BBC The Graham Norton Show: Who is Diane Morgan?

Actress and comedian Diane Morgan will be appearing on The Graham Norton Show on BBC One on Friday, February 25.

Sitting alongside her in the red chairs will be international drag queen icon RuPaul, award-winning actor Benedict Cumberbatch and Normal People star Daisy Edgar-Jones.

You may recognise Diane from a number of comedy roles as she has worked with the likes of comedian and actor Ricky Gervais, actress Maxine Peake and comedian Peter Kay.

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The 46-year-old actor was born and bred in Bolton and first made her appearance in the TV industry in Peter Kay's Phoenix Nights the early noughties.

She's worked as a stand-up comedian, performing sketches with fellow comic Joe Wilkinson but more recently Diane has starred in the second series of her own BBC Two TV show, Mandy.

It's a comedy which follows the life and times of Mandy Carter, a hapless and jobless character, who has big dreams for her career but very rarely follows them through.

The first series was released in 2019 and was then followed by a Christmas special in 2021. A second series aired in January of 2022.

Since 2016, Diane has been starring alongside Anna Maxwell-Martin (Line of Duty, Hollington Drive) and Paul Ready (The Dig, Bodyguard) in BBC sitcom Motherland as single mum, Liz.

The BBC sitcom has had three successful stints and a Christmas special - the most recent third series aired in May 2021, - but there is still no confirmation as to whether or not the series will return for a fourth instalment.

Earlier this year, Diane reprised her role as Kath in the final series of the Netflix hit, After Life, created by and starring Ricky Gervais.

Diane's career has also seen her feature in comedy shows; Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, Mount Pleasant and The Cockfields.

Diane Morgan is a guest on The Graham Norton Show on Friday, February 25 from 10.35pm on BBC One and BBC iPlayer.

You can watch series one and two of Mandy on the BBC iPlayer and the first two series of Motherland are available on Netflix.

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