{"id":462074,"date":"2019-12-29T01:09:29","date_gmt":"2019-12-29T09:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?p=462074"},"modified":"2026-02-12T17:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T01:19:40","slug":"ep-67-disabled-actors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/12\/29\/ep-67-disabled-actors\/","title":{"rendered":"Ep 67: Disabled Actors"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_2479\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-462074-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/67_Ep_67_FINAL.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/67_Ep_67_FINAL.mp3\">https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/67_Ep_67_FINAL.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/67_Ep_67_FINAL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_pinw=462074-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/content.blubrry.com\/disability_visibility\/67_Ep_67_FINAL.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"67_Ep_67_FINAL.mp3\">Download<\/a> | <a href=\"#\" class=\"powerpress_link_e\" title=\"Embed\" onclick=\"return powerpress_show_embed('462074-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Embed<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_embed_box\" id=\"powerpress_embed_462074-podcast\" style=\"display: none;\"><input id=\"powerpress_embed_462074-podcast_t\" type=\"text\" value=\"&lt;iframe width=&quot;320&quot; height=&quot;30&quot; src=&quot;https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/?powerpress_embed=462074-podcast&amp;amp;powerpress_player=mediaelement-audio&quot; title=&quot;Blubrry Podcast Player&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\/iframe&gt;\" onclick=\"javascript: this.select();\" onfocus=\"javascript: this.select();\" style=\"width: 70%;\" readOnly><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/disability-visibility\/id1282878324\u00a0?mt=2&amp;ls=1#episodeGuid=https%3A%2F%2Fdisabilityvisibilityproject.com%2F%3Fp%3D462074\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/subscribebyemail.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe by Email\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/feed\/podcast\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Today\u2019s episode features an interview with <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lizcarr.co.uk\/\">Liz Carr<\/a><\/strong>, an actor, activist and comedian based in the UK. I first listened to Liz when she was a co-host for the BBC Ouch podcast with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matfraser.co.uk\/p\/home.html\">Mat Fraser<\/a>. Hearing two disabled people cackle and joke was a revelation many years ago. There\u2019s no doubt in my mind that Liz and Mat influenced me as a podcaster on how important it is to have disabled people in conversation together. You\u2019ll hear Liz talk about her acting career and the challenges she faces in fighting for characters and storylines that matter. We also discuss her lead role as crippy smartass forensic examiner Clarissa Mullery in BBC\u2019s long running drama, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Silent_Witness\">Silent Witness<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Transcript<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1fK6wUWOLLg24GJ4LLgv4VBSl5jyIlDgkWSw2pZPKaj8\/edit?usp=sharing\"><strong>[Google doc]<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Disabled-Actors-Liz-Carr.pdf\"><strong>[PDF]<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Related Links<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Cook, Morven. (November 21, 2016). <a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/assisted-suicide-a-musical-that-asks-us-to-think-critically-about-the-portrayal-of-euthanasia-69172\">Assisted Suicide: a musical that asks us to think critically about the portrayal of euthanasia.<\/a> The Conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Pepper, Penny. (January 31, 2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2018\/jan\/31\/disabled-actors-prime-time-tv-silent-witness-mainstream-drama-abusive-political-climate\">Disabled actors on prime-time TV? No wonder I cried at Silent Witness.<\/a> The Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>Scarlet, Mik. (January 26, 2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityarts.online\/magazine\/opinion\/liz-carr-silent-witness-roars\/\">Liz Carr \u2013 The Silent Witness Roars.<\/a> Disability Arts Online.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1360\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qK20wQoH9KA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1360\" height=\"765\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sRE6Zwq62vc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<h3><strong>About<\/strong><\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_462076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-462076\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"462076\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/12\/29\/ep-67-disabled-actors\/lizcarr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LizCarr.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LizCarr\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The photo shows the head and shoulders of a white woman, with make up and red lipstick, staring directly at you with her dark brown eyes. A slim woman, her navy blue long sleeved top frames her bare neck and her straight, dark brown hair frames her face and her high forehead. &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LizCarr.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LizCarr.