Claudia O'Doherty (born 29 November 1983) is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian. She won the 2009

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Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival Award for her debut show ''Monsters of the Deep 3D''. She has appeared in several films and TV series, including starring roles in ''

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'' and '' Killing It''.

Early life and education

Claudia O'Doherty was born 29 November 1983 in

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, New South Wales, Australia. Her father is

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band member and artist Reg Mombassa (born Chris O'Doherty). She attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst and the

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. At the University, she participated in the Arts Revue and met Nick Coyle and Charlie Garber, with whom she began writing and performing under the name Pig Island.

Career

O'Doherty's debut comedy show ''Monsters of the Deep 3D'' won the Best Comedy Award at the 2009

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and the Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival. The following year, she co-wrote the book ''100 Facts About Pandas'' with David O'Doherty (no relation) and Mike Ahern, and worked together with them to co-write ''100 Facts About Sharks'' in 2012. The same year, she appeared on the Australian television show ''

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'', and her stand-up show ''The Telescope'' was nominated for Best Comedy Show at the

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. O'Doherty moved to the UK and produced and starred in ''Claudia O'Doherty Comedy Blaps'' (2013), a

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produced for

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brought the videos to the attention of

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and

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, which led to O'Doherty being invited to audition for an upcoming film they were working on, '' Trainwreck''. O'Doherty secured a minor role in the film. In 2014, O'Doherty appeared in '' The Inbetweeners 2'' as an airline rep. In January 2015, she appeared on the British panel show '' QI'' alongside

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, regular panelist

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and host

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. O'Doherty has appeared several times on the ''

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'' podcast, usually playing an exaggerated version of a character also named Claudia O'Doherty. She appeared with

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, and

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, among others. She also acted on one episode of the ''

'' TV series in 2015. O'Doherty moved to the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake and again worked with Amy Schumer, appearing in several episodes of Schumer's comedy series '' Inside Amy Schumer'' in 2015 and 2016. O'Doherty received co-writing credit on the show, which received a 2016

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nomination for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series. Following her involvement in the film ''Trainwreck'', Judd Apatow approached O'Doherty about a role in the

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series ''

''. O'Doherty was cast as Bertie, the new roommate of Mickey, played by

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. O'Doherty starred in all three seasons of the series, from 2016 through 2018. In 2018, O'Doherty also appeared as Amy in '' The Festival'' directed by

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. In 2022, O’Doherty was cast as Jillian Glopp in the Dan Goor sitcom '' Killing It'', a character she continued for the series' second season in 2023.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:ODoherty, Claudia 1983 births Living people 21st-century Australian actresses 21st-century Australian women writers 21st-century Australian writers Australian dramatists and playwrights Australian expatriate actresses in the United States Australian voice actresses Australian stand-up comedians Australian women comedians Comedians from Sydney Actresses from Sydney