Katy Carmichael
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| Born |
Katy Jane Carmichael 26 September 1970 Liverpool, Merseyside, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Television | Coronation Street (2002–2003), Waterloo Road (2009) |
| Spouse(s) | Tristan Sturrock (2005–present) |
| Children | 3 |
Katy Jane Carmichael (born 26 September 1970) is an English actress, director and producer. She is most known for her roles Twist Morgan in the Channel 4 sitcom Spaced, Lucy Barlow in the ITV soap Coronation Street, and Melissa Ryan in Waterloo Road. As a director-producer, her work includes the award-winning Mayday Mayday (Bristol Old Vic and St Ann's Warehouse New York).
Born and brought up in Liverpool, Merseyside, as the daughter of two architects, Carmichael attended Gateacre Community Comprehensive School. She did her A-levels at Liverpool College, Mossley Hill, Liverpool.
After six seasons with the National Youth Theatre, she studied for a drama, film and television degree, at Bristol University with peers Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes, Myfanwy Moore, and had a five-year relationship with the then-unknown drama student David Walliams.
Her first professional acting role at the age of 18 was Connie in the Liverpool sitcom Bread, which she filmed during her university studies. Early in her career, she teamed up with lifelong friend, future Spaced star and writer Jessica Hynes, in a comedy double-act called The Liz Hurleys. After leaving university, she began a TV career with the 1950s Liverpool drama And The Beat Goes On (1994), the Galton and Simpson series with Paul Merton, Wing and a Prayer, Death Of A Salesman, and Dennis Potter's Karaoke / Cold Lazarus. She played DC Jo McMullen in Liverpool 1.
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