Catherine Tate returning to 'The Office'

BBC star will reprise her season finale role as Nellie Bertram

By Dave Lewis Friday, Oct 21, 2011 5:26 PM

Catherine Tate on 'The Office'

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"The Office" is about to get another taste of Tate.

BAFTA nominee Catherine Tate (star of BBC’s enigmatically titled "The Catherine Tate Show") is returning to the NBC comedy this season, reprising her role as Nellie Bertram.

Bertram is hired by Dundler-Mifflin Chairman of the Board Jo Bennett (Kathy Bates) as a favored special projects manager who works directly for the corporate office, enjoying special attention from Bennett.

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Tate's character was introduced last season as one of the candidates interviewing for the vacant Regional Manager position, after Michael Scott (Steve Carell) left the company.

"Catherine is hysterical," said executive producer Paul Lieberstein in a release. "We introduced her briefly in last season's finale and knew she had to be a part of the show somehow. We'll meet her again as corporate's special projects manager, and her relationship with Robert California (James Spader) will be far from professional. We're thrilled that she's joining the cast."

Tate has also appeared on BBC’s “Doctor Who,” and in the films “Gulliver’s Travels,” “Monte Carlo,” “Mrs. Ratcliffe’s Revolution,” and “Starter for Ten.”

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Dave Lewis has been a Los Angeles-based entertainment writer and editor for nearly ten years. Originally hailing from Minneapolis, he moved to L.A. in 1996 to attend USC, before working for various periodicals and web sites including a lengthy stint at Variety.com. He joined the HitFix staff in 2011.

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VELETISION

Oh well. Time to stop watching.

Hey America not everything on British TV is great and needs to be adapted or cast for your entertainment. Some of it is just rubbish.
October 21, 2011 at 6:21PM EST Reply to Comment
VELETISION

Ugh. Time to stop watching so.

Not everything on British TV needs to be adapted fir American TV. Most of it is rubbish
October 21, 2011 at 6:23PM EST Reply to Comment
fmote magyar

The makers of "The Office" seem to think she's funny for some reason, but based on what we saw last season, I can't say I agree. Then again, we only saw a couple minutes of her so maybe I'm wrong. Still, I can't say I'm optimistic.
October 21, 2011 at 7:28PM EST Reply to Comment
Larry

I have a completely opposite opinion: Now I have a reason to watch this season. I think Catherine is hysterical and will be a breath of fresh air on a dull dull season.
October 21, 2011 at 8:18PM EST Reply to Comment
LJA

Sheesh. She was the least funny of all the candidates last season.
October 21, 2011 at 10:45PM EST Reply to Comment

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Catherine Tate returning to 'The Office'