20 Facts About Cariad Lloyd

Katie Cariad Lloyd was born on 21 August 1982 and is a British comedian, actress, writer, and podcaster.

Cariad Lloyd is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious, the host and creator of Griefcast, and an improv teacher.

Cariad Lloyd won the Edtwinge award for most positively tweeted-about show during the Fringe.

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

Cariad Lloyd is of Welsh descent on her father's side.

Cariad Lloyd died of pancreatic cancer in 1998, aged 44, when she was 15.

Cariad Lloyd has an older brother; she is four years younger than him.

Cariad Lloyd studied English literature at the University of Sussex, where she first met her friend and fellow comedian Sara Pascoe.

Cariad Lloyd worked with Pascoe as a tour guide on open-top buses in London.

Cariad Lloyd has performed for the BBC Radio 4 shows Newsjack, My First Planet, The Now Show, Small Scenes and The Guns of Adam Riches.

Cariad 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.

Cariad Lloyd 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 Lloyd Radio Show, which was featured on the BBC Comedy of the Week podcast.

In 2014, Cariad 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.

Cariad Lloyd was a series regular, playing several semi-improvised characters on Murder in Successville with Tom Davis.

Cariad Lloyd is a regular panellist on QI, having appeared in 14 episodes as of April 2024.

Cariad Lloyd appeared in the final series of Peep Show as Megan.

Cariad Lloyd is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious.

Cariad Lloyd created and hosts the podcast Griefcast, a series of conversations about death, bereavement, and coping with the loss of a loved one.

Cariad 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.