Liz Carr was born in 1972 and is a British actress, stand-up comedian, broadcaster and international disability rights activist.
She has used a wheelchair since the age of seven.
This is due to a rare condition called arthrogryposis multiplex congenita.
Liz has been part of a number of comedy groups, including Abnormally Funny People with Tanyalee Davis, Steve Day, Steve Best, Simon Minty, and Chris McCausland.
In 2011, Carr was part of a Newsnight debate on assisted suicide, following the screening on the BBC of Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die, which included Jeremy Paxman and David Aaronovitch.
She opposeD Lord Faulkner's Assisted Dying Bill, stating: "I fear we’ve so devalued certain groups of people – ill people, disabled people, older people – that I don’t think it’s in their best interests to enshrine in law the right of doctors to kill certain people."
To honour her views she created the Assisted Suicide: The Musical.
On her website the musical is described as:
In 2015, MP’s voted overwhelmingly against legalising assisted suicide.
Opinion polls would have you believe that the majority of the UK population believe it’s a humane choice to legalise assisted suicide for terminally ill or disabled people but Liz, and many other disabled people disagree.