Karen Taylor (born 5 May 1976) is an English actress and comedian. She is a former finalist in the Daily Telegraph Open Mic Award and has fronted her own sketch show on BBC Three, titled Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor.

University Taylor studied Theatre Studies at the University of Warwick 1994–1998, where she got to know other future actors Stephen Merchant and Hannah Waterman.

Life and career Taylor was a finalist in the Open Mic Award in 1999 and came further to prominence at the Edinburgh Festival in 2000. Her first major television role was as one of the performers in The Sketch Show on ITV, which ran for two series.BBC Three orders pilot with Bafta winner from Avalon Television BBC press release; 22-02-2006; Accessed 13-06-2007 She has also fronted FAQ U on Channel 4 and appeared performing with Steve Coogan on a Paul Calf DVD. In 2004, Taylor appeared on an episode of Win, Lose or Draw (a late-night version presented by Liza Tarbuck) for ITV.

In 2007, Taylor fronted her first television sketch show, Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor. It was first aired in June 2007 on BBC Three. Its initial reviews were generally positive.Watch this McLean, Gareth; The Guardian; 11-06-2007; Accessed 13-06-2007 The show's "raunchy" and "lascivious" nature was noted by many of the critics, with almost all of the sketches involving characters whose main interest was "sex". Although described as potentially a "one-trick pony", the show was also lauded as "really, really funny" and "more amusing than the last eleventeen sketch shows you can think of". The show returned for a second series in July 2008.BBC – Comedy – Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor BBC.co.uk That month also saw the release of British comedy film Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging, in which Taylor starred as the mother of the main character, Georgia.

On 11 November 2011, she appeared on Celebrity Mastermind, answering questions on the specialist subject of Fred Dibnah. In 2013, she played Elaine Whyte in Father Figure. In September 2014, Taylor appeared in Series 2 Episode 3 of BBC comedy Big School, playing the part of Ryan's mum, Trish. In December 2018, she appeared in Care, a single episode drama (BBC).

Personal life Taylor married on 15 November 2009. She has two children.

Filmography Film Year Film RoleNotes 2008 Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Connie Nicolson 2018 Care Claire's Boss TV film

Television Year Title RoleNotes 2001–2004 The Sketch Show Various Roles Series regular 2007–2008 Touch Me, I'm Karen Taylor Various Roles Series regular2013 Father Figure Elaine Whyte Series regular Doctors Rhoda McDonagh Episode: "Two Lemons and a Bar" 2014 Big School Trish 1 episode 2017 Loaded Photographer Episode: "Leon's Teacher"

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