Ingrid Oliver

Her grandfather Eric Gideon was a D-Day veteran who died in 2017, shortly after receiving the Legion D’Honneur for his service to France during the war.

In 2013, she appeared in the first episode of The Great Comic Relief Bake Off and was named as 'Star Baker'.

In 2013, she appeared in the 50th anniversary special of Doctor Who, "The Day of the Doctor", as Osgood. She reprised the role in the episodes "Death in Heaven", "The Zygon Invasion" and "The Zygon Inversion".

In 2012, she appeared on Let's Dance For Sport Relief with comedy partner Lorna Watson, dancing Boléro, famously used by Torvill and Dean.

In 2010, she played Mimi Throckmorton in Material Girl on BBC1, alongside Lenora Crichlow and Dervla Kirwan.

She appears in the film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging as Miss Stamp and in early 2009 could be seen in Channel 4's sitcom Plus One.

Oliver and her comedy partner Lorna Watson met at Tiffin Girls' School in Kingston upon Thames. In September 2005, Watson and Oliver performed their first show together at the Canal Cafe Theatre in London. Since then they have taken sell-out shows to Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in both 2006 and 2007.

Ingrid Oliver (born 25 February 1977) is a British-German actress and comedian, and one half of the comic double act Watson & Oliver. She is known for playing Petronella Osgood, a supporting character in the BBC television series Doctor Who.