Corinne Grant (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian lawyer, comedian and television presenter.

Career

After briefly studying as a

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, Grant started her career as an actor in

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, obtaining a degree in drama. After graduating, she started doing stand-up comedy to overcome her

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. Her first major show was as a support act for

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. She performed her first solo stand-up show in the bar of the Victoria Hotel in the early 1990s. From 1995 onwards, she appeared on the community television station Channel 31 as a regular on

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's ''

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'' hosted by Stephen Hall. In 1999, Grant became a member of the talk show ''

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'' which aired on Channel Ten. She remained on the show until 2005. She co-hosted the comedy show '' The Glass House'' (which aired on ABC-TV) with

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and Dave Hughes from 2001 until it was axed in 2006. In 2006, she hosted two episodes while Anderson was performing at the

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festival. She also appeared on the sketch comedy series ''

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'' (on Channel Ten) from 2003 until its axing in 2004, so she was concurrently starring in three TV programs. In 2005, Grant appeared alongside

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and Steven Gates in ''Die on your Feet'', a play written by Greg Fleet. She returned to stand-up after a five-year break in 2006, appearing at the

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Gala and in her own solo show, ''Faking It''. She later performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a show titled ''Nice Friendly Lady Hour''. She has written articles for newspapers such as the '' Herald Sun'' and ''

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''. In 2007, she toured with a show called ''Have My Stuff'' and briefly worked in radio on

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with comedian

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on ''The Saturday Show'' in Melbourne and Sydney. Grant narrated the

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series '' Air Ways''. As of 2010, Grant was a spokesperson for Progressive Direct Car Insurance. In February 2013, Grant commenced graduate studies for the Juris Doctor degree at the Melbourne Law School (

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). She was admitted to practice in April 2017, and commenced work with a law firm in Geelong.

Political involvement

In 2010, she joined the Labor Party, pitching to voters at the Victorian election in a YouTube series called "Labor TV". In 2018, Grant endorsed the

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for the 2018 Victorian state election.

Bibliography

Contributed chapter

* "A letter to feminists from a man who knows better", pp. 198–205, in: ''Destroying the joint'', edited by

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, Read How You Want (2015, ).

References

External links

Official website
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