Diane Morgan is an English actress, comedian, and writer, known primarily for her comedy persona of Philomena Cunk – on Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe, appearing as presenter of the mockumentariesCunk on Christmas, Cunk on Shakespeare, Cunk on Britain and Cunk and Other Humans. She also works regularly with fellow comedian Joe Wilkinson as part of the sketch group "Two Episodes of Mash". Morgan is also known for her roles in Sky One's comedy seriesRovers, alongside Wilkinson, Liz in the BBC TwositcomMotherland and as Kath in the Netflixblack comedy series, After Life.
Morgan and Joe Wilkinson later formed the sketch duo Two Episodes of Mash. From 2008, they performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for three consecutive years, and have appeared on Robert Webb's satirical news showRobert's Web. In 2012, the group completed their second BBC radio series, and appeared in BBC Three's Live at the Electric.
''Cunk'' series
Morgan has also appeared regularly as Philomena Cunk in Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe. In December 2016, she presented BBC Two's Cunk on Christmas. In April 2018 the five-part historical mockumentaryCunk on Britain began broadcasting on BBC Two. In 2018, Morgan wrote Cunk on Everything: The Encyclopedia Philomena from the perspective of her character Cunk. It was published by Two Roads on 1 November 2018. In December 2019, she reprised her role as Cunk for short episodes of Cunk and Other Humans, once again on BBC Two. She returned in a one-off episode of Charlie Brooker's Weekly Wipe called Antiviral Wipe in May 2020 which was centred around the COVID-19 pandemic.
Other roles
In 2012, Morgan appeared in Him & Her, which Wilkinson also stars in, and in 2013 she played Nicola in the TV seriesPat & Cabbage. In 2014 she made an appearance in the TV series Utopia, as Tess, and in 2015 she appeared in two episodes of Drunk History. In 2016 Morgan played Mandy in Sky One's comedy series Rovers, appearing in all six episodes of the first series. She also appeared in the pilot for the BBC Two comedy We the Jury as Olivia. She also plays receptionist Talia in Sky's comedy drama Mount Pleasant and Liz in the BBC Two sitcom Motherland. Morgan stars as Kath in the Netflix black comedy series After Life, written by Ricky Gervais. She starred in the Gold sitcom The Cockfields, again alongside Wilkinson and comedy-dramaFrayed in 2019. In 2019, she wrote, directed and starred in the BBC Two comedy short, Mandy. The overview for the comedy was described as “a comedy by Diane Morgan about Mandy, a woman who really really wants a sofa, and will stop at absolutely nothing to get it”; Carol Decker also appeared as herself in the short.
Film roles
Morgan played David Brent's public relations guru in . She has appeared in several short films, including The Boot Sale, which was shortlisted in the Virgin Media Shorts film competition 2010.
