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It's A Date (TV Series)
''It's a Date'' is an Australian ensemble comedy series which began screening on ABC1 on 15 August 2013. The eight-part series was written by comedian Peter Helliar and directed by Helliar and Jonathan Brough. The first series was produced by Laura Waters. Each episode poses a question about dating—such as 'should you date a friend's ex?'—and follows two sets of people as they grapple with the question. Season 1 Cast Episode 1 * Peter Helliar as Greg * Lisa McCune as Em * Dave Lawson as Patrick * Poh Ling Yeow as Jasmine Episode 2 * John Wood as Rex * Denise Scott as Gwen * Sibylla Budd as Imogen * Luke McGregor as Kevin * Ed Kavalee as Brent Episode 3 * Asher Keddie as Verity * Stephen Curry as Jason * Eva Lazzaro as Lucy * Louis Corbett as Richard Episode 4 * Kate Ritchie as Zara * Nadine Garner as Eve * Kate McLennan as Jessica * Nazeem Hussain as Ashraf Episode 5 * Shane Jacobson as Hugo * Pia Miranda as Shrek * Ronny Chieng as Winston * Emily Tahe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Helliar
Pete Jason Matthew Helliar (born 16 June 1975) is an Australian comedian, actor, television, radio presenter, writer, producer and director. He is best known for his work on television as a former regular co-host of '' The Project'' on Network Ten from January 2014 to December 2022, replacing previous presenter Dave Hughes to host alongside Carrie Bickmore, Waleed Aly and Lisa Wilkinson. Helliar also appeared with Rove McManus as his sidekick on '' The Loft Live'' from 1997 to 1998, on '' Rove'' from 1999 and 2009 and in '' Before the Game'' as alter ego Bryan Strauchan. Helliar initially worked the Melbourne comedy circuit in the mid-1990s, performing in various venues and the annual Melbourne International Comedy Festival. He has performed in numerous television ads, most notably for Fernwood Fitness. Helliar has been nominated for the Gold Logie, a prestigious award bestowed upon the Most Popular Personality on Television in 2017. Career Television Helliar has made gu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steven Robinson (film Editor)
Steven Robinson is a multi award winning Australian film editor, who works in drama and documentary, features and television. He has won two AACTA/AFI awards for Best Editing and is notable for his work on the ''Kath & Kim'' comedy series and the feature film ''Kath & Kimderella'' (2012) and the feature documentary John Farnham Finding the Voice (2023) He won the AACTA award for Best Editing on the feature documentary ''In the Shadow of the Hill'' (2016) and the AACTA Awards, AFI Award for Best Editing for ''Inside the Firestorm'' (2010), and Best Editing at the Australian Screen Editors, Australian Screen Editors Awards for The Choir of Hard Knocks, ''Choir of Hard Knocks'' (2007). He won Best Editing at the 2023 Valencia International Film Festival - Cinema Jove for the Comedy-Drama Web Series “Triple Oh !” He has been nominated ten times for Best Editing at the Australian Screen Editors Awards. Other significant credits include: * ''Putuparri and the Rainmakers'' (feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emily Taheny
Emily Taheny is an Australian comedian, actress, and singer. She is known for her multiple appearances on the sketch comedy television series '' Comedy Inc.'' from 2003 through 2007, her role as "Kat" on the 2009 series '' The Jesters'', and as a regular cast member on long-running satirical news program ''Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell''. Early life and education Emily Taheny grew up in Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, one of seven children. Comedian Fiona O'Loughlin is her elder sister. She graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in Adelaide. In 2003, she graduated from the College of Country Music in Tamworth, New South Wales. Career Stage Taheny began doing stand-up comedy in 1989. In 2001 she collaborated with her sister Fiona O'Loughlin on the stage show ''Fiona, Her Sister and Some Guy'', which they performed first at Warooka, then in Alice Springs, then at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, where it received the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne Int ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronny Chieng
