Cast & creator
Doon Mackichan
Best known for QI, New Tricks, Would I Lie to You?
Sarah Doon Mackichan is a British actress, comedian and writer. She co-created, wrote and performed in the double-Emmy-award-winning Smack the Pony. She frequently collaborates with Armando Iannucci and Steve Coogan, having played multiple characters in The Day Today, Brass Eye and Alan Partridge, and has also appeared in Toast of London and Two Doors Down. Mackichan was nominated for Best Female Comedy Performance at the 2014 British Academy Television Awards for her performance in Plebs and won critical praise for her performance alongside John Malkovich in Bitter Wheat in 2019.
Also known as: Sarah-Doon Mackichan, Sarah Doon Mackichan, Doon MacHichan, Doon MacKichan, Doon Machichan
33
film credits
55
television credits
87
1978–2026 · acting roles
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Across film & television
Filmography (88)
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QI
Self
2003
New Tricks
Gillian Withall
2004
Would I Lie to You?
Self
2007
An Audience with...
Self
1978
Good Omens
Michael
2019Good Omens
Miguel
2019
Birds of a Feather
Nurse
1989
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross
Self
2001
The Sarah Jane Adventures
Louise Marlowe
2007
The Sea Beast
Queen (voice)
2022
Flack
Victoria
2019
Plebs
Flavia
2013
I'm Alan Partridge
Jenny
1997
Comic Relief Does Fame Academy
2003
Dreaming Whilst Black
Pippa
2021
Bob and Margaret
1998
Toast of London
Jane Plough
2013
Brass Eye
Accelorata Jengold
1997Brass Eye
Dekadeeka Dekkadade / Rubeglia Palliativa
1997Brass Eye
Woman on 'Fadanoid'
1997Brass Eye
Newsreader
1997It's Only TV But I Like It
Self
1999
Smack the Pony
Various Characters
1999Smack the Pony
Writer
1999
Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
Shona McGough
1994Knowing Me Knowing You with Alan Partridge
Wanda Harvey
1994
Psychobitches
Catherine Howard
2013Psychobitches
Delilah
2013Psychobitches
Statue of Liberty
2013
The Day Today
Collaterlie Sisters / Various Characters
1994
Comedy Connections
2003
Nathan Barley
Her Preposterous Voice
2005
Two Doors Down
Cathy
2016
Don't Eat the Neighbours
2001
Our Mutual Friend
Sophronia Lammle
1998
Twisted Tales
Sandra Barnes
2005
The Great Sport Relief Bake Off
Self - Contestant
2012
Toast of Tinseltown
Jane Plough / Brooke Hooberman
2022Toast of Tinseltown
Brooke Hooberman
2022Toast of Tinseltown
Jane Plough
2022
A Bear's Tail
2005
The Borrowers
Victoria Lender
1997
Beast
Kirsten
2000
Bromwell High
2005
Modern Toss
2006Five Alive
1987
Pure
Sarah
2019
The Glam Metal Detectives
1995
Me and Mrs Jones
Selina
2012
Bedtime
Faith
2001
The Strangerers
Galadriel
2000
Stressed Eric
1998Comedy Map of Britain
2007The Staying-In Show
Self
1998
Taking the Flak
2009
The Good Housekeeping Guide
2006
Happy New Year, Colin Burstead
Sandy Burstead
2018
The Scarecrows' Wedding
Goose / Cow / Bee / Snail (voice)
2026
A Very Social Secretary
Cherie Blair
2005
Death on the Tyne
Emily Valentine
2018
National Theatre Live: Twelfth Night
Feste
2017
Alan Partridge: Why, When, Where, How And Whom?
Herself
2017
Agony Again
Debra
1995
Breaking the Bank
Caroline
2016
With or Without You
Deirdre
1999
Python at 50: Silly Talks and Holy Grails
Narrator
2019
Gladiatress
Dwyfuc
2004
Space Virgins from Planet Sex
Daisy / Zapping Space Rat
1993
Frost on Sketch Shows
Self
2013
The Academy of Armando
Self
2025
Detectives on the Edge of a Nervous Breakdown
Journalist
1993
National Theatre at Home: Summerfolk
Kaleria
2026
The Crying Game
Nurse
1992Scotland In A Day
2014
Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2014
Narrator (voice)
2014
Gregory: Diary of a Nutcase
Lucille Bromley
1993
Wild About Harry
Tara Adair
2000
Sex Actually
Diana
2005
The Best of Smack the Pony
2007
Red Nose of Courage
Barbara
1992
Draw on Sweet Night
Lady Elizabeth Kyston
2015
Anuvahood
Patricia
2011Most Shocking Celebrity Moments 2015
Narrator (voice)
2015
Acts of Godfrey
Jacqui
2012
Two Doors Down
Cathy
2013Brighton Storeys
2025X-Rated: The Ads They Couldn't Show
Narrator
2005
Winterlong
Barbara
2018