Jordan Nicola Bridget Raskopoulos (born 25 January 1982) is an Australian comedian, actress, streamer and singer best known for her role as a writer and performer on the

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sketch comedy show ''

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'',Jordan Raskopoulos' Dominant Claw
Australian Comedy Review, 23 April 2007. and as lead singer for

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group

The Axis of Awesome The Axis of Awesome was an Australian comedy music act with members Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo and Benny Davis, that performed from 2006 to 2018. The trio covered a wide variety of performance styles, and perform a combination of original ...

(2006–2018). Her father is former footballer Peter Raskopoulos, and her brother is

Steen Raskopoulos Steen Raskopoulos (born 3 July 1987) is an Australian comedian, actor and improviser. He is best known for his live character solo sketch shows, playing Dr. Evan in '' The Duchess'' (Netflix), Pete Lewis in '' Feel Good'' (Netflix), John Mahoga ...

, a fellow comedian.

Career

In 2003, Raskopoulos became involved with Impro Australia's Theatresports events including The

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and the Cranston Cup competitions, winning State and National Titles. In 2005, she became part of the university sketch comedy supergroup The 3rd Degree who performed at the

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. This group formed the base of the Network Ten's Logie award-winning cult ensemble sketch comedy television show ''

'', in which Raskopoulos starred and for which she wrote. After the success of ''The Ronnie Johns Half Hour'', Raskopoulos went on to appear in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Hole in the Wall'', ''

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'' and ''

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'', and has provided voices for the

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series ''The Team''. She was a team captain for a season of the SBS sports show ''The Squiz''.The Squiz on SBS
SBS. In 2007, her debut solo stage show was called ''The Adventures of the Man with the Dominant Claw''. With her band

, Raskopoulos has appeared on '' Q&A'', ''

'' and '' The Footy Show''. From 2006 until 2018, Raskopoulos fronted the award-winning musical comedy trio

, whose parody song "4 Chords" has received almost 64 million hits on YouTube and is one of the highest-rated comedy videos on the site. The group came to attention after the release of their songs parodying the 2007 Australian federal election and received a Moosehead award at the 2008 Melbourne International Comedy Festival for their show ''The Axis of Awesome Comeback Spectacular''.Infinity Rock Explosion!
, Neos Kosmos, 19 January 2010. Since 2009,

the Axis of Awesome The Axis of Awesome was an Australian comedy music act with members Jordan Raskopoulos, Lee Naimo and Benny Davis, that performed from 2006 to 2018. The trio covered a wide variety of performance styles, and perform a combination of original ...

have produced four albums and toured extensively in the United States, UK, Europe, Asia and Australia, with sold-out seasons at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. They broke up in 2018, after a temporary hiatus. Prior to publicly coming out as a

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, Raskopoulos wrote articles on

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issues for ''

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'' under the

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Nicola Fierce.

Logies controversy

Raskopoulos was cast in the supporting role of Trax in the 2012 movie '' Underground: The Julian Assange Story'' along with

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and Alex Williams. In January 2013, Raskopoulos requested users of the

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to vote for her in the most popular actor category of the 2013 Logie Awards, promising in return to allow site users to write her acceptance speech. This caused some controversy, with news outlets reporting that Raskopoulos, who despite a high-profile international comedy career was relatively unknown in Australian acting circles, planned to '

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' the Logies. Raskopoulos herself described her campaign as no different to any ordinary "fan" campaign, stating: "I'm conspiring to rig the Logies in the same way Guy Sebastian's fan forums are, or n the same way asfans of ''The Voice'' are calling for votes for Joel Madden on Twitter." In support of her campaign to win votes, Raskopoulos appeared in a segment on Australian current affairs program ''

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'' dressed in a fur collar and acting in character, and stated that she wished to win a Logie for use as a doorstop.

Personal life

Raskopoulos is a

lesbian. Upon coming out publicly as transgender in 2016, she kept her given name but added the middle names Nicola and Bridget. She has

attention deficit hyperactivity disorder Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder characterised by excessive amounts of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsivity that are pervasive, impairing in multiple contexts, and otherwise age-inap ...

and spoke about her anxiety disorder at a

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talk in 2017. Raskopoulos plays roller derby and has played

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since she was 12 years old.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

Personal websiteThe Axis of Awesome
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