Denise Margaret Scott (born 24 April 1955) is an Australian stand-up comedian, actor, television and radio presenter.

Career

Scott has appeared frequently on Australian television since her regular slot on ABC TV's ''

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'' in 1990, and a weekly segment on ''

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''. Scott was one of the most frequent guests on musical quiz show '' Spicks and Specks'', and appeared several times on '' The Glass House'' and '' Good News Week''. In 1993 she performed the live show, ''Women Stand Up!'' with Sue Ingleton and Lynda Gibson. She also co-starred with Judith Lucy and Lynda Gibson in stage spectaculars ''Comedy Is Not Pretty'' (1999) and ''Comedy Is Still Not Pretty'' (2003). She was a member of the Vega 91.5 FM breakfast radio show; '' Dave and Denise with

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'' (formerly called ''Shaun, Beverley and Denise''), until she finished up with Vega on 23 November 2007. Scott has made appearances on

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shows '' Can of Worms'', '' The Circle'', '' The Project'', '' All Star Family Feud'', '' Would I Lie to You?'', '' Have You Been Paying Attention?'' and '' Hughesy, We Have a Problem''. Scott starred as Trish Gross in the Australian drama series '' Winners & Losers'' on the

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. She appeared as a guest on the talk show '' Can of Worms'' on

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on Monday 29 August. Scott also appeared on Channel 31's ''To Hell in a Handbasket, with Dolly Diamond'' on Tuesday 17 December 2013. Scott stars as Gwen in the Australian ABC comedy series '' It's a Date''. In 2017, Scott started narrating the Australian travel series ''

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'' on the

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, and again teamed up with Judith Lucy for a new live show, ''Disappointments'' which commenced touring and was performed in Melbourne in April 2017 as part of the International Comedy Festival. In April 2018,

announced Scott would join '' Studio 10'' as a panelist. In 2019, Scott competed in the sixteenth season of ''

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'', where she was paired up with Jeremy Garner. She was second to be eliminated from the competition. In July 2019, Scott announced her resignation as a panelist on '' Studio 10''. In 2023, she stars in the reboot of the popular sitcom ''

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'', written by

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. Scott portrays the ageing and frail Maggie, alongside Matt Okine who plays her son Arthur, the current series re-imagining also introduces a multicultural aspect, with the current Arthur being from a migrant background

Filmography

Film

Television

Television (as self)

Radio

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Stage

Writer

Awards & honours

Personal life

Scott grew up in Greensborough, Victoria. She lives with her partner John, whom she met whilst in a clowning ensemble in Albury-Wodonga. She has two children, musician Jordie Lane and multidisciplinary artist Bonnie Lane. Scott was diagnosed with an aggressive form of breast cancer (HER2-positive) just before embarking on the ''

'' reboot, and underwent chemotherapy while shooting.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Denise 1955 births Australian women radio presenters Australian stand-up comedians Helpmann Award winners Living people Comedians from Melbourne Australian women comedians Radio personalities from Melbourne People from Greensborough, Victoria Members of the Order of Australia