Kate Copstick

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Scottish actress, writer and director

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::summary Scottish actress, writer and director ::

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nameKate Copstick
birth_placeGlasgow, Scotland
alma_materUniversity of Glasgow
occupation
years active1982–present
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| name = Kate Copstick | image = | honorific_prefix = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Glasgow, Scotland | other_names = | alma_mater = University of Glasgow | occupation = | years active = 1982–present | spouse = | children = Kate Copstick is a Scottish actress, television presenter, writer, critic, director and producer.

Early life

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

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 that followed the Virgin Mobile Yamaha R6 Cup.

Copstick is a commentator on human sexuality. After years writing for the Erotic Review, she became its owner in 2009.

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

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, working to set these women up in small businesses, thus making them financially independent. She made Positive Thinking for BBC One, a documentary on HIV/AIDS aimed at children. She is a patron of the Waverley Care Trust.

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.

Theatre

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YearTitleRoleCompanyDirectorNotes
1982The Shepherd BeguiledJeanTheatre AlbaCharles Nowosielskiplay by Netta B. Reid
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Filmography

Actress

Bibliography

  • Masterclass: Girl on Girl: Erotic Print Society, January 2008. -
  • Porn Week: Erotic Print Society, May 2007. -
  • The Illustrated Book of Sapphic Sex: Erotic Print Society, May 2000. -

References

References

  1. (4 September 2022). "Scots star of 1980s children's TV mugged for charity money in London street".
  2. (7 November 2007). "Broadcast magazine".
  3. [https://www.motorcyclephilippines.com/forum/index.php?threads/%E2%80%98natural-born-racers%E2%80%99-come-to-life.4990/ {{"'natural Born Racers' Come To Life"], ''MCP'', 24 April 2003.
  4. [http://www.eroticprints.org/erotic-review/aboutus/team.asp "Erotic Review Magazine: The Editorial Team"]. {{webarchive. link. (16 July 2011)
  5. Tait, Simon. (14 June 2009). "'Erotic Review' back to titillate – and educate". [[The Independent]].
  6. Cornwell, Tim. (14 May 2009). "Tim Cornwell's arts diary: Erotic credentials open the door to Number 11". The Scotsman.
  7. Lauener, Paul. (15 June 2009). "Erotic Review owner: 'Women can't write about sex'". Reuters.
  8. (28 July 2009). "Women can't write about sex".
  9. (20 August 2003). "BBC News".
  10. Jones, Rebecca. (11 August 2004). "BBC News".
  11. "Malcolm Hardee Award site, 2008".
  12. "Kate Copstick Biography". UK game shows.
  13. "About".
  14. Fleming, John (8 November 2012), [https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/john-fleming/comedy-kate-copstick_b_2086987.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAKGTYMFbpclU_eYhAgqTWquCQd4NXpcTSBqHhTS2WrvrxzRniileK77tWGufwFrHK1KAk62o9uE2bcR8Nzceb_rkn4uyAJgacWM_sEP3AmiosjW_02kZnvEHPnjP_v6wWqTNpAX1yIm8jCndtBFoOJ6cUKtMFGsB8nF_l2FWvlTR "Feared UK Comedy Critic Kate Copstick Has Links With African Criminals and Deals Drugs in Kenya"], ''[[Huffington Post]]''.
  15. Fleming, John (20 February 2018), [https://thejohnfleming.wordpress.com/2018/02/20/mama-biasharas-expanding-charity-work-in-kenya-with-kate-copstick/ "Mama Biashara’s expanding charity work in Kenya – with Kate Copstick"], ''So It Goes''.
  16. Fleming John (15 February 2019), [https://thejohnfleming.wordpress.com/tag/mama-biashara/?iframe=true&preview=true%2Ffeed%2F "Kate Copstick and the sexually-abused girl being held in a Nairobi hospital"], ''So It Goes''.
  17. [http://www.cwac.org/about_us_management.htm CWAC's Board of Trustees]
  18. "Key People". Waverley Care.
  19. (5 September 2022). "Actress Kate Copstick attacked and robbed of charity money".

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