Tabitha Wady (born December 1974) is an English former actress, known for playing receptionist Katrina Bullen in the BBC soap opera Doctors from 2001 to 2002. Wady's other roles include Lydia Weston in Berkeley Square (1998) and Gemma in Kevin & Perry Go Large (2000), as well as appearing in various stage productions throughout her career. She retired from acting in 2020 to focus on a career in property investment.

Life and career

Wady was born in Bath, Somerset, in 1974.[1] Whilst there, she attended the Musical Youth Theatre Company. When she was four, her parents divorced, which she believes to be the catalyst of her weight problems. Her father often criticised her eating habits and she felt a pressure to be thinner. Aged nine, she joined Weight Watchers, inspired to look like Madonna. Then, at her all-girls comprehensive secondary school, she found it a trend for the girls to be anorexic, so she joined in, sometimes eating only an apple and an orange a day. When she began at drama school in London, she was slim and was happy with her weight. However, having a hard time moving away from home, she found comfort in food and put weight on again.[2]

Wady was told by teachers that to become a lead actress, she would have to lose weight, otherwise she would be a character actress. An agent was impressed with Wady's performance in a film she had done in her early work, so she invited him to her end-of-course shows. The agent told her: "You're a really good actress, but you could lose some weight. Get down to the gym."[2] She was tired of the comments about her weight and got a supportive agent, where she was put forward for good roles. She was surprised when she auditioned for a film that wanted a sumo wrestler, as she was told she was too thin for the role, so agreed to put more weight on.[2] She auditioned from Guildhall School of Music and Drama with a BA in acting.[3]

Whilst at Guildhall, Wady made her stage debut in The Innocent Mistress. Then in 1996, she toured the UK in a production of It Could Be Any One Of Us.[4] In 1998, Wady starred in the BBC period drama Berkeley Square.[2] In 2000, she appeared in the film Kevin & Perry Go Large as Gemma. Then from 2001 to 2002, Wady portrayed receptionist Katrina Bullen in the third series of the BBC medical soap opera Doctors.[5][6] After Doctors, she returned to the stage, appearing in Season's Greetings at the Theatre Royal.[4] She made more stage appearances in Humble Boy at Northcott Theatre and The Revenger's Tragedy at Nottingham Playhouse. She continued to make various appearances onscreen, including roles in Charles II: The Power and the Passion, Holby City, Planet Sketch and Sense & Sensibility until 2020, when she retired from acting to focus on a property investment career.[7] In 2024, she won the award for Best Deal at the NMD Annual Awards.[8]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1996 E-mc2 Leos Girl Film
1996 Brazen Hussies Tina Film
1996 Hetty Wainthropp Investigates Sara Rome Episode: "The Astral Plane"
1997 Holding the Baby Lucy Guest role
1998 Berkeley Square Lydia Weston Main role
1999 Goodnight Sweetheart Daisy Episode: "California Dreamin'"
1999 Maisie Raine Ellen Brown Episode: "I.D."
2000 Kevin & Perry Go Large Gemma Film
2000 Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry Lucy Film
2001 Los Dos Bros Episode: "Love and Teeth"
2001 Dr. Terrible's House of Horrible Dark Haired Wench Episode: "Scream Satan Scream!"
2001–2002 Doctors Katrina Bullen Regular role
2003 Final Demand Annie Television film
2003 Crust Bet Film
2003 Charles II: The Power and the Passion Anne Hyde Main role
2004 The Last Chancers Caroline Recurring role
2004, 2011, 2016 Holby City Claire Shelly / Lauren Clarke / Janet Wallace 3 episodes
2005 Planet Sketch Various Recurring voice role
2005 Open Wide Harriet Television film
2007 Bonkers Receptionist Guest role
2007 Roman Mysteries Huldah Episode: "The Assassins of Rome: Part II"
2008 Sense & Sensibility Charlotte Palmer Recurring role
2010 Lewis Ava Taylor Episode: "Your Sudden Death Question"
2015 Obsession: Dark Desires Karen Richardt Episode: "Cornered"
2018 The Innocents Hospital Desk Manager Episode: "Deborah"
2020 His House Suit #2 Film

Stage

Year Title Venue Ref.
1995–1996 The Innocent Mistress Guildhall School of Music and Drama [4]
1996 It Could Be Any One Of Us UK tour
2002 Season's Greetings Theatre Royal
2004 Humble Boy Northcott Theatre [9]
2016 The Revenger's Tragedy Nottingham Playhouse [10]

References

  1. ^ "Tabitha WADY". Gov.uk. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  2. ^ a b c d Wady, Tabitha; Marshall, Andrew G. "I was fat and unhappy, so I got fatter and happier". The Independent. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  3. ^ "Tabitha Wady". LinkedIn. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  4. ^ a b c "Tabitha Wady". Theatricalia. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  5. ^ Dominic Keavey (director); Veronica Henry (writer) (3 September 2001). "Face Value". Doctors. Series 3. Episode 1. BBC. BBC One. Archived from the original on 26 July 2022. Retrieved 25 July 2022.
  6. ^ "BBC1's Doctors". Birmingham Mail. (Reach plc). Retrieved 26 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Tabitha Wady". TVGuide. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  8. ^ "Hello 🤗 This weekend I zipped off to the NMD Annual Awards Ceremony at Progressive Property. I've never won anything before but this time I did! So happy that my fellow Property Investors, whom I respect so much (and often cuddle which is not professional 🤣) thought me to be a worthy winner for 'The Best Deal Award'". Instagram. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  9. ^ "Review: Humble Boy". BBC News. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Full casting announced for The Revenger's Tragedy". WhatsOnStage. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
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