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''Fisk'' is an Australian television comedy series on ABC Television, first airing on 17 March 2021. The second season aired in 2022, and the third premiered on 20 October 2024. Seasons 1 and 2 are also broadcast on Netflix and by other outlets around the world. The series is co-created and co-written by comedian Kitty Flanagan, and takes its name from its central character Helen Tudor-Fisk, played by Flanagan, who joins a small legal firm after returning to her hometown, Melbourne. Premise The series revolves around the life of lawyer Helen Tudor-Fisk, who leaves Sydney for Melbourne after her career and marriage fall apart. She then finds work at a small solicitors that specialises in probate law and wills. The firm, Gruber & Gruber, is run by siblings Ray and Roz, assisted by probate clerk/"webmaster" George. In the third series, Tudor-Fisk is a partner in the rebranded Gruber & Fisk, while Roz is continuing with her career in mediation. Ray has a new romantic interest, M ...
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Comedy
Comedy is a genre of dramatic works intended to be humorous or amusing by inducing laughter, especially in theatre, film, stand-up comedy, television, radio, books, or any other entertainment medium. Origins Comedy originated in ancient Greece: in Athenian democracy, the public opinion of voters was influenced by political satire performed by comic poets in Ancient Greek theatre, theaters. The theatrical genre of Greek comedy can be described as a dramatic performance pitting two groups, ages, genders, or societies against each other in an amusing ''agon'' or conflict. Northrop Frye depicted these two opposing sides as a "Society of Youth" and a "Society of the Old". A revised view characterizes the essential agon of comedy as a struggle between a relatively powerless youth and the societal conventions posing obstacles to his hopes. In this struggle, the youth then becomes constrained by his lack of social authority, and is left with little choice but to resort to ruses which e ...
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Glenn Butcher
Glenn Donald Butcher (born 16 September 1961) is an Australian actor and writer. Career ''The Castanet Club'' Butcher first came to prominence as a member of the cult Newcastle-based comedy musical troupe The Castanet Club (1982–1991), in which he played parodic lounge singer Lance Norton. Alongside Butcher, The Castanet Club featured a number of other noted performers who gained prominence in various areas of the Australian media, including Stephen Abbott (aka The Sandman), Mikey Robbins, Angela Moore (aka Shirley Purvis), Penny Biggins, actor-writer-director Warren Coleman and Maynard. Television Butcher was a regular cast member of the popular TV sketch comedy series '' Full Frontal'' (1993–1997), as well as hosting '' Play School'' and appearing in the films ''Soft Fruit'' and ''Young Einstein''. He starred in the 2005 television movie, ''Da Kath & Kim Code'' and the 2012 comedy film, '' Kath & Kimderella''. In 2020, Butcher was announced as part of the cast for ...
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Colette Mann
Colette Mann (born 17 February 1950) is an Australian actress, singer, TV and radio presenter, choreographer, writer and media personality. She has been in the entertainment industry for over 50 years. Mann appeared in two Grundy Organisation TV series, the prison drama ''Prisoner'' as Doreen May Anderson Burns, between 1979 and 1984 and later in ''Neighbours'' from 2012 to February 2022 as Sheila Canning. She had previously appeared in the latter series in 1995 in an eight-week role. She has appeared also in '' The Flying Doctors'' and ''Blue Heelers'' television series and the 2000 film '' The Dish''. She has written two books and had a column in '' New Idea'' magazine. Life and career Early life Mann was born in Melbourne, Victoria, and trained at a local Melbourne dancing school as a child until about 19 or 20, and then went to a professional dance school and trained under Betty Pounder, a choreographer for J. C. Williamson Theatre Ltd, and obtained an arts degree in law ...
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Claudia Karvan
Claudia Karvan (born 19 May 1972) is an Australian actress and producer. As a child actor, she first appeared in the film '' Molly'' (1983) and followed with an adolescent role in ''High Tide'' (1987). She portrayed a teacher in '' The Heartbreak Kid'' (1993) – the film was spun off into a TV series, ''Heartbreak High'' (1994–1999), with her character taken over by Sarah Lambert. Karvan's roles in television series include '' The Secret Life of Us'' (2001–2005), '' Love My Way'' (2004–2007), '' Newton's Law'' (2017) and '' Halifax: Retribution'' (2020). She won Best Actress in a Leading Role in a Television Drama at the AFI Awards (later rebranded as the AACTA Awards) for her appearance in '' G.P.'' (1996). She won two similar AFI Awards for her role in ''Love My Way'' (2005 and 2007) and in 2014 for her work in '' The Time of Our Lives'' (2013–2014). As a co-producer and co-writer on ''Love My Way'', she won three further AFI Awards for Best Drama Series in 2005, ...
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Carl Barron
Carl Barron (born 11 June 1964) is an Australian theatre and television comedian. His style is based on observational humour. Life and career He was born in Longreach, Queensland, the son of a sheep shearer, and formerly worked as a grease trap pumper. Barron has released five DVDs, entitled ''Carl Barron LIVE!'', ''Carl Barron: Whatever Comes Next'', ''Carl Barron: Walking Down The Street'', ''Carl Barron: A One Ended Stick'' and ''Carl Barron: Drinking With A Fork''. In November 2010 a box set entitled "All The Stuff I've Done So Far" was released, which included the first three previous titles, plus a documentary and outtakes. In 1993 he was voted 'Pumper of the Year' and 'Best Up and Coming Talent' and has since made many TV appearances in commercials and on TV shows such as '' Rove'' and '' Thank God You're Here''. Barron made his first television appearance on the '' NRL Footy Show'' on 17 April 1997. He has regularly sold-out shows at the Melbourne International Comedy ...
