Kath Hughes
Kath Hughes is an actor, writer and performer.
As an actor, she has played a variety of roles in a range of projects...
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As an actor, Kath has played a variety of roles in a range of projects, including Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, After Life, The End of the F***ing World, and Russell T. Davies' Years & Years. As a voice actor, Kath has also featured in the Channel 4 show, Don't Hug Me I'm Scared.
Kath is part of the award-winning sketch act, Gein’s Family Giftshop, alongside Kiri Pritchard-McLean, Adam Scott-Rowley and Edward Easton. Together, they have created and starred in a number of short films and comedy sketches. Since then, Kath has teamed up again to create the 'supergroup' Tarot, with Adam Drake and Ed Easton, and off-stage members Ben Rowse and Kiri Pritchard-McLean. Along with their successful sketch shows Hive Mind and Tarot: Shuffle, the group have also written several short films, Pedwar and Pobl Bachyn, which Kath has also starred in.
A radio regular, Kath has also been featured in Newsjack, Welcome Strangers, and Alexei Sayle’s The Absence of Normal.
Television
| Death Valley Linda Humphreys | Death Valley - Linda Humphreys | BBC One | 2025 |
| Murder for Dummies Detective Plank | Murder for Dummies - Detective Plank | Mini series | 2024 |
| Breeders Babs | Breeders - Babs | Sky | 2023 |
| Marriage Claire | Marriage - Claire | BBC One | 2022 |
| The Other One Jennifer | The Other One - Jennifer | BBC One | 2022 |
| Don't Hug Me I'm Scared Various | Don't Hug Me I'm Scared - Various | Channel 4 | 2022 |
| Everyone Else Burns Actor | Everyone Else Burns - Actor | Channel 4 | 2022 |
| After Life Coleen/Supermarket Assistant | After Life - Coleen/Supermarket Assistant | Derek Productions/Netflix | 2018 — 2022 |
| The Paddock Tarot (Sketch Act) | The Paddock - Tarot (Sketch Act) | Channel 4 | 2020 |
| The Joy of Missing Out Actor | The Joy of Missing Out - Actor | Channel 4 | 2019 |
| Tom Allen Absolutely Live Lyndsey | Tom Allen Absolutely Live - Lyndsey | Channel 4 | 2019 |
| Tourist Trap (Series 2) Jo Sawyer | Tourist Trap (Series 2) - Jo Sawyer | BBC One Wales | 2019 |
| The End of the F***ing world (Series 2) Headmistress | The End of the F***ing world (Series 2) - Headmistress | Netflix and Channel 4 | 2019 |
| Zapped S3 Miriam | Zapped S3 - Miriam | Dave | 2018 |
| Sally4Eever Laura | Sally4Eever - Laura | Sky One | 2018 |
| Years and Years Woman in Blue | Years and Years - Woman in Blue | BBC One | 2018 |
| Amusical 'Stage Manager' | Amusical - 'Stage Manager' | Comedy Central Pilot | 2018 |
| Drunk History Helen Potter | Drunk History - Helen Potter | Tiger Aspect | 2016 — 2017 |
| Sky Arts Summer Shorts - Emma Sidi Becca | Sky Arts Summer Shorts - Emma Sidi - Becca | Sky/Objective Fiction | 2017 |
| Inside No.9 Caller | Inside No.9 - Caller | BBC 2/Steve Pemberton & Reece Shearsmith | 2015 |
| Gein's Family Giftshop's Sky Arts Christmas Special Kath | Gein's Family Giftshop's Sky Arts Christmas Special - Kath | Sky/Tiger Aspect | 2015 |
| The Johnny and Inel Show Actor | The Johnny and Inel Show - Actor | CBBC | 2014 |
Podcast and Online Content
| Petrichor Spain | Petrichor - Spain | Youtube | 2020 |
| Content (Turtle Canyon) Hetty | Content (Turtle Canyon) - Hetty | YouTube | 2019 |
| The Comedian's Comedian Contributor | The Comedian's Comedian - Contributor | 2016 |
Theatre and Live Performance
