Cariad Lloyd
{{short description|British comedian, actress, writer and podcaster}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Cariad Lloyd
| image = Cariad Lloyd at the 2024 Edinburgh International Book Festival 1.jpg
| caption = Lloyd in 2024
| birth_name = Katie Cariad Lloyd
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|8|21}}
| birth_place = London, England
| children = 2
| occupation = {{flatlist|
- Comedian
- actress
- writer
- podcaster}}
| education = University of Sussex (BA)
| years_active = 2004–present
| website = [http://cariadlloyd.com cariadlloyd.com]
}}
Katie Cariad Lloyd (born 21 August 1982) is a British comedian, actress, writer, and podcaster.{{cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/comics/c/33804/cariad_lloyd|title=Cariad Lloyd, comedian tour dates |website=Chortle |accessdate=8 September 2018}} She is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious, the host and creator of Griefcast, and an improv teacher.{{Cite web|url=https://greatbritishspeakers.co.uk/talents/cariad-lloyd-stand-up-comedian/?slug=cariad-lloyd-comedian-improvisation-workshop-leader|title=Cariad Lloyd|publisher=Great British Speakers}}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/327MY8VPJkSj2KWSCWDMQKl/cariad-lloyd|title=BBC Three – Comedy At The Fringe – Cariad Lloyd|website=BBC}}
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.{{Cite news |date=2018-05-27 |title=Podcast: Griefcast — laughing in the face of death |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/5fad2056-6000-11e8-ab47-8fd33f423c09 |access-date=2022-07-20}}
In November 2023, it was announced that Lloyd signed a five-book deal with Hachette Children's Group.{{Cite web |title=Hachette Children's Group signs five-book deal with 'incredibly talented' Lloyd |url=https://www.thebookseller.com/rights/hachette-childrens-group-signs-five-book-deal-with-incredibly-talented-lloyd |access-date=2023-12-12 |website=The Bookseller |language=En}}
Personal life
Lloyd was born in North London. She is of Welsh descent on her father's side.{{Cite web|last=Neil|date=2013-08-03|title=Behind The Improv: Cariad Lloyd|url=https://www.lowerthetone.com/2013/08/behind-the-improv-cariad-lloyd/|access-date=2020-07-24|website=LowerTheTone }} He died of pancreatic cancer in 1998, aged 44, when she was 15.{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/jul/28/cariad-lloyd-podcast-griefcast-dead-people-q-and-a| title=Cariad Lloyd: 'I wanted to thank the dead people. This only exists because they died'|first=Miranda|last=Sawyer|authorlink=Miranda Sawyer|date=28 July 2018|newspaper=The Guardian}} Lloyd has an older brother; she is four years younger than him.{{Cite AV media |url=https://shows.acast.com/griefcast/episodes/romesh-ranganathan |title=Romesh Ranganathan {{!}} Griefcast |date=2022-12-21 |access-date=2024-12-06 |via=shows.acast.com}}
She studied English literature at the University of Sussex, where she first met her friend and fellow comedian Sara Pascoe.{{cite news| newspaper=The Badger| first=Jed|last=Grainger|date=2 April 2017| title=Interview: Cariad Lloyd}} Lloyd worked with Pascoe as a tour guide on open-top buses in London.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/richard_herring_lst_podcast/episode_99_cariad_lloyd/|title=RHLSTP 99 – Cariad Lloyd – RHLSTP with Richard Herring|first=British Comedy|last=Guide|website=British Comedy Guide}} Whilst appearing on Would I Lie to You? Lloyd mentioned working at a call-centre where she was fired for impersonating various accents;{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pusc5MPeJ-g |title=Was Cariad Lloyd sacked from a call centre? - Would I Lie To You: Series 11 BBC One |date=2018-01-12 |last=BBC |access-date=2024-12-05 |via=YouTube}} whilst on QI she mentioned that she has also worked as a barmaid.
