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'' (2007)'','' '' Ja'mie: Private School Girl'' (2013), and the podcast series Ja'miezing (2021). Ja'mie was born in

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but lives in

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in the upper class North Shore region of

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.Greg Hassall, 27 July 2005
"Local Heroes"
The Age, Retrieved 12 August 2009 Ja'mie is a student in

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at Hillford Girls' Grammar School—a fictional

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on Sydney's affluent North Shore—who is highly driven, charismatic, and accomplished but also narcissistic, neurotic, manipulative, and callous. The character was developed by Lilley with the assistance of comedian

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.Downie, Stephen; Casey, Marcus, 20 September 2007
"Meet Chris Lilley – the man behind the comic creations"
Retrieved 12 August 2009 Lilley developed the character's mannerisms by using recorded interviews with private schoolgirls and also eavesdropping.Nicole Brady, 21 July 2005

The Age, Retrieved 12 August 2009 Lilley states that he didn't want teenage girls to watch it and think "that's such an older guy's view of teenagers".

Appearances

''We Can Be Heroes''

Lilley introduces the character as a 16-year-old student in Sydney who attends Hillford Girls' Grammar and is one of several nominees for the Australian of the Year Award.

''Summer Heights High''

Lilley reprises his role of Ja'mie King, a

exchange student, in the show ''

'' broadcast first on 5 September 2007.

''Ja'mie: Private School Girl''

Lilley once again reprises his role of Ja'mie in the show '' Ja'mie: Private School Girl'', first broadcast on 23 October 2013. The series is Lilley's first to be dedicated entirely to Ja'mie and depicts Ja'mie's final year of high school as she competes for the Hillford Medal.

Podcast

In 2021, Ja'mie released a podcast on various platforms, including

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, titled ''Ja’miezing''.

Filming locations

Episode 2 shows the inside of a hall which was filmed in

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at Haileybury College. The framed portrait photos on the wall show the past Haileybury principals however for purposes of the show, new portraits were created and put in the frames. Haileybury's logo was also modified for the show, replacing the castle with a flower as well as some other changes.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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References

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