Kay Stonham is a British actress, writer and academic. Stonham graduated from Rose Bruford College in 1977. She was a member of the regular cast of Jasper Carrott's BBC TV comedy sketch show Carrott's Lib in 1982. She co-created and co-wrote series one and two of the BBC Radio 4 series Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends, and was sole writer on series three and four. She took the part of Wendy Mayfield opposite collaborator on the first two series Simon Greenall as Robin Mayfield. She created the critically acclaimed series Audio Diaries for Radio 4 which ran for three series from 1998 to 2001 This innovative mockumentary was ahead of its time in style and content. As a performer she appeared in another acclaimed mock documentary series People Like Us both in its Radio 4 and BBC 2 incarnations. She was also a contributor to other Radio 4 comedy shows including The Sunday Format, Dead Ringers and Week Ending. She won the Radio Light Entertainment Titheridge Award in 1995. In 1995 she shared a Writers' Guild of Great Britain award with her co-writers for the television comedy series Harry Enfield and Chums. Simon Greenall shared the same award.