Kath Hughes Explained

Kath Hughes
Years Active:2014–present
Known For:Gein's Family Giftshop

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 one quarter of the comedy sketch group Gein's Family Giftshop.

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 is 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 is set to appear in the Channel 4 series Everyone Else Burns later in the year.[15] [16]

Filmography

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YearTitleRoleNotes
2014Gein's Family Giftshop: Number 1/I Am the LawShort film
2015Sky Comedy Christmas ShortsKathEpisode: "Gein Family Giftshop's Christmas
2015Inside No. 9CallerEpisode: "Cold Comfort"
2016–2017Drunk HistoryVarious3 episodes
2017CTRL ZCarrieShort film
2017Summer Comedy ShortsEpisode: "Emma Sidi's Summer: Last Resort"
2018Sally4EverLaura1 episode
2018ZappedMiriamEpisode: "Amulet"
2019–2022After LifeColeenSeries regular
2019Pitching InMrs. Llewellyn1 episode
2019Years and YearsWoman in Blue1 episode
2019The End of the F***ing WorldHeadmistress1 episode
2019Tourist TrapJoEpisode: "Wellbeing"
2019ContentHettySeries regular
2019The Joy of Missing OutEpisode: "Lindsey and the Cats"
2020PetrichorSpainMini-series
2021PedwarShort film; also writer
2022The Other OneJenniferRecurring role
2022Everyone Else BurnsSid

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Kath Hughes at PBJ Management . PBJ Management . 22 July 2022 . 26 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726130016/https://www.pbjmanagement.co.uk/artists/kath-hughes . live .
  2. News: Gein’s Family Giftshop: the new League of Gentlemen? . . 22 July 2022 . 8 June 2017 . 20 December 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211220115906/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/jun/08/geins-family-giftshop-the-new-league-of-gentlemen . live .
  3. News: Kath Hughes: 'I had a dream where I fought a swan for a bottle of tonic' . . 22 July 2022 . 26 February 2021 . 3 March 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210303112958/https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/feb/26/kath-hughes-funniest-things . live .
  4. News: Gein's Family Giftshop review – purist sketch group's most memorable show yet . . 22 July 2022 . 14 August 2017 . 25 January 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210125232136/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2017/aug/14/geins-family-giftshop-review-pleasance-courtyard-edinburgh-fringe . live .
  5. Web site: Kath Hughes - Gag Reflex . Gag Reflex . 22 July 2022 . 22 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722184502/http://www.gagreflex.co.uk/uploads/images/clients/biography/Kath_Hughes.pdf . live .
  6. News: Edinburgh comedy roundup: the best of the rest – week one. 14 August 2015. The Guardian. 22 July 2022. 26 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210526143324/https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2015/aug/14/edinburgh-comedy-festival-roundup-fringe-winning-geins-family-giftshop-jerrod-kinane. live.
  7. Web site: Kath Hughes - VOBJ management . VOBJ Management . 22 July 2022 . 22 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722184504/https://www.vobjmanagement.co.uk/kath-hughes . live .
  8. Web site: Cold Comfort; Inside No. 9, Series 2 Episode 4. BBC. 22 July 2022. 4 June 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210604101238/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b05rd99b. live.
  9. Web site: Kath Hughes - Actor, writer and stand-up comedian . . 22 July 2022 . 14 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220314050317/https://www.comedy.co.uk/people/kath_hughes/ . live .
  10. Web site: 'Playing nice people doesn't appeal' Julia Davis on her new dark comedy Sally4Ever . What to Watch . 22 July 2022 . 17 October 2018 . 19 June 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210619004639/https://www.whattowatch.com/news/julia-davis-comedy-sally4ever-sky-atlantic-551053 . live .
  11. Web site: After Life season 3: Fans realise new character has actually been in the show before . . 22 July 2022 . 19 January 2022 . 27 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220127170353/https://www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/entertainment/a38813225/after-life-season-3-character-in-show-before/ . live .
  12. Web site: Radio Show For Sketch Group Tarot . Screen Tarot . 22 July 2022 . 29 September 2021 . 29 September 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210929164931/https://www.beyondthejoke.co.uk/content/11096/radio-tarot-soundbleed . live .
  13. Web site: Content, Online sitcom, 2019, 6 episodes . . 22 July 2022 . 12 May 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210512102316/https://www.comedy.co.uk/online/content/ . live .
  14. Web site: Pedwar (Directed by Sam Johnson) at Norwich Film Festival . Norwich Film Festival . 22 July 2022 . 30 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210830090151/https://www.norwichfilmfestival.co.uk/films/official-selection-2021/pedwar/ . live .
  15. Web site: The Other One, Series 2, Ep. 2/5 . . 22 July 2022 . 22 July 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220722184506/https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/proginfo/2022/19/the_other_one . live .
  16. News: Channel 4 Commissions New Apocalyptic Comedy 'Everyone Else Burns', Starring Simon Bird . . 22 July 2022 . 5 May 2022 . 20 June 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220620035732/https://www.channel4.com/press/news/channel-4-commissions-new-apocalyptic-comedy-everyone-else-burns-starring-simon-bird . live .