WAmanda Diana Bishop is an Australian actress, singer and comedian, known for her comedy portrayals of Julia Gillard, the former Prime Minister of Australia, in the television comedy At Home with Julia. Bishop had previously portrayed Gillard in the series Double Take, when Gillard was Deputy Prime Minister of Australia.
WFiona Box is an Australian radio broadcaster, television presenter and actress.
WMary Coustas is an Australian actress, comedian and television personality and writer. Originally from Melbourne, Coustas often performs as the character "Effie", a stereotypical second-generation Greek Australian prone to malapropisms. She completed a Bachelor of Arts at Deakin University in Melbourne, majoring in performing arts and sub-majoring in journalism.
WCatherine Deveny is an Australian comedy writer and stand-up comedian who was a regular columnist for The Age newspaper from 2001 to 2010. As well as comedy venues, she has performed on Australian television and radio programs.
WDenise Anne Christina Drysdale is an Australian twice-awarded Gold Logie-winning television presenter, variety entertainer, actress, singer, dancer and comedian living in the Gold Coast. She is often affectionately known as Ding Dong, a nickname invented by fellow performer Ernie Sigley. She is currently a co-host of the morning show Studio 10.
WHannah Gadsby is an Australian comedian, writer, actress and television presenter. She rose to prominence after winning the national final of the Raw Comedy competition for new comedians in 2006, and has since toured internationally as well as appearing on television and radio.
WSandy Gandhi was an Australian comedian and columnist based in Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia. Byron Bay is Australia's easternmost point, and accordingly Gandhi proclaimed herself to be "Australia's Most Easterly Indian". She was one of two women who were the inspiration for the Little Heroes song, One Perfect Day, according to lead singer Roger Wells.
WLisbeth Joanne "Libbi" Gorr is an Australian broadcaster working in both TV and radio. Gorr is also an author, voice artist, writer and performer. She first came to prominence with the satirical television character that she created called "Elle McFeast".
WCorinne Grant is an Australian lawyer, comedian and television presenter.
WWendy Harmer is an Australian author, children's writer, playwright and dramatist, radio show host, comedian, and television personality. She is host of ABC Radio Sydney's Morning radio program.
WClaire Hooper is an Australian stand-up comedian, television and radio presenter and writer living in Melbourne. Hooper is co-hosting The Great Australian Bake Off alongside Mel Buttle.
WTania Jane Lacy is an Australian comedian.
WJudith Mary Lucy is an Australian comedian, actress, author, television and radio presenter, known primarily for her stand-up comedy. Lucy joined the team of the ABC's The Weekly with Charlie Pickering in 2019.
WJulia Carolyn Margaret Morris is an Australian comedian, television presenter, actress, writer and producer who has worked extensively in Australian television and radio, touring the country with her solo comedy shows. She relocated to the United Kingdom in 2000, appearing on British television, then returned to Australia in 2007. She lived on the Central Coast for her childhood.
WJoy Eileen Nichols was an Australian-British comedian, actress and singer who also worked in the United States. She is best known as a star of Take It From Here on BBC Radio.
WMaggie Oliver was an Australian actor and comedian. According to the Evening News Supplement, she was the most popular Australian actress of her time, saying:She was the most popular Australian actress of these latter days – the darling alike of dress circle, stalls, pit, and gallery. Who does not remember her joyous laugh on the stage? and let me here remark that it is not everyone who can laugh or cry "to order". Only the true artist who "feels" a character can do so; one who can pass naturally from grave to gay and make the puise of an auditor beat quicker, and such a one was Maggie Oliver. Her laugh was an inspiration, and it was infectious. It did not seem forced; the transition to tears came naturally from a heart "always open to melting charity." That was the great secret of her success. She entered for the time being into the joys and sorrows of the part she was playing, and her whole soul was in it.
WCelia Pacquola is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter and actor who performs predominantly in Australia and the United Kingdom.
WPam Ann is the air hostess alter-ego of Australian comedian, writer, producer & DJ Caroline Reid. Performances focus on the nuances of air travel, identifying the individual quirks of some of the biggest international airlines and their media stereotypes. The character of Pam Ann has developed a cult-like following.
WSue-Ann Post is an Australian comedian and writer.
WGina Riley is an Australian actress, writer, singer and comedian.
WMagdalene Mary Szubanski is an Australian television and film actress, comedian and writer.
WAnna Torv is an Australian actress. She is best known for her role as FBI agent Olivia Dunham on the Fox science fiction series Fringe (2008–2013), for which she was nominated for the Critics' Choice Television Award for Best Actress in a Drama Series and received four Saturn Awards for Best Actress on Television. She also starred as Dr. Wendy Carr in the Netflix crime thriller series Mindhunter (2017–present).
WJane Turner is an Australian actress, comedian and Logie Award-winning comedy writer.
WFelicity Ward is an Australian comedian, best known for her TV appearances on Spicks and Specks, Thank God You're Here, Good News Week and as a writer/performer in the Channel 10 Network television programme The Ronnie Johns Half Hour. She is a part of The 3rd Degree, who made and starred in The Ronnie Johns Half Hour.
WRebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson is an Australian actress, comedian, writer, and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, she began appearing as Toula in the SBS comedy series Pizza and subsequently appeared in the sketch comedy series The Wedge (2006–2007). Wilson wrote, produced and starred in the musical comedy series Bogan Pride (2008). The following year, she won the Tropfest best actress award for her role in the short film Bargain and made a guest appearance in City Homicide. Shortly after moving to the United States, Wilson appeared in the films Bridesmaids and A Few Best Men, both in 2011.
WStella Jane Young was an Australian comedian, journalist and disability rights activist.
WJulia Zemiro is an Australian television presenter, radio host, actress, singer, writer and comedian. She is best known as the host of the music quiz and live performance show RocKwiz. She is a fluent French speaker and has acted in French.