Jo Caulfield
Jo Caulfield is a Welsh stand-up comedian, comedy writer, and author. She was joint winner of the 2021 Comedians' Comedian of the Year, an award voted for by her peers and members of the comedy industry.
Caulfield's parents are both from Northern Ireland. She was born in St Asaph while her father, an RAF soldier, was stationed there. She has an older sister and an older brother.
In 2018 she won the "SGFringe Stand-Up Comedy Award" at the Edinburgh Fringe and gained critical acclaim for her performance as Helena Brandt in the sell-out Fringe run of the play, Brexit.
Behind the scenes, Caulfield is a respected comedy writer, having served as a writer / programme consultant on all five series of Graham Norton's BAFTA Award-winning So Graham Norton and as head writer on both Ruby Wax's The [Waiting Game (game show)|The Waiting Game] and Zoe Ball's Strictly Dance Fever. She has also written for – among others – Joan Rivers, Ant & Dec and Anne Robinson.
Jo has had several of her own shows on BBC Radio 4: It's That Jo Caulfield Again, Jo Caulfield Won't Shut Up, Jo Caulfield's Speakeasy and The Jo Caulfield Stand-Up Special.
Being a huge football fan, Caulfield has been a guest on both Fighting Talk on BBC [Radio 5 Live] and Off the Ball on BBC Radio Scotland. She has also appeared on BBC Scotland's Debate Night and is a regular guest on Times Radio, giving her take on the news and political events.
Caulfield's husband, Stuart, is from Aberdeen. They live in Leith, Edinburgh.