Ronny Xin Yi Chieng ( zh, s=钱信伊, p=Qián Xìnyī) is a Malaysian-born American comedian and actor. He is a senior correspondent on Comedy Central's '' The Daily Show'', and he created and starred in the sitcom '' Ronny Chieng: International Student''. He has also appeared in films such as '' Crazy Rich Asians'' and the English version of '' Inspector Sun and the Curse of the Black Widow''. Early life and education Chieng was born into a Malaysian Chinese family in Johor Bahru, Malaysia. He does not celebrate his birthday and prefers to keep his date of birth private. He grew up in both Singapore and the United States, living in Manchester, New Hampshire from 1989 to 1994. In his youth, he was a Singapore Sea Scout of the Singapore Scout Association. When he lived in Johor Bahru, Chieng commuted to Fuchun Primary School in Woodlands, Singapore. He subsequently attended Pioneer Secondary School and Jurong Pioneer Junior College. Thereafter, he attended the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pia Miranda
Pia Miranda is an Australian actress. Her career was launched with her role in the 2000 feature film '' Looking for Alibrandi'', an Australian film based on the novel of the same name by Melina Marchetta. She is also known for her roles as Karen Oldman in ''Neighbours'' (1998–1999), Jodie Spiteri in '' Wentworth'' (2015), and Jen in '' Mustangs FC'' (2017–2020), as well as winning '' Australian Survivor'' in 2019. Early life Born in Melbourne, Victoria, Miranda spent the majority of her early life travelling throughout Australia with her family, attending a large number of schools. She is of Italian and Irish descent. After completing her high school certificate at the Sacré Cœur School, Miranda studied history and drama at La Trobe University before transferring to Victoria University, where she majored in drama and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts ( Performance Studies) in 1996. Career Film and television career After university, Miranda studied drama at the Atl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazeem Hussain
Nazeem Hussain is an Australian comedian, actor, television and radio presenter. He is best known as the creator and star of two television comedy shows, '' Legally Brown'' and '' Orange Is the New Brown''. He has also has multiple comedy specials including ''Nazeem Hussain: Public Frenemy'' (2019) on Netflix and 'Hussain in the Membrane' (2022) on Youtube. He also appeared as a correspondent for both seasons of the hit Netflix series ‘''Bill Nye Saves the World''’ with American scientist and TV personality Bill Nye (popularly known as ‘ Bill Nye the Science guy’). Hussain released his first children’s book series, ''Hy-larious Hyena'', through Scholastic Australia, in 2022. Early life Hussain was born and raised in Melbourne, Australia, to parents of Sri Lankan descent. He attended Ashburton Primary School, Melbourne High School, and later graduated from Deakin University. Career Stand-up comedy As a stand up comic, Hussain was awarded the Best Newcomer Awar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kate McLennan
Kate McLennan (born ) is an Australian comedian, writer and actor. McLennan has performed in Australia and internationally, including at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She is known in Australia for her work on television and web series such as '' The Katering Show'', '' Get Krack!n'', '' The Mansion'', and '' Deadloch'' (2023). She produces most of her work with Kate McCartney, which has led to their being dubbed the Kates. Early life McLennan was born around 1980. She moved to Geelong at the age of ten and a decade later she moved to Melbourne. Career McLennan performed in her first sketch comedy show at the age of 21 at the 2001 Melbourne Fringe Festival, and appeared in the Fringe parade. She rose to fame writing and performing her solo comedy show ''The Debutante Diaries'', which won her the Best Comedy Award and Best Emerging Artist Award at the Melbourne Fringe in 2006. McLennan co-created the web series ''Bleak'' with Kate McCartney in 2010, which in won the Kit D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nadine Garner
Nadine Lynette Garner (born 14 December 1970 in Knoxfield, Melbourne) is an Australian actor who started her career as a teen performer. Biography Garner first came to public attention in 1985, as Tamara Henderson in the Australian TV series ''The Henderson Kids'' and then in her debut film, '' The Still Point''. She made her stage debut in 1987 in the title role of the Melbourne Theatre Company production of '' A Day in the Death of Joe Egg''. Since then she has worked extensively in film, theatre and TV (both in Australia and the UK) and received awards and nominations for performances in each field. Also interested in writing, she wrote and performed in the stage work '' Birds Eye View'' in Sydney in 2002. Garner has worked with most state theatre companies in a wide variety of roles in works by Shakespeare, Molière, Sheridan, Ibsen, Ziegler, Chekhov, Orton, Shaffer, Lawler and Elton. She also played the role of Desire in the highly controversial Australian musical '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Lazzaro