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-462076\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LizCarr.jpg?resize=400%2C267&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The photo shows the head and shoulders of a white woman, with make up and red lipstick, staring directly at you with her dark brown eyes. A slim woman, her navy blue long sleeved top frames her bare neck and her straight, dark brown hair frames her face and her high forehead.\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LizCarr.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LizCarr.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LizCarr.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LizCarr.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-462076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The photo shows the head and shoulders of a white woman, with make up and red lipstick, staring directly at you with her dark brown eyes. A slim woman, her navy blue long sleeved top frames her bare neck and her straight, dark brown hair frames her face and her high forehead.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Liz Carr<\/strong> describes herself as an actor, activist and comedian. As a UK based, wheelchair user, she is currently best known for her lead role in the BBC\u2019s long running forensic drama, Silent Witness where she\u2019s played the smart ass forensic examiner Clarissa Mullery for the past 7 series. She also played Marlow Rhodes in the Netflix show, The OA Part 2 and she has a number of other tv and film parts coming up this year and next. But perhaps her favourite job ever and the one Liz is most known for within the crip community is when she co-hosted the BBC Ouch! podcast with Mat Fraser from 2006 &#8211; 2013. Training with Graeae theatre company, Liz has and continues to wheel the boards doing bits of theatre, she co-created the Disabled \/ Deaf women\u2019s comedy group Nasty Girls, broke her stand-up cherry with Abnormally Funny People and as a member of the Not Dead Yet network, she\u2019s a passionate and vocal opponent of the legalisation of physician assisted suicide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/thelizcarr\">@thelizcarr<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Website: <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/lizcarr.co.uk\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">lizcarr.co.uk<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Support Disability Media and Culture<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/donate\/\"><b>DONATE<\/b><\/a><b>\u00a0to the Disability Visibility Project\u00ae<\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Credits<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.geraldineah-sue.com\/\">Geraldine Ah-Sue<\/a>, Audio Producer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SFdirewolf\">Alice Wong<\/a>, Writer, Audio Producer, Host<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhoAmIToStopIt\">Cheryl Green<\/a>, Text Transcript<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kut2smooth\">Lateef McLeod<\/a>, Introduction<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeeMort\">Mike Mort<\/a>, Artwork<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Theme Music (used with permission of artist)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Song:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=N02wZiX7jso\">\u201cDance Off\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artist:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wheelchairsportscamp.bandcamp.com\/\">Wheelchair Sports Camp<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Music<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Meet_Podington_Bear_Box_Set_Disc_1\/02_Pives_And_Flarinet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/freemusicarchive.org\/music\/Podington_Bear\/Meet_Podington_Bear_Box_Set_Disc_1\/02_Pives_And_Flarinet&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1577213819645000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFbdcEcdrfiPe2o-v9nLAaZqYRWAA\">pives and flarinet<\/a>&#8221; 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Today\u2019s episode features an interview with Liz Carr, an actor, activist and comedian based in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/2019\/12\/29\/ep-67-disabled-actors\/\" class=\"read-more\">Continue Reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ep 67: Disabled Actors<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":462076,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[587152318,1],"tags":[159346,3471,6722,11830971,238541,587152805,6234,587152388,2005041,168607,587152410,101979381,587152423,587152347,587152807,459,587152806,14694,5386,587152668,8199],"class_list":["post-462074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","category-uncategorized","tag-ableism","tag-accessibility","tag-activism","tag-assisted-dying","tag-assisted-suicide","tag-bbc","tag-comedy","tag-disability-activism","tag-disability-culture","tag-disability-rights","tag-disabled-actors","tag-disabled-characters","tag-disabled-comedians","tag-queer-disabled-people","tag-silent-witness","tag-television","tag-the-oa","tag-theater","tag-theatre","tag-theatre-festivals","tag-uk","post-has-thumbnail"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/LizCarr.jpg?fit=1500%2C1000&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4H7t1-1WcO","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462074","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462074"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/462074\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/462076"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462074"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=462074"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/disabilityvisibilityproject.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=462074"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}