Genevieve Fricker (born 3 November 1989) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and radio presenter.

Early life and education

Fricker was born in

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, Australia, and has Māori heritage. She trained as an orchestral double bassist at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music High School and University, before moving to the University of Sydney to study Art History and Psychology. At the University of Sydney, she performed as part of student comedy group "Project 52", alongside

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among others. Later, Fricker trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade in

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Career

In 2011, Gen Fricker was a National Finalist in the RAW Comedy Competition. She co-hosted ''Summer Up For It'' on FBi Radio with comedian Michael Hing over the summer break in 2011–2012. Fricker first appeared on triple j as a guest on Drive with Lindsey McDougall, on Sunday Night Safran, and as a writer/performer on Tom Ballard's Chatback sketch show. At the end of 2014, she began hosting Overnights, before joining Kyran Wheatley on Weekend Arvos in 2016. In 2017, she took over the Lunch program on Triple J, formerly presented by

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, before moving to the Drive program to fill in for Veronica Milsom, alongside co-host

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. In 2018, she was voted number 9 on Radio Today's 'FM Radio's Top 20 Funniest Women' reader poll. Fricker has performed stand-up on Comedy Central, Just for Laughs (Australian TV series),

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and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She has appeared on numerous TV shows, including '' Good Game'', ABC TV New Year's Eve coverage, '' Legally Brown'', '' Dirty Laundry Live'', '' Have You Been Paying Attention?'', and '' Spicks and Specks''. She was also a writer/performer on '' The Roast''. In 2014, she was selected by

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to open for him on his Australian tour. Other credits include the Australian production of Karen O's ''Stop The Virgens'', as well as working as an Entertainment contributor for '' The Sydney Morning Herald''.

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