Cariad Lloyd
Cariad Lloyd | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 1982 London |
| Occupation(s) | Comedian, actress |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Cariad Lloyd is a British comedian, actor and writer who has been performing since 2007.[1] 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.[2]
Career
Television and radio work
Lloyd has performed in numerous sketches on BBC Comedy Online including Funtime (Dawson Bros Pilot), The Proposal[3] and Dirty Dancing.[4] She has performed for 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 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. In May 2015 she appeared as a panellist on Have I Got News for You and on QI in November of the same year. She also appeared in the final series of Peep Show in December as Megan. In 2016 Lloyd appeared as a panellist on BBC Radio 4's News Quiz '(Series 17, Episode 1 - April 19)'.
Live performance
Lloyd has performed in a variety of live shows since 2006, including The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd[5] at Edinburgh Festival Fringe[6] in 2012. In 2013, she has performed at the The 50 Hour Improvathon at Hoxton Hall, and The Freewheelin' Cariad Lloyd (But in Soho Theatre this time)[7] among others.[8] In 2014 she performed at the Edinburgh Fringe with Louise Ford in Cariad and Louise's Character Hour.[9]
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012–2014 | Comedy Feeds | Various/Holly | Episodes: "Dawson Bros. Funtime", "The Cariad Show" and "Vodka Diaries" |
| 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 | Murder in Successville | Various | Series regular |
| 2015 | Have I Got News for You | Guest panellist | Episode 49X07 |
| 2015 | Peep Show | Megan | Series 9 |
| 2015–16 | QI | Panellist | Episodes: "Miscellany", "Making a Meal of It" and "Naming Names" |
| 2015 | I Want My Wife Back | Keeley | Series Regular |
| 2016 | 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown | Panellist | Episode 8.03 |
References
- ^ Chortle "Cariad Lloyd Chortle"
- ^ Cariad Lloyd's Homepage "Homepage"
- ^ BBC Online "Cariad Lloyd The Proposal"
- ^ BBC Online "Dirty Dancing" 2012
- ^ The Independent "Cariad Lloyd The Freewheelin Cariad Lloyd at Pleasance Courtyard Edinburgh" 9 August 2012.
- ^ The Independent "Cariad Lloyd Edinburgh Review" 26 August 2011.
- ^ Soho Theatre Performance "Soho- C Lloyd"
- ^ Gigs "Cariad Lloyd – Gigs"
- ^ "Cariad and Louise\'s Character Hour". Broadway Baby. Retrieved 1 November 2016.