Kath Hughes

Kath Hughes
Born (1988-10-10) 10 October 1988 (age 36)
Occupations
  • Actress
  • writer
  • comedian
Years active2014–present
Known forGein's Family Giftshop, Tarot
Television

Kath Hughes is a Welsh actress, writer and comedian. She is known for portraying the role of Coleen in the British comedy drama series After Life and for being part of the comedy sketch groups Gein's Family Giftshop and Tarot.

Life and career

Prior to acting, Hughes worked as an assistant editor on various short films, including Shed and Trauma, as a production co-ordinator on the film The Zombie King and as a production manager for the mini-series Legends of Old.[1] Hughes was a member of the comedy sketch group Gein's Family Giftshop, alongside Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Adam Scott-Rowley and Edward Easton.[2][3] They have created and starred in a number of short films and comedy sketches and were nominated for Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards in 2014 and the Chortle Awards in 2015.[4][5][6] Hughes also provided the voiceover for a Sour Patch Kids advert.[7] In 2015, Hughes made her solo acting debut in the BBC black comedy series Inside No. 9, portraying a caller in the episode "Cold Comfort".[8] Between 2016 and 2017, she appeared as various characters in the Comedy Central series Drunk History.[9]

In 2018, Hughes portrayed Laura in an episode of the Sky Atlantic comedy Sally4Ever and Miriam in the television sitcom Zapped.[10] In 2019, Hughes appeared as a supermarket checkout assistant in the first series of the Netflix black-comedy drama After Life. Her character was later established as Coleen, who returns as a regular character in the third series as a new hire at the Tambury Gazette.[11] Hughes also made guest appearances in Years and Years, The End of the F***ing World and Tourist Trap before portraying Hetty in the online comedy series Content, a sitcom following the employees of a digital agency.[12][13] Hughes also appeared in an episode of the Channel 4 series The Joy of Missing Out, and the short films Petrichor and Pedwar, the latter of which she co-wrote.[14] In 2022, she had a recurring role as Jennifer in the BBC One comedy The Other One and appeared in the Channel 4 series Everyone Else Burns later in the year.[15][16]

Filmography

Key
† Denotes works that have not yet been released
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2014 Gein's Family Giftshop: Number 1/I Am the Law Unknown Short film [1]
2015 Sky Comedy Christmas Shorts Kath Episode: "Gein Family Giftshop's Christmas [1]
2015 Inside No. 9 Caller Episode: "Cold Comfort" [1]
2016–2017 Drunk History Various 3 episodes [1]
2017 CTRL Z Carrie Short film [1]
2017 Summer Comedy Shorts Unknown Episode: "Emma Sidi's Summer: Last Resort" [1]
2018 Sally4Ever Laura 1 episode [1]
2018 Zapped Miriam Episode: "Amulet" [1]
2019–2022 After Life Coleen Series regular [11]
2019 Pitching In Mrs. Llewellyn 1 episode [1]
2019 Years and Years Woman in Blue 1 episode [1]
2019 The End of the F***ing World Headmistress 1 episode [1]
2019 Tourist Trap Jo Episode: "Wellbeing" [1]
2019 Content Hetty Series regular [1]
2019 The Joy of Missing Out Unknown Episode: "Lindsey and the Cats" [1]
2020 Petrichor Spain Mini-series [1]
2021 Pedwar Unknown Short film; also writer [1]
2022 The Other One Jennifer Recurring role [15]
2022 Everyone Else Burns Sid
2023 Pobl Bachyn Kath Short film; also writer [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "Kath Hughes at PBJ Management". PBJ Management. Archived from the original on 26 July 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  2. ^ "Gein's Family Giftshop: the new League of Gentlemen?". The Guardian. 8 June 2017. Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  3. ^ "Kath Hughes: 'I had a dream where I fought a swan for a bottle of tonic'". The Guardian. 26 February 2021. Archived from the original on 3 March 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  4. ^ "Gein's Family Giftshop review – purist sketch group's most memorable show yet". The Guardian. 14 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  5. ^ "Kath Hughes - Gag Reflex" (PDF). Gag Reflex. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Edinburgh comedy roundup: the best of the rest – week one". The Guardian. 14 August 2015. Archived from the original on 26 May 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  7. ^ "Kath Hughes - VOBJ management". VOBJ Management. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  8. ^ "Cold Comfort; Inside No. 9, Series 2 Episode 4". BBC. Archived from the original on 4 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  9. ^ "Kath Hughes - Actor, writer and stand-up comedian". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  10. ^ "'Playing nice people doesn't appeal' Julia Davis on her new dark comedy Sally4Ever". What to Watch. 17 October 2018. Archived from the original on 19 June 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  11. ^ a b "After Life season 3: Fans realise new character has actually been in the show before". Cosmopolitan. 19 January 2022. Archived from the original on 27 January 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Radio Show For Sketch Group Tarot". Screen Tarot. 29 September 2021. Archived from the original on 29 September 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Content, Online sitcom, 2019, 6 episodes". British Comedy Guide. Archived from the original on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  14. ^ "Pedwar (Directed by Sam Johnson) at Norwich Film Festival". Norwich Film Festival. Archived from the original on 30 August 2021. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  15. ^ a b "The Other One, Series 2, Ep. 2/5". BBC. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.
  16. ^ "Channel 4 Commissions New Apocalyptic Comedy 'Everyone Else Burns', Starring Simon Bird". Channel 4. 5 May 2022. Archived from the original on 20 June 2022. Retrieved 22 July 2022.