Cariad Lloyd

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Cariad Lloyd
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Lloyd in 2024
Born
Katie Cariad Lloyd

(1982-08-21) 21 August 1982 (age 42)
London, England
Education University of Sussex (BA)
Occupations
  • Comedian
  • actress
  • writer
  • podcaster
Years active2004–present
Children2
Website cariadlloyd.com

Katie Cariad Lloyd (born 21 August 1982) is a British comedian, actress, writer, and podcaster. [1] She is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious, the host and creator of Griefcast , and an improv teacher. [2]

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Lloyd was nominated in 2011 for Best Newcomer at the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut solo show, Lady Cariad's Characters. She also won the Edtwinge award for most positively tweeted-about show during the Fringe. [3]

Lloyd's podcast, Griefcast has won several awards, including best Entertainment Podcast and Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards and an ARIA Award for Best Podcast. [4]

In November 2023, it was announced that Lloyd signed a five-book deal with Hachette Children's Group. [5]

Early life

Lloyd was born in North London. She is of Welsh descent on her father's side. [6] He died of pancreatic cancer in 1998, aged 44, [7] when she was 15. [8]

She studied English literature at the University of Sussex, where she first met her friend and fellow comedian Sara Pascoe. [9] Lloyd worked with Pascoe as a tour guide on open-top buses in London. [10] She has also mentioned working at a call-centre on Would I Lie to You? and as a barmaid on QI .

Career

Television and radio work

Lloyd has performed in numerous sketches on BBC Comedy Online including Funtime (a Dawson Bros. pilot), The Proposal [11] and Dirty Dancing. [12] She has performed for the BBC Radio 4 shows Newsjack , My First Planet , The Now Show , Small Scenes and The Guns of Adam Riches.

Lloyd has appeared on television shows such as Channel 4's Cardinal Burns and CBBC's Fit and DNN and in films such as Baby Cow Productions' Caravan and Film4's Hallo Panda.

She wrote and performed in her own comedy pilot for BBC Three, The Cariad Show. In May 2014, BBC Radio 4 aired a pilot for The Cariad Radio Show, which was featured on the BBC Comedy of the Week podcast. Since 2014, she has been co-writing and performing in the BBC Radio Wales sketch comedy show Here Be Dragons.

In 2014, Lloyd starred as Holly in the BBC Three comedy pilot Vodka Diaries and as Poppy in the comedy series Give Out Girls on Comedy Central. In 2015, she played Dawn, a warden in a young offenders' institution in the BBC Three comedy series Crims . In 2016 she appeared in the initial two episodes of Walliams & Friend on BBC One. She was also a series regular, playing several semi-improvised characters on Murder in Successville with Tom Davis.

Lloyd is a regular panellist on QI , having appeared in 14 episodes as of April 2024. She has also appeared on Have I Got News for You , Would I Lie to You? , The News Quiz and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown .

She appeared in the final series of Peep Show as Megan.

In 2020, she appeared in Sara Pascoe's comedy series Out of Her Mind for BBC television. [13]

In March 2021, she presented the BBC Radio 4 programme What Have We Learnt About Grief? This programme mentioned the work of Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. From March 2024 she appeared as a member of the Wales team on Round Britain Quiz .

Live performance

Lloyd has performed in a variety of live shows since 2006, including The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd [14] at Edinburgh Festival Fringe [15] in 2012. In 2013, she performed in The 50 Hour Improvathon at Hoxton Hall, [16] and The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd at Soho Theatre [17] among others. [18] In 2014, she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe with Louise Ford in Cariad and Louise's Character Hour.[ citation needed ]

Lloyd is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious. In 2014, the show won the Chortle Award for Best Character, Improv or Sketch Act,[ citation needed ] and two DVDs of one of their live shows have been released by Go Faster Stripe in 2015 and 2018. [19] Other members of the group include Rachel Parris, Amy Cooke-Hodgson and Joseph Morpurgo.

