Liz Carr

Liz Carr is a British actress, stand-up comedian,[1]broadcaster and international disability rights activist,who studied law at Nottingham University.[2]

1 Career

1.1 Comedy

Carr uses a wheelchair and frequently refers to her con-dition in her stand-up as “meus thronus kaputus”. She isfrank about her life as a disabled person and the inherentcomedy that brings - “I've had some tuts, which is fantas-tic... I look quite frail to some people, so it’s like, 'She’stalking about sex, she’s swearing.' Every stereotype youdidn't expect. People generally look terrified. 'Oh myGod, is she going to be funny? Can we laugh at this?'".[3]

She has been part of a number of comedy groups, includ-ing “Abnormally Funny People” with Tanyalee Davis,Steve Day, Steve Best, Simon Minty and Chris McCaus-land.In 2007 she was runner up in the Hackney Empire NewAct of the Year competition.

1.2 Hosting and Commentary

Carr co-hosted the BBC's Royal Television Society awardwinning Ouch! Podcast [4] with Mat Fraser from 2006 to2013, and in 2011 worked as a researcher for the longrunning BBC panel show and British TV comedy series,Have I Got News for You.In 2011, Carr was part of a Newsnight debate on the con-troversial issue of assisted suicide, following the screen-ing on the BBC of Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, whichincluded Jeremy Paxman and David Aaronovitch.[5]

1.3 Acting

In 2013, she joined the long-running BBC crimethriller series Silent Witness as regular character ClarissaMullery[6][7]

2 Activism

For the past 20 years, Carr has been a disability rightscampaigner in the UK and has spoken at many rallies.In May 2008 she joined with ADAPT, a prominent dis-ability rights group in the United States, to raise moneyfor ADAPT and to protest against presidential candidateJohn McCain's refusal to support the right of people withdisabilities to live in their own homes.She opposes Lord Faulkner’s Assisted Dying Bill, stating:“I fear we’ve so devalued certain groups of people – illpeople, disabled people, older people – that I don’t thinkit’s in their best interests to enshrine in law the right ofdoctors to kill certain people.”[8]

3 References[1] Liz Carr on: Chortle: The UK Comedy Guide

[2] Nottingham University

[3] Interview by Mary O'Hara (2006-06-21). “Interview: LizCarr | Society”. The Guardian. Retrieved 2013-01-13.

[4] Official Ouch! Podcast page

[5] IMDb: Newsnight

[6] Clarissa Mullery

[7] BBC Ouch interview Liz Carr on her Silent Witness role.BBC Ouch blog. Retrieved 11 January 2013

[8] Liz Carr, Not so Silent Witness, Standard IssueMagazine http://standardissuemagazine.com/voices/liz-carr-interview/

4 External links• Official website

• Liz Carr at the Internet Movie Database

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