Cariad Lloyd

Cariad Lloyd (born Katie Cariad Lloyd in 1982) is a British comedian, actress, writer, and podcaster. She is a member of the improvisational comedy group Austentatious, the creator and host of Griefcast, and an improv teacher. Lloyd was nominated in 2011 for Best Newcomer at the Fosters Edinburgh Comedy Awards for her debut solo show, Lady Cariad's Characters, and won the Edtwinge award for the most positively tweeted-about show during the Fringe.

Lloyd was born in North London and is of Welsh descent on her father's side. She studied English literature at the University of Sussex, where she first met her friend and fellow comedian Sara Pascoe, and the two worked together as tour guides on open-top buses in London. She has performed for BBC Radio 4 shows including Newsjack and The Now Show, and appeared on television shows such as Channel 4's Cardinal Burns and CBBC's Fit. She wrote and performed in her own comedy pilot for BBC Three, The Cariad Show, and is a regular panellist on QI, having appeared in 14 episodes as of April 2024. She also appeared in the final series of Peep Show as Megan and in Sara Pascoe's series Out of Her Mind.

Lloyd created and hosts the podcast Griefcast, a series of conversations about death, bereavement, and coping with loss. It has won several awards, including Best Entertainment Podcast and Podcast of the Year at the British Podcast Awards and an ARIA Award. Her book, You Are Not Alone, was published in 2023, and The Times described it as "a blackly funny, honest, thought-provoking and compassionate book that will be of comfort to all who know loss." In November 2023, it was announced that Lloyd signed a five-book deal with Hachette Children's Group.