Simon Pegg, the writer and star of Shaun of the Dead. Shaun of the Dead is a zombie-themed romantic comedy (or rom zom com as it dubs itself) or zombie comedy released in 2004. ... Dylan Moran (born November 3, 1971) is a good (but not great) Irish comedian, actor and writer. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GBÂ£4 billion. ... Science fiction is a form of speculative fiction principally dealing with the impact of imagined science and technology, or both, upon society and persons as individuals. ... A television program is the content of television broadcasting. ... Doctor Who is a long-running award-winning British science fiction television programme produced by the BBC. The series depicts the adventures of a mysterious time-traveller known as the Doctor who travels in his TARDIS (Time And Relative Dimension(s) In Space) time ship, which appears from the exterior... The Long Game is an episode in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who that was first broadcast on May 7, 2005. ... Simon John Pegg (born 14 February 1970 in Gloucester) is an English comedian, writer and film and television actor. ...

She played constantly embarrassed surgical registrar Dr. Caroline Todd, the lead character in the Channel 4 comedy drama series Green Wing. Her performance won her "Best Comedy Performance" in the 2005 Royal Television Society Awards. Accessed 17 June 2007.^[7] She also appeared as Caroline in an appearance at The Secret Policeman's Ball. Caroline Todd is the main character in the British sitcom Green Wing, and is played by Tamsin Greig. ... Green Wing is an award winning British television comedy, set in a hospital. ... The Royal Television Society is a British-based society for the discussion, analysis and preservation of television in all its forms, past, present and future. ... is the 168th day of the year (169th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Secret Policemans Ball was the title of the show staged as a benefit for human rights organization Amnesty International at Londons Royal Albert Hall in October 2006. ...

She starred in the BBC comedy drama series Love Soup (2005), as Alice Chenery, a lovelorn woman working on a department store perfume counter, in a role specifically written for her by David Renwick, who she met in 2003 when she appeared in an episode of Jonathan Creek.^[8] Love Soup is the title of a comedy drama on the BBC which was first broadcast in September 2005. ... David Renwick (born September 4, 1951 in Luton, Bedfordshire, UK) is a British television writer, best known for creation of the sitcom One Foot in the Grave and the mystery series Jonathan Creek Before beginning his full-time comedy writing career, he worked as a journalist on his home town... Jonathan Creek is a British mystery television series produced by the BBC and written by David Renwick. ...

During 2006 and early 2007 she played Beatrice in the much acclaimed Much Ado About Nothing (for which she won a Laurence Olivier Award.^[9]), and Constance in King John, as part of the Royal Shakespeare Company's The Complete Works season. She won a Critics' Circle Award for the role, becoming the first woman to win the award.^[10] Title page of the first quarto (1600) Much Ado About Nothing is a comedy by William Shakespeare. ... The Laurence Olivier Awards, previously known as The Society of West End Theatre Awards, were renamed in honour of British actor Laurence Olivier, Baron Olivier in 1984, having first been established in 1976. ... The Life and Death of King John is one of the Shakespearean histories, plays written by William Shakespeare and based on the history of England. ... Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) is a British theatre company. ... The London Film Critics Circle, also known as the Critics Circle, was started in 1913 as an association for working British critics. ...

Personal life

Greig grew up in Camden and is of Scottish and Jewish ethnicity. She moved to Kilburn when she was three with her two sisters. She went to Malorees Junior School, then graduated with a first class honours degree in Drama and Theatre Arts from the University of Birmingham.^[11] After that she spent some time working at the Family Planning Association in an administrative role, and also spent some time at a secretarial college.^[4] Camden Town is an area of North London, England, in the London Borough of Camden. ... This article is about the country. ... The word Jew ( Hebrew: יהודי) is used in a wide number of ways, but generally refers to a follower of the Jewish faith, a child of a Jewish mother, or someone of Jewish descent with a connection to Jewish culture or ethnicity and often a combination... Kilburn is an area of North London on the border of the London Borough of Brent and the London Borough of Camden. ... Website http://www. ... The Family Planning Association, also known as fpa, is a UK registered charity (number 250187) working to promote sexual health. ...