Career
=Television and radio work=
Lloyd has performed in numerous sketches on BBC Comedy Online including Funtime (a Dawson Bros. pilot), The ProposalBBC Online [https://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p00t99cf/cariad_lloyd_the_proposal/ "Cariad Lloyd The Proposal"] and Dirty Dancing.BBC Online [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sk791 "Dirty Dancing"] 2012 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.{{cite web |title=Out of Her Mind |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08tjrsd#credits |website=BBC |access-date=26 August 2021}}
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{{Cite web |date=2012-08-09 |title=Cariad Lloyd: The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd, Pleasance Courtyard |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/comedy/reviews/cariad-lloyd-freewheelin-cariad-lloyd-pleasance-courtyard-edinburgh-8026077.html |access-date=2021-04-06 |website=The Independent }} at Edinburgh Festival Fringe{{cite news |work=The Independent |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2011/aug/26/cariad-lloyd-review |title=Cariad Lloyd Edinburgh Review |date=26 August 2011}} in 2012. In 2013, she performed in The 50 Hour Improvathon at Hoxton Hall,{{cite web|url=http://www.hoxtonhall.co.uk/whatson/extempore-theatre-presents-sixth-annual-50-hour-im/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524194447/http://www.hoxtonhall.co.uk/whatson/extempore-theatre-presents-sixth-annual-50-hour-im/|url-status=dead|archive-date=24 May 2013|publisher=Hoxton Hall |title=Extempore Theatre presents The sixth annual London 50-hour Improvathon|date=24 May 2013|accessdate=8 September 2018}} and The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd at Soho Theatre{{cite web |publisher=Soho Theatre Company Ltd |url=http://sohotheatre.com/whats-on/cariad-lloyd-2013/ |title=Cariad Lloyd: The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130120174117/http://sohotheatre.com/whats-on/cariad-lloyd-2013/ |archivedate=20 January 2013 }} among others.{{cite web |url=http://cariadlloyd.com/gigs/ |title=Cariad Lloyd – Gigs |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805200604/http://cariadlloyd.com/gigs/ |archivedate=5 August 2013 }} In 2014, she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe with Louise Ford in Cariad and Louise's Character Hour.{{CN|date=August 2024}}
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,{{CN|date=August 2024}} and two DVDs of one of their live shows have been released by Go Faster Stripe in 2015 and 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/dvds/2015/01/15/21645/dvd_review:_austentatious|title=DVD review: Austentatious : DVD and CD reviews 2015 : Chortle : The UK Comedy Guide|website=Chortle}} Other members of the group include Rachel Parris, Amy Cooke-Hodgson and Joseph Morpurgo.
=Writing=
Lloyd's book, You Are Not Alone, {{Cite web |title=You Are Not Alone |url=https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/you-are-not-alone-9781526646408/ |access-date=2023-01-18 |publisher=Bloomsbury }}
- {{Cite web|url=http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2019/08/09/43925/cariad_lloyd_writes_a_book_about_grief|title=Cariad Lloyd writes a book about grief |first=Steve|last=Bennett|website=Chortle}}
- {{Cite book |last=Lloyd |first=Cariad |url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B092QY9FHK/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1 |title=You Are Not Alone |date=2023-01-19 |publisher=Bloomsbury Tonic |edition=1st }} 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".{{Cite news |last=Power |first=Marianne |date=14 January 2023|title=You Are Not Alone by Cariad Lloyd review — a modern guide to grief |newspaper=The Times |url=https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/you-are-not-alone-by-cariad-lloyd-review-gp5zj0tjr |access-date=2023-01-18 |issn=0140-0460 |url-access=subscription}}
=Podcasts=
File:Cariad Lloyd (41543501474) (cropped).jpg, where Griefcast won in three categories]]
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{{cite web|url=http://www.radiotimes.com/news/radio/2018-05-20/british-podcast-awards-2018-cariad-lloyds-griefcast-sweeps-the-board/|title=British Podcast Awards 2018: Cariad Lloyd's Griefcast sweeps the board|website=Radio Times|accessdate=8 September 2018}} and an ARIA Award for "Podcast of the Year".{{Cite news |last=Runcie |first=Charlotte |date=2021-04-07 |title=Cariad Lloyd's radio show about grief is so much more than just a comfort |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/radio/what-to-listen-to/cariad-lloyds-radio-show-grief-much-just-comfort/ |access-date=2022-07-20 |issn=0307-1235 |url-access=subscription}}
