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

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to overcome her stage fright. Her first major show was as a support act for Merrick Watts. 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 '' Under Melbourne Tonight'' hosted by Stephen Hall. In 1999, Grant became a member of the talk show '' Rove Live'' 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 Wil Anderson and

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from 2001 until it was axed in 2006. In 2006, she hosted two episodes while Anderson was performing at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. She also appeared on the

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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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, Adam Hills, Alan Brough and

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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

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with a show titled ''Nice Friendly Lady Hour''. She has written articles for newspapers such as the ''

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'' 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 factual television series ''

Air Ways ''Air Ways'' was an Australian factual television series broadcast on the Seven Network, narrated by Corinne Grant and produced by Lyndal Marks, the executive producer in charge of Border Security. It began screening in July 2009 and was filmed ...

''. 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

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(

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

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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.

Personal life

Grant is married to lawyer Christos Bouras, and has a daughter and step son.

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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