Genevieve Fricker (born 3 November 1989) is an Australian stand-up comedian, writer, actor, and radio presenter.

Early life and education

Fricker was born in Sydney, Australia, and has Māori heritage. She trained as an orchestral

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ist at the

Sydney Conservatorium of Music The Sydney Conservatorium of Music (formerly the New South Wales State Conservatorium of Music and known by the moniker "The Con") is a heritage-listed music school in Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the ol ...

High School and University, before moving to the

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to study Art History and Psychology. At the University of Sydney, she performed as part of student comedy group "Project 52", alongside Steen Raskopoulos among others. Later, Fricker trained at the

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Career

In 2011, Gen Fricker was a National Finalist in the RAW Comedy Competition. She co-hosted ''Summer Up For It'' on

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with comedian Michael Hing over the summer break in 2011–2012. Fricker first appeared on

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as a guest on Drive with Lindsey McDougall, on Sunday Night Safran, and as a writer/performer on

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's Chatback sketch show. At the end of 2014, she began hosting Overnights, before joining Kyran Wheatley on Weekend Arvos in 2016. In 2017, she took over the Lunch program on

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, formerly presented by

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, before moving to the Drive program to fill in for Veronica Milsom, alongside co-host Lewis Hobba. In 2018, she was voted number 9 on Radio Today's 'FM Radio's Top 20 Funniest Women' reader poll. Fricker has performed stand-up on

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, Just for Laughs (Australian TV series),

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and

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. She has appeared on numerous TV shows, including '' Good Game'', ABC TV New Year's Eve coverage, '' Legally Brown'', ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Spicks and Specks''. She was also a writer/performer on '' The Roast''. In 2014, she was selected by

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to open for him on his Australian tour. Other credits include the Australian production of

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's ''Stop The Virgens'', as well as working as an Entertainment contributor for ''

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''.

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* Australian people of Māori descent Australian women comedians Living people Sydney Conservatorium of Music alumni Triple J announcers University of Sydney alumni 1989 births Comedians from Sydney {{Australia-bio-stub