Carla Mendonça
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Carla Mendonça is an English
actress. She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the University of Warwick
. Her mother (English) and father (Portuguese) were both professional ballet dancers.
She has also appeared in episodes of Bottom
entitled "Smells", as Mrs. Cholmondley-Warner in episodes of Harry Enfield and Chums "Women, Know Your Limits" (TV series), Livinia in the French and Saunders
episode "Misery", Imo in Comedy Playhouse
episode "Cut and Run", two episodes of Alas Smith and Jones
, Candy in Lytton's Diary episodes "The Ends and the Means", Lyda in one episode of Doctors "Last Supper in Suburbia", Valerie in The Young Ones
episode "Sick" and She appeared aside Gareth Hale and Norman Pace in an 80's comedy sketch show entitled Coming Next.
She has also voiced various characters in the children's animated CITV
series The Legends of Treasure Island
. She is the sister of Colonel Jorge Mendonça who served with the First Battalion The Queens Lancashire Regiment.
English
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actress. She has a degree in Theatre Studies and Dramatic Art from the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
. Her mother (English) and father (Portuguese) were both professional ballet dancers.
Television
She is best known for her various comedy roles in television, including:- Sophie Johnson in My Parents Are AliensMy Parents are AliensMy Parents are Aliens is a British sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television and later Granada Productions for CITV about an eccentric family, which was produced as seven annual series, first broadcast in 1999 and ending in 2006...
for CITVCITVCITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
(2001–2005) - Various characters in Comedy NationComedy NationComedy Nation is a British sketch comedy television programme that premiered at midnight 9 January 1998 on BBC Two. The first series consists of 13 episodes, each containing 30 sketches. Each episode of the first series cost £29,000 to produce....
for BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff... - Juliet Nichols in MotormouthMotormouthMotormouth was a Saturday morning children's television series that was produced by Television South and aired across the ITV network for four series, running between 3 September 1988 and 4 April 1992...
for ITVITVITV is the major commercial public service TV network in the United Kingdom. Launched in 1955 under the auspices of the Independent Television Authority to provide competition to the BBC, it is also the oldest commercial network in the UK...
and TVS Television
She has also appeared in episodes of Bottom
Bottom (TV series)
Bottom was a British sitcom television series that originally aired on BBC2 between 1991 and 1995. It was written by comic duo Rik Mayall and Adrian Edmondson who star as Richie and Eddie, two flatmates living on the dole in Hammersmith, London...
entitled "Smells", as Mrs. Cholmondley-Warner in episodes of Harry Enfield and Chums "Women, Know Your Limits" (TV series), Livinia in the French and Saunders
French and Saunders
French and Saunders is a British sketch comedy television show written by and starring comic duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders. It is also the name by which the performers are known on the occasions when they appear elsewhere as a double act....
episode "Misery", Imo in Comedy Playhouse
Comedy Playhouse
Comedy Playhouse was a long-running British anthology series of one-off unrelated sitcoms that aired for 120 episodes from 1961 to 1975. Many episodes later graduated to their own series, including Steptoe and Son, Till Death Us Do Part, All Gas and Gaiters, The Liver Birds, Are You Being Served?...
episode "Cut and Run", two episodes of Alas Smith and Jones
Alas Smith and Jones
Alas Smith and Jones is a British comedy sketch television series featuring Mel Smith and Griff Rhys Jones. It was broadcast on the BBC from 1984 to 1998...
, Candy in Lytton's Diary episodes "The Ends and the Means", Lyda in one episode of Doctors "Last Supper in Suburbia", Valerie in The Young Ones
The Young Ones (TV series)
The Young Ones is a British sitcom, first broadcast in 1982, which ran for two series on BBC2. Its anarchic, offbeat humour helped bring alternative comedy to television in the 1980s and made household names of its writers and performers...
episode "Sick" and She appeared aside Gareth Hale and Norman Pace in an 80's comedy sketch show entitled Coming Next.
She has also voiced various characters in the children's animated CITV
CITV
CITV is a British television channel from ITV Digital Channels Ltd, a division of ITV plc. It broadcasts content from the CITV archive, as well as commissions and acquisitions. CITV itself is the programming block on the main ITV Network .The CITV channel broadcasts from 06:00 to 18:00...
series The Legends of Treasure Island
The Legends of Treasure Island
The Legends Of Treasure Island is an animated cartoon from the UK that ran from 1993-1995. It had two series of 13 episodes each and each episode runs for 22–25 minutes....
. She is the sister of Colonel Jorge Mendonça who served with the First Battalion The Queens Lancashire Regiment.
Theatre
Her theatre roles include:- Daisy Pulls It OffDaisy Pulls It OffDaisy Pulls It Off is a comedy play by Denise Deegan. It is a parody of wholesome adventure stories about life in a 1920s girls' English boarding school, such as those by Angela Brazil...
(Globe/Gielgud) as Trixie Martin - Measure for MeasureMeasure for MeasureMeasure for Measure is a play by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written in 1603 or 1604. It was classified as comedy, but its mood defies those expectations. As a result and for a variety of reasons, some critics have labelled it as one of Shakespeare's problem plays...
(Oxford Stage Company) as Isabella - Twelfth Night (Oxford Stage Company) as Viola
- King LearKing LearKing Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare. The title character descends into madness after foolishly disposing of his estate between two of his three daughters based on their flattery, bringing tragic consequences for all. The play is based on the legend of Leir of Britain, a mythological...
(Oxford Stage Company) as Regan - As You Like ItAs You Like ItAs You Like It is a pastoral comedy by William Shakespeare believed to have been written in 1599 or early 1600 and first published in the folio of 1623. The play's first performance is uncertain, though a performance at Wilton House in 1603 has been suggested as a possibility...
(Oxford Stage Company) as Celia - In the Club (Hampstead Theatre) as Nicola
- The Killing of Sister GeorgeThe Killing of Sister GeorgeThe Killing of Sister George is a 1964 play by Frank Marcus that was adapted as a 1968 film directed by Robert Aldrich.- Stage version :Sister George is a beloved character in the popular radio series Applehurst, a nurse who ministers to the medical needs and personal problems of the local villagers...
(Derby Playhouse) as Mercy Croft - The Curse of the Starving Class (Royal Lyceum, Edinburgh) as Ella