Cast & creator
Helen Atkinson-Wood
Best known for Have I Got News for You, QI, Blackadder
Helen Atkinson-Wood is an English actress and comedian born in Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire. She studied fine art at the Ruskin School, Oxford University, where she performed with Rowan Atkinson (no relation). She also performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where she met Ben Elton. Whilst at Oxford, she took part in an OUDS production of Richard II. Also in this production was Tim McInnerny, who played the lead. She later appeared together with McInnerny in an episode of Blackadder the Third. This page is based on a Wikipedia article written by contributors. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
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film credits
17
television credits
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1982–2024 · acting roles
7.0
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (25)
Showing 25 of 25 credits
Have I Got News for You
Self
1990
QI
Self
2003
Blackadder
Mrs. Miggins
1983
The Comic Strip Presents...
Miranda
1982
The Young Ones
Woman in Advert
1982
Travelling Man
TV Reporter
1984
Chelmsford 123
Functio's Wife
1988
Girls On Top
Jane
1985
Joking Apart
Sally
1993
KYTV
1989
Rita Rudner
1990
Saturday Stayback
1983
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990Your Cheatin' Heart
Tamara MacAskill
1990Tales from the Poop Deck
Connie Blackheart
1992
O.T.T.
1982Kelly's Eye
1985
Bosses From Hell
1989
The Craig Ferguson Show
Various
1990The Craig Ferguson Show
Writer
1990
Consuela (or, The New Mrs Saunders)
Miranda
1986
Hatfield House: A Royal Residence
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024
Your Cheatin' Heart
1990
The Sequel: What Will Follow Our Troubled Civilization?
Narrator
2018
Glamis Castle: A Royal Residence
Self - Narrator (voice)
2024