“Since being told as a child that I 'wouldn't live to be old,' I worry about it, I'm scared of it and I expect it at every turn. If I'm not talking, thinking or writing about it, I'm telling jokes about it. For me, death has become a way of life.”

English actress, comedian, broadcaster and disability rights activist

Liz Carr is an English actress, comedian, broadcaster and disability rights activist. She is known for her work on stage and screen, her campaigning for disabled rights, and for her long-running role as Clarissa Mullery in the BBC crime drama Silent Witness from 2013 to 2020. She has also presented the BBC documentary Better Off Dead? in 2024. Her public work combines performance with advocacy, and she is widely associated with disabled rights and issues of representation.