Alice Fraser is an Australian comedian, writer, podcaster, and actor.

Early life and education

Fraser studied law at the

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before going on to earn a master's degree in English literature (Rhetoric) in

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. Fraser returned to Australia and in 2013, she was nominated as best newcomer at the

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Career

Fraser made her film debut in the movie ''Never Hesitate'' as Emily in 2014. Also in 2014, Fraser spoke at a

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event at

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Trilogy

In 2015 Fraser began touring ''Savage'', the first part of what she describes as an "unorthodox art-comedy/morality tale trilogy" which focuses on her upbringing and its impact on her life. The trilogy was completed by ''The Resistance'' in 2016 and ''Empire'' in 2017. Each installment of the trilogy was toured nationally and performed at the

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and The Edinburgh Fringe. Reviewing ''Empire'', The ''

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'' called it a "beautifully word-rich performance" and said that Fraser's "interesting conversation makes her the perfect dinner guest – and comedian". ''Empire'' was also performed at the

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. The Alice Fraser Trilogy was commissioned as a six part podcast series on ABC Radio Podcasts.

Podcasting

In January 2017, Fraser received a ''Tomorrow Maker'' grant for her podcast, ''Tea with Alice''. Previous guests on the podcast have included

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and

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. The ''Tea With Alice'' podcast is funded by Fraser's

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. In 2017, Fraser became a semi-regular co-host on the long running British podcast ''

The Bugle ''The Bugle'' is a satirical news podcast, created by John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman in 2007. It is currently hosted by Zaltzman and a rotating cast of co-hosts including Alice Fraser, Nish Kumar, Anuvab Pal, Hari Kondabolu, Tom Ballard, and ...

'', hosted by

Andy Zaltzman Andrew Zaltzman (born 6 October 1974) is a British comedian and author who largely deals in political and sport-related material. He has worked with John Oliver, with their work together including '' Political Animal'', ''The Department'', an ...

. In January 2020, she launched ''The Bugle Presents... The Last Post'', a daily 15-minute podcast of news from an alternate dimension, which

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described as addressing topical issues "with impressive zeal and a clever script". In February 2021, Fraser began hosting ''The Gargle'', a weekly podcast discussing non-political news stories, describing itself as the "audio glossy magazine" to ''The Bugle's'' audio newspaper. in 2019 and 2020, Fraser worked with neuroscientist Ash Ranpura on a number of documentaries produced by Somethin' Else for

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, including the bestselling ''In The Habit: Introduction to Habit Change''. Fraser also created and cohosted a show for BBC Radio with astrophysicist and science educator Jen Gupta, called ''Stranger Than Sci Fi''. Fraser is a regular writer and guest on the BBC Radio panel show ''

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''.

Video games

Fraser appeared in voiceover in the 2020 game '' Watch Dogs: Legion'', as co-host with

of fictional radio station ''The Bug'', in the style of her work with Zaltzman on ''The Bugle''.

Personal life

Fraser's paternal grandfather was a naturalised Briton, born Adolf Friedenberg, later changing his name to Andrew Peter Fraser. Her father is a Jewish-turned-Buddhist professor of law named Michael Fraser. She has a twin brother, musician and philosopher Henry Fraser.

Works

Comedy shows

Podcasts

References

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