{{Short description|British comedian, actress, writer and podcaster}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{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 based on age as of date|40|2023|1|20}}<ref>{{cite news |last1=Meyrick |first1=Sarah |title=Interview with Cariad Lloyd: 'Who are we remembering today?' |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2023/20-january/features/features/interview-with-cariad-lloyd-who-are-we-remembering-today |access-date=12 March 2026 |work=www.churchtimes.co.uk |date=20 January 2023}}</ref> | birth_place = [[London]], England | spouse = | children = | occupation = {{flatlist| *Comedian *actress *writer *podcaster}} | education = [[University of Sussex]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) | years_active = 2004–present | website = [http://cariadlloyd.com cariadlloyd.com] }}
'''Katie Cariad Lloyd''' (born {{birth based on age as of date|40|2023|1|20|noage=1}}) is a British comedian, actress, writer, and podcaster.<ref>{{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}}</ref> She is a member of the improvisational comedy group [[Austentatious]], the creator and host of ''[[Griefcast]]'', and an [[Improvisational theatre|improv]] teacher.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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 [[Edinburgh Fringe|Fringe]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/327MY8VPJkSj2KWSCWDMQKl/cariad-lloyd|title=BBC Three – Comedy At The Fringe – Cariad Lloyd|website=BBC}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
In November 2023, it was announced that Lloyd signed a five-book deal with Hachette Children's Group.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
==Early life== Lloyd was born in [[North London]]. She is of Welsh descent on her father's side.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> He died of [[pancreatic cancer]] in 1998, aged 44,<ref name=":0" /> when she was 15.<ref name=sawyer>{{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]]}}</ref> Lloyd has an older [[brother]]; four years her senior.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
She studied [[English literature]] at the [[University of Sussex]], where she first met her friend and fellow comedian [[Sara Pascoe]].<ref name=badger>{{cite news| newspaper=[[The Badger (newspaper)|The Badger]]| first=Jed|last=Grainger|date=2 April 2017| title=Interview: Cariad Lloyd}}</ref> Lloyd worked with Pascoe as a tour guide on open-top buses in London.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Whilst appearing on ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]'' Lloyd mentioned working at a call-centre where she was fired for impersonating various [[Accent (sociolinguistics)|accents]];<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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 Online|BBC Comedy Online]] including ''Funtime'' (a [[Dawson Bros.]] pilot), ''The Proposal''<ref>BBC Online [https://web.archive.org/web/20120601230027/http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p00t99cf/cariad_lloyd_the_proposal/ "Cariad Lloyd The Proposal"]</ref> and ''Dirty Dancing''.<ref>BBC Online [https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00sk791 "Dirty Dancing"] 2012</ref> 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 (TV channel)|CBBC]]'s ''Fit'' and ''DNN'', and in films such as [[Baby Cow Productions|Baby Cow Productions']] ''Caravan'' and [[Film4 Productions|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 (British actor)|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? (British game show)|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 (British TV series)|Peep Show]]'' as Megan.
In 2020, she appeared in Sara Pascoe's comedy series ''Out of Her Mind'' for BBC television.<ref>{{cite web |title=Out of Her Mind |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08tjrsd#credits |website=BBC |access-date=26 August 2021}}</ref>
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''<ref>{{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 }}</ref> at [[Edinburgh Festival Fringe]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> in 2012. In 2013, she performed in ''The 50 Hour Improvathon'' at [[Hoxton Hall]],<ref>{{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}}</ref> and ''The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd'' at Soho Theatre<ref>{{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 }}</ref> among others.<ref>{{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 }}</ref> In 2014, she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe with [[Louise Ford]] in ''Cariad and Louise's Character Hour''.{{Citation needed|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,{{Citation needed|date=August 2024}} and two DVDs of one of their live shows have been released by [[Go Faster Stripe]] in 2015 and 2018.<ref>{{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}}</ref> Other members of the group include [[Rachel Parris]], Amy Cooke-Hodgson and Joseph Morpurgo.
