Liz Carr

Liz Carr

Liz Carr has used a wheelchair since the age of seven owing to arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. She frequently refers to her condition in her stand-up as’meus thronus kaputus’ In 2013, she joined the long-running BBC crime thriller series Silent Witness as regular character Clarissa Mullery.

About Liz Carr in brief

Summary Liz CarrLiz Carr is a British actress, comedian, broadcaster and disability rights activist. Carr has used a wheelchair since the age of seven owing to arthrogryposis multiplex congenita. She frequently refers to her condition in her stand-up as’meus thronus kaputus’ In 2013, she joined the long-running BBC crime thriller series Silent Witness as regular character Clarissa Mullery.

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. In 2020, Carr appeared as a university lecturer in the miniseries Devs. In 2011, Carr was part of a Newsnight debate on assisted suicide, following the screening on the BBC of Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die.