Lloyd has appeared on other comedians' podcasts including Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown in 2012, Richard Herring's Leicester Square Theatre Podcast in 2016, Do the Right Thing in 2017, and Mike Wozniak's "St. Elwick's Neighbourhood Association Newsletter Podcast" as Veronica Tooze MBE, in 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/flatshare_slamdown/2_6_window/|title=Series 2, Episode 6 (Window) – Pappy's Flatshare Slamdown|website=British Comedy Guide}}
- {{Cite web|url=https://www.comedy.co.uk/podcasts/dotherightthing/2017_special_1/|title=2017 Summer Special 1 (Cariad Lloyd & Phil Wang) – Do The Right Thing|website=British Comedy Guide}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2004
| Pour un temps | The Sister | rowspan="10" | Short films |
| 2006
| Hallo Panda | Sarah |
| 2010
| 0507 | |
| 2012
| What Time Do You Call This? | Jo |
| 2013
| Gus and His Dirty Dead Dad | Ffion |
| 2017
| Custom Love | Isabella |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| The 1st | Julia |
| Mister Biscuits
| Andrea |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Roundheads and Cavaliers | Alice |
| Asparagus Tips
| Asparagus |
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 2012
| Various | Episode: "#1.6" |
| 2012–2014
| Various / Holly | Episodes: "Dawson Bros. Funtime", "The Cariad Show" and "Vodka Diaries" |
| rowspan="3" | 2013
| Fit | Various | Episode: "#1.2" |
| DNN: Definitely Not Newsround
| Stacey-May Anais | Episode: "#1.1" |
| Badults
| Fiona | Episode: "Past" |
| 2013–2014
| Miss Hopps / Tamsin / Sheila / Mary Hardacre | 4 episodes |
| rowspan="4" | 2014
| GameFace | Lucie | Television film |
| Give Out Girls
| Poppy | Main role, 6 episodes |
| Siblings
| Debbie | Episode: "Balcombe's Funeral" |
| Toast of London
| Lindy Makehouse | Episode: "Buried Alive" |
| rowspan="7" | 2015
| Crims | Dawn | Recurring role, 6 episodes |
| The Delivery Man
| Alice | Episode: "Truth" |
| Inside No. 9
| Gemma | Episode: "Séance Time" |
| Ruby Robinson
| Virginia Robinson | Television film |
| Marley's Ghosts
| Miss Randolph | Episode: "#1.2" |
| Peep Show
| Megan | Series 9, 5 episodes |
| Sky Comedy Christmas Shorts
| Mum | Episode: "Joseph Morpurgo's Christmas" |
| 2015–2017
| Various | Series regular, 8 episodes |
| 2015, 2017, 2019
| Herself - Guest panellist | 3 episodes: "#49.7", "#53.5" and "#57.5" |
| 2015–2023
| QI | Herself - Panellist | 13 episodes |
| rowspan="8" | 2016
| Episode: "Geordie Shore Special" |
| I Want My Wife Back
| Keeley | Series regular, 5 episodes |
| Shimmer and Shine
| Princess Samira (UK voice) | Episodes: "Welcome to Zahramay Falls" and "Flying Flour" |
| Morgana Robinson's The Agency
| Hannah | Episode: "#1.3" |
| Halloween Comedy Shorts
| Estate Agent | Episode: "Ross Noble's Horror: The Catchment" |
| Walliams & Friend
| Sammy / Various | Episodes: "Jack Whitehall" and "Harry Enfield" |
| Tracey Ullman's Show
| Make-up Assistant | Episodes: "#1.1" and "The Best of..." |
| Virtually Famous
| Herself - Panellist | Episode: "#3.2" |
| 2016, 2017
| 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Herself - Contestant | 3 episodes: "#8.02", "#11.7" and "#14.1" |
| rowspan="3" | 2017
| The Real History of Sex | Various | Mini-series |
| Josh
| Karen | Series 3, Episode 3: "Bicycles & Babies" |
| The Last Leg
| Herself | Episodes: "The Correspondents 5: Trump Hunters" and "The Correspondents 9: Sanitising Period Poverty" |
| 2018, 2020, 2023
| Herself - Contestant | Episodes: "#10.41", "#12.18" and "#15.23" |
| rowspan="2" | 2018
| Herself - Panellist | Series 11, Episode 8 |
| Funny Women: Julie Walters
| Herself | Television film |
| rowspan="5" | 2019
| This Time with Alan Partridge | Alice Fluck | Series 1, Episode 1 |
| Hypothetical
| Herself - Guest | Series 1, Episodes 7 & 8 |
| Lee and Dean
| Dani | Series 2, Episodes 1–5 |
| Tourist Trap
| Llinos Lyn | Series 2, Episode 3: "Screen" |
| The Snail and the Whale
| Teacher (voice) | Television film |
| rowspan="2" | 2020
| Stallholder | Series 2, Episode 5: "Use by Date" |
| Out of Her Mind
| Scoopy | Series 1, 5 episodes |
| 2021
| Mama Beetle / Mama Toad (voice) | Television film |
| 2021–2022
| Richard Osman's House of Games | Herself - Contestant | Series 5, Episodes 31–35 and Series 6, Episodes 56–60 |
| 2022
| Dorothy | Series 1, Episode 4 |
| rowspan="2" | 2023
| Ms. Gideon | Series 1, Episodes 3 & 6: "Man On" and "Fowl Play" |
| Tabby McTat
| Prunella (voice) | Television film |
| 2024
| Claire Moss | Series 2, Episode 2 |
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- [https://shows.acast.com/griefcast Griefcast ]
- {{British Comedy Guide|people|cariad_lloyd}}
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Category:English people of Welsh descent