Doon Mackichan
Acting
Biography
Sarah Doon Mackichan is a British actress, comedian and writer. She co-created, wrote and performed in the double-Emmy-award-winning Smack the Pony. She frequently collaborates with Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan, having played multiple characters in The Day Today, Brass Eye and Alan Partridge, and has also appeared in Toast of London and Two Doors Down. Mackichan was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards for her performance in Plebs and won critical praise for her performance alongside John Malkovich in Bitter Wheat in 2019.
Born: August 7, 1962
Place of Birth: Westminster, London, England
Known For
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
From ‘something completely different’ to icons of comedy and national treasures, this is a collection of rarely-seen Monty Python moments from the BBC archives, following the group’s encounters with ‘Auntie’ over the past 50 years.
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
A ship is wrecked on the rocks. Viola is washed ashore but her twin brother Sebastian is lost. Determined to survive on her own, she steps out to explore a new land. So begins a whirlwind of mistaken identity and unrequited love. The nearby households of Olivia and Orsino are overrun with passion. Even Olivia's upright housekeeper Malvolia is swept up in the madness. Where music is the food of love, and nobody is quite what they seem, anything proves possible.
Frost on Sketch Shows
Sir David Frost traces the development of the sketch show over the last fifty years, from variety theatre to primetime television.
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Documentary looking back at Alan Partridge's journey from broadcaster caricature to the award-winning study of complexity and pathos that he has become.
The Day Today
A spoof of the British news - including ridiculous stories, patronising vox pops, offensively hard-hitting research and a sports presenter clearly struggling for metaphors. Adapted from Radio 4 series 'On The Hour'.
Good Omens
Aziraphale, an angel, and Crowley, a demon, join forces in order to prevent Armageddon. They attempt to raise the Antichrist in a balanced and human way, but are they focusing their efforts in the right direction?
QI
Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.
Would I Lie to You?
A comedic panel show featuring team captains Lee Mack and David Mitchell plus two guests per side, hosted by Rob Brydon (formerly Angus Deayton). Each person must reveal embarrassing facts and outrageous lies during a series of different rounds including "Home Truths", "This Is My..." and "Quickfire Lies". It is up to the opposing team to tell tall tales from fantastic facts.
Our Mutual Friend
After his father's will stipulates he must marry Bella Wilfer to inherit his fortune, John Harmon fakes his death to avoid the marriage and the threats on his life. He returns as John Rokesmith and becomes the secretary for the Boffins, who inherit Harmon's estate following his alleged death.
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge is a BBC Television series of six episodes, and a Christmas special in 1995. It is named after the song "Knowing Me, Knowing You" by ABBA, which was used as the show's title music. Steve Coogan played the incompetent but self-satisfied Norwich-based host, Alan Partridge. Alan was a spin-off character from the spoof radio show On the Hour. Knowing Me Knowing You was written by Coogan, Armando Iannucci and Patrick Marber, with contributions from the regular supporting cast of Doon Mackichan, Rebecca Front and David Schneider, who played Alan's weekly guests. Steve Brown provided the show's music and arrangements, and also appeared as Glen Ponder, the man in charge of the house band. The show was a parody of a chat show. It featured a live audience whose laughter meant that viewers could not mistake the show for a real chat show. Alan went on to appear in two series of the sitcom I'm Alan Partridge, following his life after both his marriage and TV career come to an end.
Filmography
as Goose / Cow / Bee / Snail (voice)
as Self
as Queen (voice)
as Jane Plough
as Brooke Hooberman
as Jane Plough / Brooke Hooberman
as Narrator
as Michael
as Victoria
as Sarah
as Emily Valentine
as Sandy Burstead
as Barbara
as Caroline
as Cathy
as Lady Elizabeth Kyston
as Narrator (voice)
as Cathy
as Jane Plough
as Flavia
as Self
as Selina
as Jacqui
as Self - Contestant
as Patricia
as Louise Marlowe
as Self
as Diana
as Cherie Blair
as Her Preposterous Voice
as Sandra Barnes
as Dwyfuc
as Gillian Withall
as Self
as Faith
as Tara Adair
as Galadriel
as Kirsten
as Deirdre
as Various Characters
as Sophronia Lammle
as Victoria Lender
as Jenny
as Accelorata Jengold
as Dekadeeka Dekkadade / Rubeglia Palliativa
as Woman on 'Fadanoid'
as Newsreader
as Debra
as Shona McGough
as Wanda Harvey
as Collaterlie Sisters
as Lucille Bromley
as Daisy / Zapping Space Rat
as Journalist
as Nurse
as Barbara
as Nurse
as Self