She never planned to move back to London, but she did in 1996, because her father was dying and she wanted to comfort him. She now lives in a flat in Kensal Green.^[11] She converted to Christianity at this time, having been raised an atheist.^[12] Kensal Green is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Brent. ... Christianity percentage by country, purple is highest, orange is lowest Topics in Christianity Movements Â· Denominations Ecumenism Â· Preaching Â· Prayer Music Â· Liturgy Â· Calendar Symbols Â· Art Â· Criticism Important figures Apostle Paul Â· Church Fathers Constantine Â· Athanasius Â· Augustine Anselm Â· Aquinas Â· Palamas Â· Wycliffe Tyndale Â· Luther Â· Calvin Â· Wesley Arius Â· Marcion of Sinope Pope Â· Archbishop of Canterbury Patriarch... For information about the band, see Atheist (band). ...

She is married to actor Richard Leaf, whom she met on the set of the 1996 adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere, and has three children. It is unknown what the children's names are, but their middle names all begin with "Z", and are sometimes comically referred to as "Leaflets".^[12] She has previously admitted that she is somewhat embarrassed by the marriage because, "It suddenly hit me one day: after we're married I'll be called Mrs T Leaf!"^[13] Richard Leaf is a young British actor who has been recently confirmed as playing Dawlish, the auror - in the upcoming Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix He has had small parts in television and stage productions before. ... Neil Richard Gaiman () (born November 10, 1960) is an English author of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, graphic novels, comics, and films. ... Heavy Metal It has been suggested that this article be split into multiple articles accessible from a disambiguation page. ...

Before she became a mother, she was keen on parachuting and trampolining.^[14]^[15] Skydiver about to land Parachuting is an activity involving a preplanned drop from a height using a deployable parachute. ... Trampolining is a competitive sport in which gymnasts perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. ...

She has stated that she is often mistaken for Sharleen Spiteri, the lead singer of the band Texas, for the impressionist Ronni Ancona, for comedian Sue Perkins and is even sometimes mistaken for a man.^[12] Spiteri signing her autograph. ... Texas are a pop music band from Glasgow, Scotland. ... An impressionist is a performer whose act consists of giving the impression of being someone else by imitating the other persons voice and mannerisms. ... Ronni Ancona (born 1968) is a Scottish impressionist and actress of Italian/Jewish ancestry who won the Best TV Comedy Actress award at the British Comedy Awards for her work in Big Impression. ... Sue Perkins 2006 Tour Photo. ...

Not much is known about her political views, however, when one review by Charlie Spencer in The Telegraph compared her performance as Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing "not exactly beautiful, a little like Edwina Currie." She refused to read on.^[16]^[17] Charles Spencer is a British journalist and longstanding drama critic of the Daily Telegraph. ... This article deals with The Daily Telegraph in Britain, see The Daily Telegraph (Australia) for the Australian publication The Daily Telegraph is a British broadsheet newspaper founded in 1855. ... Edwina Currie Edwina Currie Jones nÃ©e Cohen, (born 13 October 1946) is a former British Member of Parliament. ...

References

^ Screen Online Biography of Tamsin Greig, written by Alexander Larman. Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ Radio Times most powerful people in TV comedy thecustard.tv. Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ The Archers Tamsin Greig's biography. Accessed 17 July 2007.
^ ^a ^b Seriously funny, an interview with The Telegraph with Tamsin Greig. Written by Jasper Rees, 29 July 2006. Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ Channel 4 Green Wing microsite, Tamsin Greig interview, Page 2. Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ Sally Hope Associates Tamsin Greig's agents. Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ RTS Winners and Nominations list 2005
^ Woman's Hour Interview with Tamsin Greig on February 2005, Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ BBC News (2007-02-18) "Sondheim show wins theatre awards". Retrieved 2007-02-18
^ Critics Circle Awards for 2006 Albemarle of London. Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ ^a ^b Brent People "Drama Queen". Written by Anna MacArthur, January 2006, Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Nemone, BBC 6 Music, 20 December 2006, radio interview.
^ Internet Movie Database Biography of Tamsin Greig Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ Drama Faces - Tamsin Greig Accessed 23 February 2007.
^ Independent Online Edition - Tamsin Greig: Green Goddess Written by Nick Duerden, on 6 May 2006. Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ The Stage A bumper West End year, the Critics’ Circle and a critical think-tank…. Written by Mark Shenton, 31 January 2007. Accessed 17 June 2007.
^ The Telegraph Bursting with life, wit and feeling. Written by Charles Spencer, 22 May 2006. Accessed 17 June 2007.

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Significant roles

Personal life

References

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