Introduction
Morgana Robinson (born 7 May 1982) is an Australian-born English comedian, writer and actress, who is best known for her comedy sketch programme The Morgana Show, Morgana Robinson's The Agency, appearances on The TNT Show, House of Fools and Very Important People.
Early life
Robinson was born in Shepparton, Victoria, in Australia, and her family moved to England when she was three. She was educated at Benenden School in Kent.
On her father’s side, Robinson has four elder half-siblings, one of whom is Brody Dalle (born Bree Joanna Alice Robinson) of the punk rock band the Distillers and alternative rock band Spinnerette. As adults they first met in 2004, backstage at one of Dalle's concerts at the Brixton Academy.
Television career
Robinson’s television debut came in 2007, as she played an Eastern European internet bride in BBC1's comedy The Green Green Grass. She then starred in the TV pilot Eight Steps to Enlightenment and a Nervous Breakdown, an improvised mockumentary,playing Rachel, a self-obsessed glamour model, trying to rid herself of cellulite. 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. 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."
In 2012, Robinson starred in the Channel 4 sketch show Very Important People also starring Terry Mynott. In the show, she impersonates a variety of performers, including Frankie Boyle, Danny Dyer, Amy Childs, and Adele.
In 2016, she starred as Pippa Middleton in The Windsors, a comedy parody of the British Royal Family.
Awards
At the 2012 British Comedy Awards she won in the Best Comedy Breakthrough Artist catrgory.
In 2018, she won the BAFTA Award in the Best Short Form Programme category for Morgana Robinson's Summer.