Writing

Lloyd's book, You Are Not Alone, [20] was published in 2023. In a review in The Times the book was described as "a blackly funny, honest, thought-provoking and compassionate book that will be of comfort to all who know loss". [7]

Podcasts

Lloyd created and hosts the podcast Griefcast , a series of conversations about death, bereavement, and coping with the loss of a loved one. It has won several awards, including: "Best Entertainment Podcast", "Best Interview Podcast" and "Podcast of the Year" at the British Podcast Awards [21] and an ARIA Award for "Podcast of the Year". [22]

Lloyd has appeared on other comedians' podcasts including Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown in 2012, Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast in 2016 and Do the Right Thing in 2017. [23]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2004Pour un tempsThe SisterShort films
2006Hallo PandaSarah
20100507
2012What Time Do You Call This?Jo
2013Gus and His Dirty Dead DadFfion
2017Custom LoveIsabella
2018The 1stJulia
Mister BiscuitsAndrea
2019Roundheads and CavaliersAlice
Asparagus TipsAsparagus

Television

YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Cardinal Burns VariousEpisode: "#1.6"
2012–2014 Comedy Feeds Various / HollyEpisodes: "Dawson Bros. Funtime", "The Cariad Show" and "Vodka Diaries"
2013FitVariousEpisode: "#1.2"
DNN: Definitely Not NewsroundStacey-May AnaisEpisode: "#1.1"
Badults FionaEpisode: "Past"
2013–2014 Crackanory Miss Hopps / Tamsin / Sheila / Mary Hardacre4 episodes
2014 GameFace LucieTelevision film
Give Out Girls PoppyMain role, 6 episodes
Siblings DebbieEpisode: "Balcombe's Funeral"
Toast of London Lindy MakehouseEpisode: "Buried Alive"
2015 Crims DawnRecurring role, 6 episodes
The Delivery Man AliceEpisode: "Truth"
Inside No. 9 GemmaEpisode: "Séance Time"
Ruby RobinsonVirginia RobinsonTelevision film
Marley's Ghosts Miss RandolphEpisode: "#1.2"
Peep Show MeganSeries 9, 5 episodes
Sky Comedy Christmas ShortsMumEpisode: "Joseph Morpurgo's Christmas"
2015–2017 Murder in Successville VariousSeries regular, 8 episodes
2015, 2017, 2019 Have I Got News for You Herself - Guest panellist3 episodes: "#49.7", "#53.5" and "#57.5"
2015–2023 QI Herself - Panellist13 episodes
2016 Drunk History Anne Boleyn Episode: "Geordie Shore Special"
I Want My Wife Back KeeleySeries regular, 5 episodes
Shimmer and Shine Princess Samira (UK voice)Episodes: "Welcome to Zahramay Falls" and "Flying Flour"
Morgana Robinson's The Agency HannahEpisode: "#1.3"
Halloween Comedy ShortsEstate AgentEpisode: "Ross Noble's Horror: The Catchment"
Walliams & Friend Sammy / VariousEpisodes: "Jack Whitehall" and "Harry Enfield"
Tracey Ullman's Show Make-up AssistantEpisodes: "#1.1" and "The Best of..."
Virtually Famous Herself - PanellistEpisode: "#3.2"
2016, 2017 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown Herself - Contestant3 episodes: "#8.02", "#11.7" and "#14.1"
2017The Real History of SexVariousMini-series
Josh KarenSeries 3, Episode 3: "Bicycles & Babies"
The Last Leg HerselfEpisodes: "The Correspondents 5: Trump Hunters" and "The Correspondents 9: Sanitising Period Poverty"
2018, 2020, 2023 Pointless Celebrities Herself - ContestantEpisodes: "#10.41", "#12.18" and "#15.23"
2018 Would I Lie to You? Herself - PanellistSeries 11, Episode 8
Funny Women: Julie WaltersHerselfTelevision film
2019 This Time with Alan Partridge Alice FluckSeries 1, Episode 1
Hypothetical Herself - GuestSeries 1, Episodes 7 & 8
Lee and Dean DaniSeries 2, Episodes 1–5
Tourist Trap Llinos LynSeries 2, Episode 3: "Screen"
The Snail and the Whale Teacher (voice)Television film
2020 Sick of It StallholderSeries 2, Episode 5: "Use by Date"
Out of Her Mind ScoopySeries 1, 5 episodes
2021 Superworm Mama Beetle / Mama Toad (voice)Television film
2021–2022 Richard Osman's House of Games Herself - ContestantSeries 5, Episodes 31–35 and Series 6, Episodes 56–60
2022 The Witchfinder DorothySeries 1, Episode 4
2023 Changing Ends Ms. GideonSeries 1, Episodes 3 & 6: "Man On" and "Fowl Play"
Tabby McTatPrunella (voice)Television film
2024 Beyond Paradise Claire MossSeries 2, Episode 2

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