Gen Fricker

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Gen Fricker
Born
Genevieve Fricker

(1989-11-03) 3 November 1989 (age 34) [1]
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Radio presenter, comedian, writer, actor
Known for Hosting radio on Triple J

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

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Early life and education

Fricker was born in Sydney, Australia, and has Māori heritage. [2] She trained as an orchestral double bassist at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music High School and University, before moving to the University of Sydney to study Art History and Psychology. [3]

At the University of Sydney, she performed as part of student comedy group "Project 52", alongside Steen Raskopoulos among others. [3] Later, Fricker trained at the Upright Citizens Brigade in New York. [4]

Career

In 2011, Gen Fricker was a National Finalist in the RAW Comedy Competition. [5] She co-hosted Summer Up For It on FBi Radio with comedian Michael Hing over the summer break in 2011–2012. [6]

Fricker first appeared on triple j as a guest on Drive with Lindsey McDougall, on Sunday Night Safran, [7] and as a writer/performer on Tom Ballard's Chatback sketch show. At the end of 2014, she began hosting Overnights, before joining Kyran Wheatley on Weekend Arvos in 2016. [8] In 2017, she took over the Lunch program on Triple J, formerly presented by Lewi McKirdy, [9] before moving to the Drive program to fill in for Veronica Milsom, alongside co-host Lewis Hobba. [10] In 2018, she was voted number 9 on Radio Today's 'FM Radio's Top 20 Funniest Women' reader poll. [11]

Fricker has performed stand-up on Comedy Central, Just for Laughs (Australian TV series), Sydney Comedy Festival, New Zealand Comedy Festival and Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She has appeared on numerous TV shows, including Good Game , ABC TV New Year's Eve coverage, [12] Legally Brown , Dirty Laundry Live , Have You Been Paying Attention? , and Spicks and Specks . She was also a writer/performer on The Roast . [13] In 2014, she was selected by Reggie Watts to open for him on his Australian tour. [14] Other credits include the Australian production of Karen O's Stop The Virgens, [15] as well as working as an Entertainment contributor for The Sydney Morning Herald . [16]

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  11. ↑ https://radiotoday.com.au/revealed-here-are-fm-radios-top-20-funniest-women-as-voted-by-you/
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