Kate Copstick

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Kate Copstick
Born
Glasgow, Scotland
Alma mater University of Glasgow
Occupations
  • Actress
  • television presenter
  • writer
  • critic
  • director
  • producer
Years active1983-present

Kate Copstick is a Scottish actress, television presenter, writer, critic, director and producer.

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Early life

She was born in Glasgow, Scotland and studied for a law degree at the University of Glasgow. [1]

Career

As a comedy actor, Copstick appeared on children's TV shows No. 73 in the 1980s, and ChuckleVision in the 1990s. She played the titular role in children's series Marlene Marlowe Investigates , and performed as part of the ensemble cast of former Saturday morning BBC children's show On the Waterfront . Copstick executive-produced the Natural Born Racers TV series [2] that followed the Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup. [3]

Copstick is a commentator on human sexuality. After years writing for the Erotic Review , [4] she became its owner in 2009. [5] [6] [7] [8]

At the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Copstick was a Perrier Comedy Award judge in 2003 [9] and 2004 [10] and a Malcolm Hardee Award judge in 2008–2015. [11] She lends her voice to the announcements at Fort William railway station. [12]

Work with charitable organisations

Copstick has worked in Kenya with HIV+ women and their families. Through the Children With AIDS Charity, of which she is vice-chair, she started Mama Biashara ("Business Mother") in 2008, [13] working to set these women up in small businesses, thus making them financially independent. [14] [15] [16] She made Positive Thinking for BBC 1, a documentary on HIV/AIDS aimed at children. [17] She is a patron of the Waverley Care Trust. [18]

Personal life

Copstick was attacked and robbed close to her home in west London in September 2022. The robbers took £8,500 that she had raised for her charity Mama Biashara. [19]

Filmography

Actress

Writer

Self

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References

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  2. ↑ "Broadcast magazine". 7 November 2007.
  3. ↑ "'natural Born Racers' Come To Life", MCP, 24 April 2003.
  4. ↑ "Erotic Review Magazine: The Editorial Team". Archived 16 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ↑ Tait, Simon (14 June 2009). "'Erotic Review' back to titillate – and educate". The Independent . London. Retrieved 7 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Cornwell, Tim (14 May 2009). "Tim Cornwell's arts diary: Erotic credentials open the door to Number 11". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  7. ↑ Lauener, Paul (15 June 2009). "Erotic Review owner: 'Women can't write about sex'". Reuters. Retrieved 23 May 2022.
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  9. ↑ "BBC News". 20 August 2003. Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  10. ↑ Jones, Rebecca (11 August 2004). "BBC News" . Retrieved 5 January 2010.
  11. ↑ "Malcolm Hardee Award site, 2008".
  12. 1 2 "Kate Copstick Biography". UK game shows.
  13. ↑ "About". Mama Biashara. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  14. ↑ Fleming, John (8 November 2012), "Feared UK Comedy Critic Kate Copstick Has Links With African Criminals and Deals Drugs in Kenya", Huffington Post .
  15. ↑ Fleming, John (20 February 2018), "Mama Biashara’s expanding charity work in Kenya – with Kate Copstick", So It Goes.
  16. ↑ Fleming John (15 February 2019), "Kate Copstick and the sexually-abused girl being held in a Nairobi hospital", So It Goes.
  17. ↑ CWAC's Board of Trustees
  18. ↑ "Key People". Waverley Care. Archived from the original on 23 February 2012. Retrieved 9 May 2012.
  19. ↑ "Actress Kate Copstick attacked and robbed of charity money". BBC News. 5 September 2022. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
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