| Tarot (Directed by Kiri Pritchard-McLean) (Writer/Lead Performer) | Tarot (Directed by Kiri Pritchard-McLean) - (Writer/Lead Performer) | Pleasance | 2019 |
| Gein's Family Giftshop Volume III Kath | Gein's Family Giftshop Volume III - Kath | Soho Theatre | 2018 |
| Gein's Family Giftshop Volume III Kath | Gein's Family Giftshop Volume III - Kath | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | 2017 |
| Goose Hydroberserker Actor | Goose Hydroberserker - Actor | Soho Theatre | 2016 |
| Goose Hydroberserker Actor | Goose Hydroberserker - Actor | Edinburgh Fringe Festival | 2016 |
| Gein's Family Giftshop Volume II Kath | Gein's Family Giftshop Volume II - Kath | Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2015 | 2015 |
| Gein's Family Giftshop Volume I Kath | Gein's Family Giftshop Volume I - Kath | Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2014 | 2014 |
Film
| Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy Valerie (Floor Manager) | Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy - Valerie (Floor Manager) | Dir. Michael Morris | 2025 |
Short Film
| Pobl Bachyn Kath & Co-writer | Pobl Bachyn - Kath & Co-writer | BBC Comedy Short Films | 2023 |
| Seekers Pollux | Seekers - Pollux | Dir. Josh Feder | 2023 |
| Pedwar Actor | Pedwar - Actor | BBC Cymru Wales | 2021 |
| Ctrl Z Carrie | Ctrl Z - Carrie | James Kennedy | 2017 |
Awards
| Winner Gein's Family Giftshop | Winner - Gein's Family Giftshop | What's On London Best Sketch Award | 2017 |
| Winner Gein's Family Giftshop | Winner - Gein's Family Giftshop | Chortle Awards Best Newcomer | 2015 |
| Winner Gein's Family Giftshop | Winner - Gein's Family Giftshop | Noise Festival Curators Choice Award | 2015 |
| Nominated Gein's Family Giftshop | Nominated - Gein's Family Giftshop | Chortle Awards Best Sketch/Character Act | 2015 |
| Winner Gein's Family Giftshop | Winner - Gein's Family Giftshop | London Sketchfest/Audience Choice Award | 2014 |
Radio
| Penpals Cerys | Penpals - Cerys | BBC Radio Wales | 2019 |
| Newsjack Various Characters | Newsjack - Various Characters | BBC Radio 4 | 2019 |
| The Invasion of Todmorden Liz Harding | The Invasion of Todmorden - Liz Harding | Audible | 2019 |
| Agendum (Series 2) Various Characters | Agendum (Series 2) - Various Characters | BBC Radio 4 | 2019 |
| Welcome Strangers Various Characters | Welcome Strangers - Various Characters | BBC Radio Wales | 2019 |
| Alexei Sayle's The Absence of Normal Shirley | Alexei Sayle's The Absence of Normal - Shirley | BBC Studios/BBC Radio 4 | 2019 |
| Agendum Performer | Agendum - Performer | BBC | 2017 |
| The Hauntening Debbie | The Hauntening - Debbie | BBC Radio 4/Pozzitive/David Tyler | 2017 |
| Gein's Family Giftshop BBC Radio Wales Special Kath | Gein's Family Giftshop BBC Radio Wales Special - Kath | BBC Radio Wales/Kiri Pritchard-McLean | 2016 |
| Gein's Family Giftshop BBC Radio Wales Special Kath | Gein's Family Giftshop BBC Radio Wales Special - Kath | BBC Radio Wales/Kiri Pritchard-McLean | 2015 |
News
PBJ clients in The Guardian's Best Comedy Shows of 2022 17th December 2022 It's been a great year for PBJ client's Nish Kumar and Tarot, who have both made it onto the Guardian's list of best comedy shows for this year |
Tarot: Cautionary Tales - **** Broadway Baby Review 6th August 2022 PBJ's Kath Hughes is 1/3 of the 'sketch supergroup' behind Tarot: Cautionary Tales, a show currently at the Edinburgh Fringe 2022 |