Rebecca Natani Hill is an Australian comedian, writer, presenter, actor, director, and

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born in

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who is now based in the UK.

Career

Hill incorporates arts and crafts into her stand-up routines in something she calls paper puppetry. It can be likened to

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s or the Japanese storytelling technique

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. She took part in the first edition of the UK Kids' Comedy Festival, part of the 2019 Leicester Comedy Festival. Her show, "Bec Hill Treats You Like a Child", won the festival's award for Best Kids' Show. In 2016 she was a co-host of Sky's "DC Fancast" and "DC Fancast: Unmasked" with Des Taylor and Rick Edwards. She has also appeared on several series of

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's panel show ''

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'', and starred in the 2014

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UK Grand Jury Prize-winning short film "Russian Roulette", directed by Ben Aston. In February 2021 she appeared on Channel 4's ''

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'' (episode 5, series 21) alongside

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in Dictionary Corner. She hosts podcasts including ''A Problem Squared'' with

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, ''The DesignSpark Podcast'', and ''Con Sessions'', as well as a 'Hatewatch' podcast of the Netflix show ''

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'', aptly named ''Enemy in Paris''. She has collaborated with Jay Foreman on three of his

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videos, entitled "Dinosaurs", "Fiddle With Your Balls" and "Robot Olympics". Hill also presents

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show ''Makeaway Takeaway'', an arts-and-crafts comedy sketch show for 6-11-year-olds.

Awards and recognition

Her one-liners have featured in best-joke lists for media outlets such as ''The Telegraph'', Dave, ''The Guardian'', ''The Independent'', ''Daily Record'' and Buzzfeed. She has also appeared in a worst-joke list. She has also written for ''

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'', '' Bluestone 42'' and ''

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''. Her short animation directorial debut, "Scoring Pointes", aired on

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in 2016. Hill won two awards for her shows at the 2014 Edinburgh Festival. "Bec And Tom's Awesome Laundry", a children's show performed with Tom Goodliffe, won a ''

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'' Editors' Award. Her show "Ellipsis" won the Barry Award for Best Performer, voted on by other performers at the Fringe.

Publications

In 2021, Hill worked with

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to publish a series of children's books, ''Horror Heights''.

Books

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hill, Bec Australian women comedians Actresses from Adelaide Living people 1986 births Comedians from Adelaide