Tabitha Wady

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 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. 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.

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."

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. After Doctors, she returned to the stage, appearing in Season's Greetings at the Theatre Royal. In 2024, she won the award for Best Deal at the NMD Annual Awards.

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 1995–1996 The Innocent Mistress Guildhall School of Music and Drama 1996 It Could Be Any One Of Us UK tour 2002 Season's Greetings Theatre Royal 2004 Humble Boy Northcott Theatre 2016 The Revenger's Tragedy Nottingham Playhouse