'most important woman'

"For one brief moment I was the most important woman in the whole of the universe," she tells me. "Oh gosh, I can't thank Russell (T Davies) enough for just making that possible. For many people, I'm sure, what a gamble to take on someone like me who is known, by the vast majority of people, for wearing wigs and comedy teeth." It's easy to forget that Tate, dubbed the funniest woman in Britain, is a proper actress.