Cariad Lloyd
Katie Cariad Lloyd (known as Cariad Lloyd) is a British comedian, actor, writer, and podcaster who has been performing since 2007.[2] She 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] She is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious and teaches improv.[4]
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Born | Katie Cariad Lloyd 21 August 1982 Barnet, London, England[1] |
Alma mater | University of Sussex |
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Years active | 2006–present |
Children | 2 |
Website | cariadlloyd.com |
Early life
Lloyd was born in London. She is of Welsh descent on her father’s side.[5] Her father died of pancreatic cancer when she was 15.[6]
She studied English literature at the University of Sussex, where she first met her friend and fellow comedian Sara Pascoe.[7] Lloyd worked with Pascoe as a tour guide on open-top buses in London.[8]
Career
Television and radio work
Lloyd has performed in numerous sketches on BBC Comedy Online including Funtime (a Dawson Bros. pilot), The Proposal[9] and Dirty Dancing.[10] She has performed for the BBC Radio 4 shows Newsjack, My First Planet, The Now Show 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 BBC3, 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. 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 11 episodes as of January 2020. 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.
She is currently (Jan 2021) one of the leads in BBC's Out of Her Mind.[11]
Live performance
Lloyd has performed in a variety of live shows since 2006, including The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd[12] at Edinburgh Festival Fringe[13] in 2012. In 2013, she performed in The 50 Hour Improvathon at Hoxton Hall,[14] and The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd at Soho Theatre[15] among others.[16] In 2014 she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe with Louise Ford in Cariad and Louise's Character Hour.[17]
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,[18] 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
In August 2019 it was announced that Lloyd is writing a book on grief called You Are Not Alone to be published by Bloomsbury Publishing.[20]
Podcast
Since 2016 Lloyd has hosted a podcast called Griefcast which is a series of downloadable conversations Lloyd has, mostly with fellow comedians, about dealing with the loss of a loved one. It won three awards: "Best Entertainment podcast", "Best Interview podcast" and "Podcast of the Year" at the 2018 British Podcast awards.[21]
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.[22][23]
Filmography
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2012–14 | Comedy Feeds | Various/Holly | Episodes: "Dawson Bros. Funtime", "The Cariad Show" and "Vodka Diaries" |
2013 | Badults | Fiona | Episode: "Past" |
2014 | Give Out Girls | Poppy | Main role |
2014 | Crackanory | Mary Hardacre / Sheila / Tamsin | Live action actor |
2014 | Siblings | Debbie | Episode: "Balcombe Funeral" |
2014 | Toast of London | Lindy Makehouse | Episode: "Buried Alive" |
2015 | Crims | Dawn | Recurring role |
2015 | The Delivery Man | Alice | Episode: "Truth" |
2015 | Inside No. 9 | Gemma | Episode: "Séance Time" |
2015–17 | Murder in Successville | Various | Series regular |
2015, 2017, 2019 | Have I Got News for You | Guest panellist | Episodes: 49.07, 53.05 and 57.05 |
2015 | Peep Show | Megan | Series 9 |
2015–19 | QI | Panellist | Episodes: "Miscellany", "Making a Meal of It", "Naming Names", "Nature/Nurture", "Noodles", "Organisms", "Objects and Ornaments", "Pubs", "Phenomenal", "Quintessential", "Qanimals" |
2015 | I Want My Wife Back | Keeley | Series Regular |
2016 | Drunk History: UK | Anne Boleyn | |
2016, 2017 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Panellist | Episodes: 8.02, 11.07 and 14.01 |
2017, 2020 | Pointless Celebrities | Contestant | Episodes: Aired 10 February 2018; 18 January 2020 |
2018 | Would I Lie to You? | Panellist | Series 11 Episode 7 |
2019 | This Time with Alan Partridge | Alice Fluck | Series 1 Episode 1 |
2019 | Hypothetical | Guest | Series 1 Episode 8 |
References
- "Cariad Lloyd". IMDb. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
- Solutions, Powder Blue Internet Business. "Cariad Lloyd, comedian tour dates : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". Chortle.co.uk. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- "BBC Three - Comedy At The Fringe - Cariad Lloyd". BBC.
- Ltd, Go Media. "Cariad Lloyd at Great British Speakers". Great British Speakers.
- Neil (3 August 2013). "Behind The Improv: Cariad Lloyd". LowerTheTone.com. Retrieved 24 July 2020.
- Sawyer, Miranda (28 July 2018). "Cariad Lloyd: 'I wanted to thank the dead people. This only exists because they died'". The Guardian.
- Grainger, Jed (2 April 2017). "Interview: Cariad Lloyd". The Badger.
- Guide, British Comedy. "RHLSTP 99 - Cariad Lloyd - RHLSTP with Richard Herring". British Comedy Guide.
- BBC Online "Cariad Lloyd The Proposal"
- BBC Online "Dirty Dancing" 2012
- https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08tjrsd#credits
- The Independent "Cariad Lloyd The Freewheelin Cariad Lloyd at Pleasance Courtyard Edinburgh" 9 August 2012.
- The Independent "Cariad Lloyd Edinburgh Review" 26 August 2011.
- "Hoxton Hall - What's On Current Events - Extempore Theatre presents The sixth annual London 50-hour Improvathon". 24 May 2013. Archived from the original on 24 May 2013. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- Soho Theatre Performance "Soho- C Lloyd" Archived 20 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- Gigs "Cariad Lloyd – Gigs" Archived 5 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- "Cariad and Louise\'s Character Hour". Broadway Baby. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
- "Chortle Awards 2014: Best character, improv or sketch group: Austentatious" – via www.youtube.com.
- "DVD review: Austentatious : DVD and CD reviews 2015 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide". www.chortle.co.uk.
- Bennett, Steve. "Cariad Lloyd writes a book about grief". Chortle.
- "British Podcast Awards 2018: Cariad Lloyd's Griefcast sweeps the board". Radiotimes.com. Retrieved 8 September 2018.
- Guide, British Comedy. "Series 2, Episode 6 (Window) – Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown". British Comedy Guide.
- Guide, British Comedy. "2017 Summer Special 1 (Cariad Lloyd & Phil Wang) – Do The Right Thing". British Comedy Guide.