===Writing=== Lloyd's book, ''You Are Not Alone'',<ref>{{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 }}<br />- {{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}}<br />- {{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 }}</ref> 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".<ref name=":0">{{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}}</ref>
===Podcasts=== [[File:Cariad Lloyd (41543501474) (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Lloyd at the 2018 [[British Podcast Awards]], 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]]<ref>{{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}}</ref> and an [[ARIA Award]] for "Podcast of the Year".<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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 (podcast)|Do the Right Thing]]'' in 2017, and Mike Wozniak's "St. Elwick's Neighbourhood Association Newsletter Podcast" as Veronica Tooze MBE, in 2021.<ref>{{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}}<br />- {{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}}</ref>
==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'' | (unknown) |- | 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 | ''[[Cardinal Burns]]'' | Various | Episode: "#1.6" |- | 2012–2014 | ''[[Comedy Feeds]]'' | 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 | ''[[Crackanory]]'' | Miss Hopps / Tamsin / Sheila / Mary Hardacre | Series 1, Episodes 2 & 3, and Series 2, Episodes 3 & 4 |- | rowspan="4" | 2014 | ''[[GameFace]]'' | Lucie | Television film |- | ''[[Siblings (TV series)|Siblings]]'' | Debbie | Episode: "Balcombe's Funeral" |- | ''[[Toast of London]]'' | Lindy Makehouse | Episode: "Buried Alive" |- | ''[[Give Out Girls]]'' | Poppy | Main role. Episodes 1–6 |- | rowspan="7" | 2015 | ''[[Crims]]'' | Dawn | Recurring role. Episodes 1–6 |- | ''[[The Delivery Man (TV series)|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 (British TV series)|Peep Show]]'' | Megan | Series 9, 5 episodes |- | ''Sky Comedy Christmas Shorts'' | Mum | Episode: "Joseph Morpurgo's Christmas" |- | 2015–2017 | ''[[Murder in Successville]]'' | Various | Series regular, 8 episodes |- | 2015, 2017, 2019 | ''[[Have I Got News for You]]'' | Herself - Guest panellist | Episodes: "#49.7", "#53.5" and "#57.5" |- | 2015–2025 | ''[[QI]]'' | Herself - Panellist | 16 episodes |- | rowspan="8" | 2016 | ''[[Drunk History (UK TV series)|Drunk History]]'' | [[Anne Boleyn]] | 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 | Episodes: "#8.02", "#11.7" and "#14.1" |- | rowspan="3" | 2017 | ''The Real History of Sex'' | Various | Mini-series |- | [[Josh (TV series)|''Josh'']] | Karen | Episode: "Bicycles & Babies" |- | ''[[The Last Leg]]'' | Herself | Episodes: "The Correspondents 5: Trump Hunters" and "The Correspondents 9: Sanitising Period Poverty" |- | 2018–2025 | ''[[Pointless Celebrities]]'' | Herself - Contestant | Episodes: "#10.41", "#12.18", "#15.23" and "#17.20" |- | rowspan="2" | 2018 | ''[[Would I Lie to You? (British game show)|Would I Lie to You?]]'' | 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 (TV series)|Hypothetical]]'' | Herself - Guest | Series 1, Episodes 7 & 8 |- | ''[[Lee and Dean]]'' | Dani | Series 2, Episodes 1–5 |- | ''[[Tourist Trap (TV series)|Tourist Trap]]'' | Llinos Lyn | Series 2, Episode 3: "Screen" |- | ''[[The Snail and the Whale (film)|The Snail and the Whale]]'' | Teacher (voice) | Television film |- | rowspan="2" | 2020 | ''[[Sick of It (TV series)|Sick of It]]'' | Stallholder | Series 2, Episode 5: "Use by Date" |- | ''[[Out of Her Mind]]'' | Scoopy | Series 1, 5 episodes |- | 2021 | ''[[Superworm (film)|Superworm]]'' | 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 | ''[[The Witchfinder (TV series)|The Witchfinder]]'' | Dorothy | Series 1, Episode 4 |- | 2022, 2024 | ''[[Between the Covers (TV programme)|Between the Covers]]'' | Herself - Panellist | Series 4, Episode 2, and Series 8, Episode 4 |- | 2023 | ''Tabby McTat'' | Prunella (voice) | Television film |- | 2023–2025 | ''[[Changing Ends]]'' | Miss Gideon | Recurring role. 7 episodes |- | rowspan="2" | 2024 | ''[[Beyond Paradise (TV series)|Beyond Paradise]]'' | Claire Moss | Series 2, Episode 2 |- | ''My Sexual Abuse: The Sitcom (The Actual Sitcom)'' | Herself / Auntie / Defence Barrister | Television Special |- | 2026 | ''[[Ellis (TV series)|Ellis]]'' | Pippa Ellerson | Series 2, Episodes 1 & 2: "Ashenham: Parts One and Two" |}
==References== {{reflist|30em}}
==External links== *{{Official website}} *[https://shows.acast.com/griefcast ''Griefcast''] *{{IMDb name|2631544|Cariad Lloyd}} *{{British Comedy Guide|people|cariad_lloyd}}
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