Kerry Godliman

Kerry Godliman (born 1973) is an English actress and comedian. She has appeared in TV roles in Derek, Bad Move, and After Life. Born in Perivale, West London, she trained at Rose Bruford College in South London.

In the first decade of the 2000s, Godliman appeared in a variety of television productions, including Spoons, Law of the Playground, and Michael McIntyre's Comedy Roadshow. She played Hannah in Ricky Gervais's Channel 4 sitcom Derek, Belinda Dawes in Our Girl, and Liz Carter in Carters Get Rich. In 2017, she landed the role of Nicky in the ITV sitcom Bad Move, and in 2018 she won the seventh series of Dave's comedy game show Taskmaster, beating James Acaster, Jessica Knappett, Phil Wang, and Rhod Gilbert. In 2019, she appeared as Lisa in Ricky Gervais's black comedy series After Life, reprising the role in series two and three. Since 2021, she has portrayed the lead character Pearl Nolan in the mystery series Whitstable Pearl, and since 2022 she has appeared in the crime thriller series Trigger Point.

On radio, Godliman made her first appearance on the long-running BBC Radio 4 quiz Just a Minute in August 2014, and has also appeared on I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue and The News Quiz. She has performed as a stand-up comedian throughout her career, including several appearances on Live at the Apollo, and tours in this capacity. In January 2022, she performed her show Bosh at Blackheath Halls, London. In a review for The Guardian, Brian Logan praised the show, rating it 3 out of 5 stars, and stating that the performance is filled with "vigour, charm and plenty [of] good gags".