In Conversation with Carolyn Taylor

Event Description

Carolyn Taylor is an award-winning comedian, actor, writer and showrunner. She is one of the creators, executive producers and stars of the hit comedy Baroness von Sketch Show (CBC, IFC). To date, the series has received national and international critical acclaim in The New York Times, IndieWire, and Vogue, won 20 Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Sketch Show/Series, Best Writing in a Sketch Show/Series (2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021), an ACTRA Award for Best Ensemble (2018), two international Rockies for Best Comedy (2019, 2020), The Rogers Prize for Excellence in Canadian Content (2019, 2020), and an international Rose D’or. Most recently Carolyn created and starred in the hit quixotic figure-skating docu-comedy I Have Nothing (Crave, 2023), for which she received a 2024 Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Lead Performer in a Comedy.

Carolyn honed her skills in improvisation and social satire at The Second City in Toronto, starring in 5 original mainstage revues and garnering 4 Canadian Comedy Awards. Recent credits include playing the off-kilter owner of a haunted AirBnB on Workin’ Moms (CBC/Netflix, 2022), an off-kilter Camp Director on Detention Adventure (HBO Max, 2022) and as a (somewhat less) off-kilter lesbian organic farmer opposite SNL’s Punky Johnson on the hit CBS comedy Ghosts (2023). Upcoming projects include Mae Martin’s thriller series Tall Pines (Netflix, 2025), Children Ruin Everything (Bell/Crave, 2025) and a full-length experimental queer pop album The Untitled Carolyn Taylor Project (2025).

Join us at the Broom on day four of KCFF25 for a screening of I Have Nothing followed by an in-depth conversation with Carolyn! Please note: this event will not be available as part of a Festival Pass, so grab your tickets now before they sell out!