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Broden Kelly
Aunty Donna is an Australian surrealist comedy group formed in Melbourne in 2011. The group currently consists of performers and writers Mark Bonanno, Broden Kelly and Zachary Ruane, alongside writer and director Sam Lingham, director Max Miller and composer Thomas Zahariou (formerly Armstrong). Their work spans numerous live shows, a YouTube channel, podcasts, a studio album, the Netflix produced '' Aunty Donna's Big Ol' House of Fun'', the ABC produced series '' Aunty Donna's Coffee Cafe'' and a picture book. The group also founded Haven't You Done Well Productions together in 2018, through which they produce their own work as well as others. They have frequently collaborated with other comedians, including Michelle Brasier, Mish Wittrup, and Demi Lardner. Influences Members of the group have cited comedians Monty Python, Shaun Micallef, The Mighty Boosh, Nathan Fielder, and Tim & Eric as influences, as well as television series such as '' Mr. Show with Bob and David'' a ...
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Brett Climo
Brett Leonard Climo (born 26 September 1964) is an Australian film, television and stage actor. He is best known for playing Peter Healy in the soap opera '' Sons and Daughters'' and George Bligh in a '' A Place to Call Home''.Gentleman proves his substance
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Climo was born to parents Nancy and Ray in , Australia in 1959. His father died of a when he was three years old, and he was raised by his mother and grew up with two older sisters, Annette and Deann ...
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Bessie Holland
Bessie Holland is an Australian actress, best known for her role as Stella Radic on the prison drama series '' Wentworth''. Holland also plays Tessa in the ABC series ''Wakefield Wakefield is a cathedral city in West Yorkshire, England located on the River Calder. The city had a population of 109,766 in the 2021 census, up from 99,251 in the 2011 census. The city is the administrative centre of the wider Metropolit ...''. Holland appeared in ABC series ''The Exhibitionists alongside'' Bridie Carter, Mandy McElhinney and Veronica Milsom. On 8 December 2024, Holland was named in the cast for season three of Foxtel legal drama ''The Twelve.'' Filmography Theatre Holland has appeared in numerous theatre productions. Holland appeared in Sydney Theatre Company's ''Blithe Spirit'' in 2022. External links Bessie Holland oIMDb References Australian television actresses Year of birth missing (living people) Living people 21st-century Australian actresses ...
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Bert La Bonté
Bert LaBonté (born in either 1974 or 1975) is an Australian stage, film and television actor. With a career that has spanned over 20 years, LaBonté's most known roles include ''Five Bedrooms'', ''The Newsreader'' and many more. Early life LaBonté grew up in Melbourne's southeastern suburbs with his parents and two older sisters. His parents migrated from Mauritius in the late 1960s. He discovered a passion for acting at nine when he played Fagin in his school production of ''Oliver!''. Personal life LaBonté is married to actress Amanda LaBonté. LaBonte resides in Geelong Victoria Australia . For a number of years in late 90’s to early 2000’s he was a lead singer in local Geelong Band called “Madhouse” Career At 17 LaBonté enrolled in performing arts at the University of Ballarat. His extensive theatre credits include '' Rupert'', ''Birdland'', ''Elling, Lungs'', ''Richard III'', ''A Behanding in Spokane'', ''The Female of the Species'' and ''The Mountain ...
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Anne Edmonds
Anne Elizabeth Gabrielle Edmonds (born 11 October 1979) is an Australian comedian and actress best known for her stand-up work and for creating and starring in the ABC comedy series ''The Edge of the Bush''. Beginning her career in comedy at 29 (2010) after working in mental health in rural Australia, Edmonds uses her suburban background, singing/songwriting and storytelling to create a fearless, self-deprecating and often macabre stand up voice. Humiliation and despair are central themes to Edmonds' comedy, as are stories of teenage mischief, sex, failure, relationships and loneliness. Early life Raised Catholic in the Melbourne suburbs of Essendon and Strathmore, Edmonds studied at the University of Melbourne, completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Honours in Social Work. Career Edmonds has performed extensively at Australian festivals including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival, and toured i ...
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Alison Whyte
Alison Whyte (born 1968 in Tasmania) is an Australian actress best known for her roles on the Australian television series '' Frontline'' and '' Satisfaction''. Acting career A former student of classical ballet, Whyte graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts before rising to prominence on Australian television for her role as the moralising producer Emma Ward on '' Frontline'', the ABC's parody of current affairs programs – a role for which she won the 1997 Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress. From 2007 to 2010 she played Lauren, the housewife-turned-prostitute on '' Satisfaction''. She won the 2008 Silver Logie Award for Most Outstanding Actress for this role. Her other television roles have included the legal comedy-drama ''Marshall Law'' in 2002 with Lisa McCune and William McInnes, and '' Good Guys Bad Guys''. She has also guest starred in an episode of '' City Homicide''. Whyte's film roles include the two-actor film '' Saturday Night'', with Aa ...
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Alex Papps
Alex Papps (born 11 February 1969) is an Australian actor, television host, writer and singer. Early life Papps was born in Melbourne in 1969, to Apollo Papps who, though identifying as Greek, was born in Cairo, and a mother of English and Jewish descent. Both his parents were teachers and later amateur theatre directors.Oram, James "Home and Away: Behind the Scenes" p.45, Angus and Robertson, 1989 He attended Belgrave Kindergarten, Upwey South Primary School, Tecoma Primary, and Upwey High School. Papps performed in a number of theatre productions prior to leaving school. Papps studied drama and media at Box Hill College of TAFE in Melbourne. Career In 1987, Papps guested in TV serial ''Neighbours'' as arsonist Greg Davis. He went on to secure his first major television role in children's series '' The Henderson Kids II'', which aired on Network Ten. He attended an open audition for the show and after a couple of screen tests, he was cast as Vinnie Cerantino, the leader of t ...
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