Katherine Ryan is a Canadian comedian, writer, presenter and actress based in the UK. Katherine was diagnosed with lupus in 2008.

"While working in an office job, she said she broke out in ‘open sores on my face that were undeniable - you really couldn't look away from them. I was really ill, really run-down, really nauseous every day, I had joint pain for almost six months. I would go to these doctors and they would say, "Oh I don't know" then I was diagnosed with systemic lupus erythematosus".