Lorna Watson
Birthday: Born in 1977-10-03 in North London, England, UK
Deathday: Alive
Lorna Watson (born 1977) is a British comedian, actress and television presenter. She was one of the presenters of Spy School. Her acting roles include various characters in television sketch shows Rush Hour, The Wrong Door and Watson & Oliver with comedy partner Ingrid Oliver. In March 2012 she appeared on Let's Dance for Sport Relief with Ingrid Oliver; they danced to Ravel's Boléro. The two met at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston upon Thames. Her influences are French & Saunders and Fry & Laurie. In 2013, Watson appeared as Sister Boniface in the Father Brown episode "The Bride of Christ" and took part in a special series of The Great British Bake Off. In 2015, she starred in a special episode of Horrible Histories in which she played Boudicca. She also played a one-off character called 'Thingy' in the 'Fashion Phonies' episode of CBBC's Hotel Trubble. In January 2020, it was announced that Watson would be reprising her Sister Boniface role for a new series called Sister Boniface Mysteries, with a ten-episode first series premiering on the streaming service BritBox. The second series aired in 2023 with filming for a third series beginning in June for broadcast in 2024, with Watson also recording a return to Father Brown
TV Credits
Father Brown
Character: Sister Boniface
Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries....
Horrible Histories
Character:
Based on the best-selling children's books and liberally splattered with guts, blood and poo, a group of British comedians offer an anarchic and unconventional take on some of history's most gruesome and funny moments, with topics including the Stone Age, the Middle Ages, the Egyptians and the Romans, among others....
The IT Crowd
Character: Milly
Two I.T. nerds and their clueless female manager, who work in the basement of a very successful company. When they are called on for help, they are never treated with any respect at all....
Sister Boniface Mysteries
Character: Sister Boniface
First there was Father Brown. Now, say hello to Sister Boniface. This clever, moped-riding nun is the police's secret weapon for solving murders in this divine Father Brown spin-off....
The Great Comic Relief Bake Off
Character: Herself - Contestant
Comic Relief takes over the Great British Bake Off tent. Different celebrity faces battle it out with their baking skills to claim one of the coveted Comic Relief Star Baker titles....
The Wrong Door
Character: Various
The Wrong Door is a comedy sketch show, first aired on BBC Three on 28 August 2008. The programme is the first comedy show in which almost all of the sketches have a CGI element. As such, it was produced under the working title of The CGI Sketch Show. The show also contains strong language, adult humour and toilet humour....
Shakespeare & Hathaway - Private Investigators
Character: Paulina Stainton
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents....
Movie Credits
Tales of Television Centre
Character: Self
Various actors, presenters, directors and other staff who have worked at the iconic BBC Television Centre at Shepherd's Bush in London reminisce about their time there....
The Star of the Orient
Character: Sister Boniface
Stranded on a snowbound train at Christmas, Sister Boniface is confronted by the theft of a cursed jewel and an impossible murder....
Eric & Ernie: Behind the Scenes
Character: Self
A history of the British television comedy double act Morecambe & Wise to coincide with the BBC drama about their early lives....
The Catherine Tate Show: Nan's Christmas Carol
Character:
It's Christmas Eve and Nan receives some unexpected visitors, in the form of Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. In this comic retelling of Dickens' A Christmas Carol, Nan is shown the error of her ways, but is it too late for her to swap her Scrooge-like misery for some seasonal goodwill?...