Veronica Louise Milsom (born 9 October 1984) is an Australian radio presenter, comedian and actress. From 2014 to 2020, she co-hosted the afternoon

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programme ''Veronica & Lewis'' alongside

Lewis Hobba Lewis Hobba (born 16 June 1980) is an Australian radio presenter, television presenter and comedian. From 2014 to 2020, he co-hosted the afternoon drive time programme ''Veronica & Lewis'' alongside Veronica Milsom on youth radio station Triple ...

on youth radio station

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Life and education

Milsom grew up in

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, Victoria, and has three siblings. Milsom attended the same high school in Geelong as her ''Hungry Beast'' and Triple J co-host,

. After graduating from

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, Milsom studied at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Personal life

Milsom gave birth to a daughter, Lila, in 2017. Her experience of motherhood is the basis for her 2019 solo stage performance ''Parent Virgin.''

Career

Milsom is best known as a co-host of the

radio station program ''Veronica & Lewis'', presenting from 2014 to 2020 In 2016, she was shortlisted for female Radio Presenter of the Year at the Cosmopolitan Women of the Year Award. Milsom wrote for, and appeared in, the satirical current affairs program ''

Hungry Beast ''Hungry Beast'' (originally ''Projext NEXT'') was an Australian television comedy and current affairs program that was broadcast on ABC Television. Format The show was a half-hour program and is structured as a hybrid between a current affairs ...

''. Milsom has appeared on

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television shows, including 44 episodes of ''

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,'' '' Back Seat Drivers'', and ''

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'', as well as Channel Ten's '' The Project'' and ''

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''. ABC TV and Screen Australia commissioned Milsom to co-write and perform in ''The Record'', a mockumentary series she created, which was shortlisted for th
Australian Online Video Awards
The project became a short film, ''The Record: World’s Largest Family'', co-written by Milsom and Steen Raskapoulos, which has screened at Manchester, Palm Springs and LA Webfest film festivals. Milsom has also acted in ''The Angus Project'' on

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. Milsom is also a playwright. ''Porky Pies'' (2007) was co-written with Alex Lee at the

Melbourne International Comedy Festival The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival and the second-largest international comedy festival in the world. Established in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks, typicall ...

. In 2014, she performed live solo shows at The Melbourne and Sydney International Comedy Festivals. ''Good Lord It’s Christmas'' (2016) and ''Parent Virgin'' (2019) were staged at Sydney's Giant Dwarf Theatre. In February 2020, Milsom announced that she would not be returning to Triple J after the birth of her second child, and would be leaving at the end of the month. Comedian Michael Hing replaced her on Triple J's drive-time segment, retitled ''Hobba & Hing'', with Lewis Hobba continuing on as co-host.

Discography

Singles

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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References

External links

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