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

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'' in 2019.

Early life

Lucy's adoptive parents emigrated from Ireland to Perth in the early 1950s, and she was born and raised in Perth. She is the sister of Australian writer and scholar

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. Lucy attended

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and studied theatre, moving to Melbourne at the age of 20. At 25, she discovered she was adopted and later made contact with her biological mother. Lucy is quoted as saying they have a good relationship.

Career

Live comedy

After arriving in Melbourne, Lucy embarked on a career as a stand-up comedian, leading to a series of highly successful one-woman shows, including ''No Waiter I Ordered the Avocado'' (1991), ''King Of The Road'' (1995), ''An Impossible Dream'' (1996), ''The Show'' (1998), ''The Show 2'' (1999), ''Colour Me Judith'' (2000), ''I'm Going to Learn How to Fly'' (2001), ''I Failed!'' (2006) (based on her short-lived career on the

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breakfast show), and ''Judith Lucy's Not Getting Any Younger'' (2009). Her 1998 comedy album ''King of the Road'' was nominated for an

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. Lucy also co-starred with

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and

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in the award-winning stage spectaculars ''Comedy Is Not Pretty'' (1999) and ''Comedy Is Still Not Pretty'' (2003). Lucy toured nationally in 2009 with her ninth one-woman show, ''Judith Lucy's Not Getting Any Younger''. The tour visited

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twice for the return season along with

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and regional cities

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and

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. That tour marked 20 years in stand up comedy since she performed her first gig in Melbourne at Le Joke in 1989. In 2012, Lucy took her new show ''Nothing Fancy'' to Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and regional NSW. In 2013, Lucy and Denise Scott teamed up for a new live show ''The Spiral'' which made its debut at the Melbourne Comedy Festival before touring nationally. In 2015, Lucy performed a solo show ''Ask No Questions of the Moth'' which won the award for best live comedy at the 2015

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. The show toured nationally in 2015-2016. The show was inspired by her memories of 2014 which she described as "the worst year of my life", a year which included the death of her brother Niall. In 2017, Lucy teamed up with Denise Scott again for a new live show entitled ''Disappointments'' which commenced touring Australia in March 2017. The show was performed in Melbourne in April 2017 as part of that city's annual International Comedy Festival. In February 2019, Lucy was appointed one of three Fringe Ambassadors for the

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, and presented her show ''Judith Lucy Vs Men'' there.

Film and television

Lucy has appeared on ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Project'' and ''

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''. In 1993, Judith joined the cast of the live ABC TV comedy ''

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''. She has since co-starred with

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in two movies, '' Crackerjack'' (2002) and ''

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'' (2003), the latter directed by Tony Martin (both Martin & Molloy were fellow cast-members on ''The Late Show''). Lucy also appeared on the short-lived and controversial ''

''. In August 2009, Lucy began appearing on ''

'', replacing

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after he left the show, remaining a regular cast member until the program ended three months later in November 2009. In 2011, she appeared in a series ''

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'' on ABC Television, directed by her old friend and ''Late Show'' colleague Tony Martin. In 2012, Lucy was the patron of Perth's annual Revelation Film Festival, and had a small role in the film '' The Sapphires''. In July 2013, Lucy teamed up with film critic Jason Di Rosso to serve as temporary hosts for ABC TV's ''At the Movies''. In 2015, the series ''

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'', a look at the role of women in present-day Australian society, aired on ABC Television. In 2019, Lucy joined the cast of ''

'' in series 5, replacing

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and cast as a "wellness expert" to look at some of the products offered by the booming wellness industry. In August 2019, Lucy resumed her role as the "voice of reason" on

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' new comedy show on

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''. The show was cancelled on 31 August 2019.

Radio

Lucy was a regular on

and Tony Martin's radio show ''

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'' (1995–1998), and over the following decade she co-hosted several popular radio programmes, including

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's ''The Ladies Lounge'' (with

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) (1997) and the

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's ''Foxy Ladies'' (with

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) (1998), ''The Friday Shout'' (with Peter Rowsthorn) (2003), ''The Judith Lucy Show'' (with

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) (2004) and ''The Arvo'' (with

) (2005).

Books

In May 2008, Lucy's first book ''The Lucy Family Alphabet'' was published. Lucy wrote the book about life with her Irish-born adoptive parents and not knowing she was adopted until age 25. The book has been described as "a riotous take on Lucy's childhood ndthe lunatics who made her who she is today". In October 2012, her second book (and follow-up to her earlier memoir) ''Drink, Smoke, Pass Out ''was published. One reviewer called it both funny and sad but "worth it ... because like a true champion Judith finds a way through her self-absorbed mire. Not in a righteous religious way but in an honest way."

Discography

Albums

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

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References

External links

*
Judith Lucy at Token Artists
(archive) *
The Lucy Family Alphabet
', Author: Judith Lucy

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