Kate-Lois Elliott (not a double barrel name) is a comedian, actor and writer based in the UK. She was nominated for a British Writers' Guild Award in 2022 for Best Online Comedy for How to be Maggie: With Maggie P (‘‘Wonderful nominee. Could sniff the vodka from the plinth,’’ Helen Lederer, ‘‘A Rising Star’,’ Script Angel) as well as the Funny Women Content Creator Awards 2021 & was a finalist in the British Comedy Guide Pro Awards 2022 . She is also one half of The Real Witches… co-written with Chloe Partridge (Funny Women Winner). You can find a bunch of her web series on YouTube, Instagram and the British Comedy Guide.  ​As an actor, Kate has appeared on the BBC, Netflix and in the West End. She is also one half of Diversify Podcast, whose guests have included Ria Lina, Kai Samra, Maisie Adam and Tez Ilyas. Her first standup show GENTRIF*CKED sold out across UK festivals. Her debut show HOW TO BELONG WITHOUT JOINING A CULT - a recipient of the Pheobe Waller Bridge Keep it Fringe Award - sold out at Gilded Balloon, Edinburgh Fringe, with glowing reviews & made The Time's Best Jokes of the Fringe 2024. Kate has been featured in national magazines & newspapers, including The Scotsman, The Times & The Daily Star, & her first novel was nominated for Penguin's Merky Books New Writer's Prize 2021.