"This put her on the path to a brilliant and varied acting and writing career that saw her appearing in comedy sketches with Harry Enfield and French and Saunders, being called a genius by Peter Cook and taken by Luc Besson's private jet to collect the prize for best actress at Cannes film festival for Gary Oldman's 1997 film Nil By Mouth."
"In the Islington council flat where she grew up, she shared a bedroom with her alcoholic dad who would give up booze only to fall off the wagon and, at his worst, became violent. When a stranger on the estate called her ugly in front of her friends, she cannily deflected the insult with laughter. I'm the best dancer at the ugly bug ball though, she hooted, and did a little dance."
"There, much to her chagrin, she found herself accepting a bellini cocktail from Harvey fuckface Weinstein. Such gobby one-liners are to be expected from a no-nonsense comic actor who finds fame embarrassing, but they are extra delicious when delivered by Burke herself. Her narration, much like her prose, is funny, evocative and reliably down-to-earth. Available via Simon & Schuster Audio UK, 9hr 30min"
Kathy Burke lost her mother to stomach cancer as a toddler and grew up in an Islington council flat sharing a bedroom with an alcoholic father who cycled between sobriety and violent relapse. She defused insults with humour, once responding to being called ugly by declaring herself the best dancer at the 'ugly bug ball.' Burke found community in London's punk scene and trained at the Anna Scher Theatre school, launching an acting and writing career that included sketches with Harry Enfield and French and Saunders. She won best actress at Cannes for Nil By Mouth and recalls accepting a bellini from Harvey Weinstein. Her narration is funny, evocative and down-to-earth.
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