Zoë Coombs Marr (born
) is an Australian comedian, performer and actor.
In 2014, Coombs Marr acted in
Gideon Obarzanek’s ''L’Chaim'' which premiered as part of
Sydney Dance Company's season ''Interplay''.
In 2016, her show ''Trigger Warning'', in which she adopts the persona of a sexist man called "Dave",
received the
Barry Award at the
Melbourne International Comedy Festival
The Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF) is the largest stand-alone comedy festival and the largest international comedy festival in the world. First held in 1987, it takes place annually in Melbourne over four weeks, typically starti ...
(MICF). As well as the Barry (now known as Melbourne International Comedy Festival Award), the show also won two
Green Room Awards
The Green Room Awards are Australian peer awards which recognise excellence in cabaret, dance, theatre companies, independent theatre, musical theatre, contemporary and experimental performance, and opera. The awards, which were established in ...
.
[
Coombs Marr introduced her new character, "Bossy Bottom", at the ]Adelaide Fringe
Adelaide Fringe, formerly Adelaide Fringe Festival, is Australia’s biggest arts festival and is the world's second-largest annual arts festival (after the Edinburgh Festival Fringe), held in the South Australian capital of Adelaide. Between ...
in March 2018, after she decided to leave "Dave" behind.[ She was nominated for the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer for her new show. In April 2020, ]Amazon Prime
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started streaming a comedy special of "Bossy Bottom".[
In 2022, Coombs Marr brought back the character of "Dave" who, as revealed in her new show, ''The Opener'', had been in a coma since 2016 and missed a lot of historic events such as the #MeToo movement, and the ]Black Lives Matter
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movement.
References
External links
Zoë Coombs Marr Homepage
Australian women comedians
Australian stage actresses
Living people
Australian LGBTQ actresses
Australian LGBTQ comedians
Year of birth missing (living people)
People from Grafton, New South Wales
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