Jo Caulfield

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Jo Caulfield
Jo Caulfield @ The Late Show 2002.jpg
Caulfield at The Late Show (2002)
Birth nameJosephine Caulfield
Born26th September 1963 [2]
Wales
MediumStand-up, television, radio
Website www.jocaulfield.com

Jo Caulfield is a British actress, comedy writer, author, and comedian from Flintshire, north Wales. She was joint winner of the 2021 Comedians Comedian of The Year – an award voted for by her peers and members of the comedy industry. [3]

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In 2018 she won the “SGFringe Stand-Up Comedy Award” and gained critical acclaim for her performance as Helena Brandt in the sell-out Fringe run of the play, Brexit.

Behind the scenes Jo is a respected comedy writer, having served as a writer / programme consultant on all five series of Graham Norton’s BAFTA Award winning “So Graham Norton” and as head writer on both Ruby Wax’s “Waiting Game” and Zoe Ball’s “Strictly Dance Fever”. Jo has also written for – among others – Joan Rivers, Ant & Dec and Anne Robinson.

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References

  1. https://jocaulfield.com/about/
  2. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0146541/
  3. Bennett, Steve. "Three-way tie for the comedians' comedian of 2021 : News 2021 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk. Archived from the original on 30 December 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.

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