Jo Caulfield

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name = Jo Caulfield


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birth_name = Josephine Caulfield
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medium = Stand-up, television, radio
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Josephine Caulfield (born 1965 in Wales) is a British stand-up comedian and comedy writer.

Early life

Caulfield was born in Wales to Irish parents and brought up in England. Before getting into comedy she worked as a waitress.

Comedy career

tand-up

She has appeared at major comedy clubs, both in the UK and overseas, and has completed three nationwide tours, in support of Graham Norton, Puppetry of the Penis, and Rory Bremner. For the last four years, Jo has taken her solo stand-up comedy show to the Edinburgh Fringe.

Writing

She has been a Comedy Writer/Programme Consultant for all five series of the BAFTA Award-winning "So Graham Norton". She was also head writer for Ruby Wax's "Waiting Game".

Television

Caulfield's own TV appearances include "Never Mind The Buzzcocks", "Mock the Week", "The Stand-up Show", "The Comedy Store", "The World Stands Up", "Take the Mike", and "Stitch-Up".

She is also a TV warm-up artist, and is the regular warm-up for "V Graham Norton". Other TV shows she works on include:"Have I Got News for You" (with one appearance as a contestant), "Alistair McGowan's Big Impression", "Bremner, Bird and Fortune", "Gimme Gimme Gimme", "Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps", and "Perfect World".

Acting credits include "Family Affairs", "Days Like These", "Beast", and "Get Real".

Radio

She has been a regular guest on many radio shows: "It's Been a Bad Week", "The Fred MacCauley Show", "The Motion Show", "Parsons and Naylor's Pull-Out Section", "Quote... Unquote", "The Sunday Programme" (LBC Radio), "The Now Show" and "Twenty Twenty". Jo recorded her own Radio 4 comedy series: "It's That Jo Caulfield Again", which was broadcast from September, 2005. A third series began broadcasting in June 2007.

External links

* [http://www.jocaulfield.com/biography.php Biography at official site]
* [http://www.jocaulfield.com/blog/ Jo's blog at her official site]