English actress and activist Elizabeth (Liz) Carr was BOTD in 1972. Born and raised in Bebington, Merseyside, she was born with arthrogryposis multipex, a condition leading to joint contracture and muscle shortening, requiring her to use a wheelchair from the age of 14. She studied law at the University of Nottingham, and became a disability equality trainer, becoming involved in disability rights causes. In 2011, she took part in a debate on TV current affairs programme Newsnight, criticising an proposed assisted-dying law, which she argued would further de-value the lives of disabled people. She began performing in stand-up comedy in her 30s, leading to stage roles in Brecht’s plays Mother Courage and Her Children and The Exception and the Rule. She became well-known for her recurring role in TV crime thriller Silent Witness, staying with the series for eight seasons. Her other television work includes The OA, Devs, The Witcher and Good Omens. In 2021, she starred in the Royal National Theatre’s revival of Larry Kramer‘s play The Normal Heart, playing a disabled doctor based on real-life HIV/AIDS researcher Dr Linda Laubenstein. Highly acclaimed, she won an Olivier Award for the performance, and became the first disabled actor to play the role in the play’s performance history. Openly gay since forever, Carr entered into a civil partnership with her partner Jo Church in 2010.