Liz Carr

Liz Carr (born April 1972) is a British actress, comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist, who studied law at the University of Nottingham. 2Career 3Comedy Carr has used a wheelchair since the age of seven due to arthrogryposis multiplex congenita 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?'". 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. Carr co-hosted the BBC's Royal Television Society award-winning Ouc