Denise Margaret Scott (born 24 April 1955) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter.

Career

Scott has appeared frequently on Australian television since her regular slot on ABC TV's ''

The Big Gig ''The Big Gig'' was a popular Australian television sketch comedy music/variety series based on the British TV series '' Saturday Live''. It was produced and broadcast on ABC TV in the late 1980s and early 1990s and was produced and directed by ...

'' in 1990, and a weekly segment on ''

Tonight Live with Steve Vizard ''Tonight Live with Steve Vizard'' was a nightly Australian comedy chat show broadcast on Seven Network in Australia, featuring live musical performances. Synopsis It was a one-hour live studio based show broadcast nationally 5 nights a week f ...

''. Scott was one of the most frequent guests on musical quiz show '' Spicks and Specks'', and appeared several times on '' The Glass House'' and ''

Good News Week ''Good News Week'' is an Australian satirical panel game show hosted by Paul McDermott that aired from 19 April 1996 to 27 May 2000, and 11 February 2008 to 28 April 2012. The show's initial run aired on ABC until being bought by Network Ten in ...

''. In 1993 she performed the live show, ''Women Stand Up!'' with Sue Ingleton and

Lynda Gibson Lynda Jane Wiseman "Gibbo" Gibson (21 March 1956 – 2 January 2004) was an Australian comedian and actress.

. She also co-starred with

Judith Lucy Judith Mary Lucy (born 25 March 1968) is an Australian comedian and actress, known primarily for her stand-up comedy. Lucy joined the team of the ABC's '' The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'' in 2019. Early life Lucy's adoptive parents emigr ...

and

Lynda Gibson Lynda Jane Wiseman "Gibbo" Gibson (21 March 1956 – 2 January 2004) was an Australian comedian and actress.

in stage spectaculars ''Comedy Is Not Pretty'' (1999) and ''Comedy Is Still Not Pretty'' (2003). She was a member of the Vega 91.5 FM breakfast radio show; ''

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and Denise with

Shaun Micallef Shaun Patrick Micallef (; born 18 July 1962) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer and television presenter. He is currently the host of the satirical news comedy series ''Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell'' on the ABC. He also hosted the game sh ...

'' (formerly called Shaun, Beverley and Denise), until she finished up with Vega on 23 November 2007. Scott has made appearances on

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shows ''

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'', '' The Circle'', '' The Project'', '' All Star Family Feud'', '' Would I Lie to You?'', ''

Have You Been Paying Attention? ''Have You Been Paying Attention?'' (abbreviated on social media as HYBPA? and stylised on-screen as Have you been paying attention? in sentence case) is an Australian panel game television quiz show on Network 10. The series, which is produce ...

'' and ''

Hughesy, We Have a Problem ''Hughesy, We Have a Problem'' was an Australian comedy panel television series which premiered on Network 10 on 30 January 2018. The program was hosted by Dave Hughes, who along with a panel of comedians, attempted to solve problems of viewers ...

''. Scott starred as Trish Gross in the Australian drama series ''

Winners & Losers ''Winners & Losers'' is an Australian television drama series first broadcast on the Seven Network on 22 March 2011. It was created by the producers of '' Packed to the Rafters'' and is aired in the show's former time slot. ''Winners & Losers' ...

'' on the

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. She appeared as a guest on the talk show ''

'' on

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on Monday 29 August. Scott also appeared on Channel 31's ''To Hell in a Handbasket, with Dolly Diamond'' on Tuesday 17 December 2013. Scott stars as Gwen in the Australian ABC comedy series ''

It's a Date ''It's a Date'' is a 1940 American musical film directed by William A. Seiter and starring Deanna Durbin, Kay Francis, and Walter Pidgeon. Based on a story by Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner, and Ralph Block, the film is about an aspiring actres ...

''. In 2017, Scott started narrating the Australian travel series ''

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'' on the

Nine Network The Nine Network (stylised 9Network, commonly known as Channel Nine or simply Nine) is an Australian commercial free-to-air television network. It is owned by parent company Nine Entertainment and is one of five main free-to-air television netw ...

, and again teamed up with Judith Lucy for a new live show, ''Disappointments'' which commenced touring and was performed in Melbourne in April 2017 as part of the International Comedy Festival. In April 2018,

announced Scott would join ''

Studio 10 ''Studio 10'' is an Australian morning talk show on Network 10. The show airs between 8:30am and noon on weekdays and a highlights show airs between 9:30am and noon on weekends. ''Studio 10'' is broadcast live from Network 10 Studios in Pyrm ...

'' as a panelist. In 2019, Scott competed in the sixteenth season of ''

Dancing with the Stars ''Dancing with the Stars'' is the name of various international television series based on the format of the British TV series '' Strictly Come Dancing'', which is distributed by BBC Studios, the commercial arm of the BBC. Currently the forma ...

'', where she was paired up with Jeremy Garner. She was second to be eliminated from the competition. In July 2019, Scott announced her resignation as a panelist on ''

''.

Personal life

Scott grew up in Greensborough, Victoria. She lives with her partner John, whom she met whilst in a clowning ensemble in Albury-Wodonga. She has two children, musician Jordie Lane and multidisciplinary artist Bonnie Lane.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Denise 1955 births Australian radio personalities Australian women radio presenters Australian stand-up comedians Helpmann Award winners Living people Comedians from Melbourne Australian women comedians Radio personalities from Melbourne People from Greensborough, Victoria