Claudia O'Doherty

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Claudia O'Doherty
Born (1983-11-29) 29 November 1983 (age 40)
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupations
  • Actress
  • comedian
Notable work Love

Claudia O'Doherty (born 29 November 1983) [1] [2] is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian. She won the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival Award for her debut show Monsters of the Deep 3D. O'Doherty co-wrote the books 100 Facts About Pandas and 100 Facts About Sharks with David O'Doherty and Mike Ahern. She was a main cast member in the Netflix TV series Love . [3]

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Career

O'Doherty has appeared several times on the podcast Comedy Bang! Bang! , usually playing an exaggerated version of a character also named Claudia O'Doherty. She appeared with "Weird Al" Yankovic, [4] Jimmy Pardo, Nick Kroll, [5] Stars, [6] and Peaches, [2] among others. She also acted on one episode of the Comedy Bang! Bang! TV series.

In 2012, her stand-up show The Telescope was nominated for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. O'Doherty has appeared on the television show Problems , [7] and in Judd Apatow's film Trainwreck , opposite Bill Hader and Amy Schumer. [8]

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 Jimmy Carr, Suggs, regular panelist Alan Davies and host Stephen Fry. O'Doherty was a writer for Inside Amy Schumer and also appeared in several episodes. Schumer learned of her when Bill Hader sent Schumer links to O'Doherty's webisode from Channel 4 in the UK. [9]

From 2016 to 2018, O'Doherty appeared in the Netflix series Love . She played the role of Bertie, the new roommate of Mickey, played by Gillian Jacobs. [10]

In 2018, O'Doherty appeared as Amy in The Festival directed by Iain Morris.

In 2022 O’Doherty appeared as Jillian G in the Dan Goor sitcom Killing It . In June 2022 it was announced the series would be renewed for a second season. [11]

Personal life

O'Doherty is from Sydney, Australia, where she attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst and the University of Sydney. [12] At the University, she participated in the Arts Revue [12] and met Nick Coyle and Charlie Garber, with whom she began writing and performing under the name Pig Island. [13] She lives in Los Angeles.

O'Doherty's father is Mental As Anything band member and artist Reg Mombassa (born Chris O'Doherty). [14]

Filmography

Film

Claudia O'Doherty film work
YearTitleRoleNotes
2014 The Inbetweeners 2 Airline Rep
2015 Trainwreck Wendy
2017 Fun Mom Dinner Teacher Sherry
The Circle High Powered CirclerUncredited
2018 The Festival Amy
2019 Long Shot Wembley News Anchor #3
Extra Ordinary Claudia Winter

Television

Claudia O'Doherty television work
YearTitleRoleNotes
2012 Problems ClaudiaAlso writer
4 episodes
2013Claudia O'Doherty Comedy BlapsHerselfAlso writer
3 episodes
2015 QI HerselfEpisode: "Long Lost"
2015 Kroll Show StephanieEpisode: "The Commonwealth Games"
2015 Comedy Bang! Bang! Shandy WilliamsEpisode: "Lil Jon Wears a Baseball Cap and Sunglasses"
2015–2016 Inside Amy Schumer VariousAlso writer
4 episodes
2015BBC Comedy FeedsVariousEpisode: "People Time"
2015–2018 Drunk History Herself2 episodes
2016–2018 Love Bertie BauerMain role; 28 episodes
2016–2017 @midnight HerselfEpisodes: "362" & "511"
2016 Animals. April (voice)2 episodes
2019 SMILF WinnieEpisode: "Sex Makes It Less Formal"
Squinters Rachel5 episodes
2020 Bluey Aunt Frisky (voice)2 episodes
Wild Life Marny (voice)6 episodes
2022 Our Flag Means Death Mary Bonnet5 episodes
The Strange Chores Mia / Finn (voice)2 episodes
2022–present Killing It Jillian GloppMain role
2023 Koala Man Various characters (voices)Recurring role
Digman! Australia (voice)Episode: "The Arky Gala"
Never Have I Ever Baby2 episodes

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