Eva Lazzaro is an Australian actress. She is perhaps best known for her roles as Caylin-Calandria in the 2006 film '' Jindabyne'' and Stacey in the 2009 film '' Blessed''. Biography Her first role was a guest spot in the television series ''Blue Heelers'' in 2002. She has also had minor parts in '' Underbelly'' and '' Nightmares and Dreamscapes''. She has a main role as Gigi Kovac in the drama '' Tangle'' and a recurring role as Zoe in the children's show ''The Elephant Princess ''The Elephant Princess'' is an Australian children's television series that first screened on Network Ten in 2008. The series is produced by Jonathan M. Shiff Productions. A second season began screening in 2011. The series revolves around a ...''. Lazzaro has been nominated for a 2010 TV Week Logie Award, for a Graham Kennedy Award for Outstanding New Talent, and also for an ASTRA award in a similar category. Lazzaro debuted as a director with the short film ''Alice's Baby'', based on her own ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Kavalee
Edward Robert Kavalee (born 30 June 1979) is an Australian comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, radio and television presenter and association football commentator. He is a recurring panellist on Network 10's '' Have You Been Paying Attention?'' with Sam Pang. Kavalee is a former host of ''Hughesy, Ed & Erin'' and ''Ash, Grant & Ed'' on 2Day FM and the ''Marto, Ed & Robin'' breakfast show on Triple M Brisbane. He has hosted a number of television shows, including '' TV Burp'' and various sports-themed comedy shows along with Santo Cilauro and Sam Pang. Career Kavalee is an experienced Theatresports performer. He had been involved in running Theatresports workshops at the University of New South Wales (Studio 4, New South Wales University's comedy society), and for a number of years, he hosted Theatresports at the University of Sydney. Before his career on radio with Triple M, Kavalee began working in a small video store at the age of fourteen for a period of eight and a half ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke McGregor
Luke William McGregor is an Australian comedian, writer and actor, who has performed at various national and international comedy festivals, as himself in many TV shows, and is known for his roles in the ABC TV series ''Utopia'' and '' Rosehaven''. Early career and education McGregor grew up in Hobart, Tasmania, and attended Dominic College and the University of Tasmania, where he spent seven years studying law, philosophy, teaching, physics, with an eye to studying medicine, finally graduating with a combined Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Economics degree. After graduation, McGregor worked for Centrelink and Medicare, amongst other jobs. Aged 25, he went along to a comedy gig with a friend and got up on stage and spoke for about five minutes. Other comedians encouraged him to continue. In 2008 he launched his comedy career, and was a national finalist in Raw Comedy. Career McGregor was a cast member on the RMITV flagship production '' Studio A'' until its final s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sibylla Budd
Sibylla Budd (born 19 September 1976) is an Australian actress perhaps best known for her roles in the television series '' The Secret Life of Us'' and '' Winners & Losers''. Early life Budd grew up in Canberra, as one of four siblings. She has an older brother, Alex, and two younger brothers, Hamilton and Henry. She attended Canberra Girls' Grammar School where she became interesting in acting while performing in plays. After high school, Budd travelled overseas and worked in a pub in Cambridge, England, for six months. When she returned to Australia, she studied acting at the University of Western Sydney, before being accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts (VCA) in 1997. She graduated with a Bachelor of Dramatic Art in 2000. Career In 2000 Budd appeared in the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) soap opera '' Something in the Air'' playing Sharon. In 2001 she was the leading female in '' The Bank'' as Michelle Roberts, and played Sam Cooper in the TV miniserie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
