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Liz Carr is an English actress, comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist.

Liz Carr
Born	Liz Carr (1972-04-21) 21 April 1972 (age 50) Bebington, Merseyside, England
Education	University of Nottingham
Occupation	Actress comedian broadcaster disability rights activist
Known for	Acting and activism
Spouse	Jo Church ​ (m. 2010)​

Early life and education

Carr was born 21 April 1972 in Port Sunlight and grew up in Bebington, Merseyside.[1] She attended Upton Hall School FCJ in Upton, Merseyside and Birkenhead High School in Birkenhead.[2][3]

Carr studied law at the University of Nottingham.[4]

Disability activism

Carr has used a wheelchair since the age of seven owing to arthrogryposis multiplex congenita[5] and frequently refers to her condition in her stand-up as "meus thronus kaputus". She is frank about her life as a disabled person and the inherent comedy that brings: "I've had some tuts, which is fantastic... I look quite frail to some people, so it's like, 'She's talking about sex, she's swearing.' Every stereotype you didn't expect. People generally look terrified. 'Oh my God, is she going to be funny? Can we laugh at this?'."[6]

Carr became involved in politics, disabled rights, and activism while studying at the University of Nottingham. Following her graduation she turned her back on law to work as a disability equality trainer.[7] She has been a disability rights campaigner in the UK and has spoken at many rallies. In May 2008 she joined with ADAPT, a prominent disability rights group in the United States, to raise money for ADAPT and to protest against presidential candidate John McCain's refusal to support the right of people with disabilities to live in their own homes.

In 2011, Carr was part of a Newsnight debate on assisted suicide, following the screening on the BBC of Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, which included Jeremy Paxman and David Aaronovitch.[8]

She opposed Lord Falconer's Assisted Dying Bill, stating: "I fear we’ve so devalued certain groups of people – ill people, disabled people, older people – that I don’t think it’s in their best interests to enshrine in law the right of doctors to kill certain people."[9]

Career

Comedy

She has been part of a number of comedy groups, including Abnormally Funny People with Tanyalee Davis, Steve Day, Steve Best, Simon Minty and Chris McCausland.

In 2007 she was runner-up in the Hackney Empire New Act of the Year competition.[10]

Carr co-hosted the BBC's Royal Television Society award-winning Ouch! Podcast[11] with Mat Fraser from 2006 to 2013, and in 2011 worked as a researcher for the BBC comedy panel show Have I Got News for You.

Acting

Carr was in her thirties when she took on her first professional acting role, playing Mother Courage, before heading to the Young Vic with another Bertolt Brecht play, The Exception and the Rule.[12] In 2013, she joined the long-running BBC crime thriller series Silent Witness as regular character Clarissa Mullery.[13][14] On 5 February 2020 it was announced that Carr had departed Silent Witness after eight years.

In 2019, Carr starred in The OA as Dr Marlow Rhodes.[15] In 2020, Carr appeared as a university lecturer in the miniseries Devs.[16]

In March 2021, it was announced that Carr had joined the cast of The Witcher as Fenn in the show's second season.[17] In December of the same year, it was announced that Carr had joined the cast of Good Omens for the second season, as the angel Saraqael.[18] Between September and December 2021, Carr played Dr. Emma Brookner in the West End revival of The Normal Heart at the Royal National Theatre, marking the first time a disabled person had played the role on stage. Carr subsequently won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role at the 2022 Laurence Olivier Awards.[19]

Personal life

In 2010 Carr entered into a civil partnership with longtime partner Jo Church in what Carr called "A Wheelie Special Wedding". Her father gave a speech in which he was prohibited from using words like "brave." Carr and her partner danced to the Dirty Dancing theme and the local fire brigade held her, and her chair, aloft.[20]

On 10 August 2017, Carr and her personal assistant were the victims of an attack by a man armed with scissors. The assailant was subsequently arrested and detained under the Mental Health Act 2007.[21]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2017	Le Accelerator	The Death Provider
2021	Infinite	Garrick
2022	Then Barbara Met Alan	Liz

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2013–2020	Silent Witness	Clarissa Mullery	79 episodes
2018	Les Misérables	Concierge	Episode #1.1
2019	The OA	Dr. Marlow Rhodes	2 episodes
2019	Would I Lie To You?	Herself	Series 13
2020	Devs	Lecturer	Episode #1.5
2020	CripTales	Meg	2 episodes
2021	The Witcher	Fenn
2022	This Is Going to Hurt	Tina	Episode #1.7

Stage

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2021	The Normal Heart	Dr. Emma Brookner	Royal National Theatre

References

External links

• Official website
• Liz Carr at IMDb 

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[de] Liz Carr

Liz Carr (* im April 1972 in Wirral, Cheshire, England)[1] ist eine britische Komödiantin und Schauspielerin.

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- [en] Liz Carr

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[es] Liz Carr

Liz Carr (Cheshire, abril de 1972) es una actriz, humorista y locutora británica, activista internacional por los derechos de los discapacitados,[1] reconocida por su papel protagónico como Clarissa Mullery en el seriado Silent Witness[2][3] y como Garrick en el largometraje Infinite, bajo la dirección de Antoine Fuqua.[4] Carr utiliza una silla de ruedas desde los siete años debido a una artrogriposis múltiple congénita.[5]

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