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
  • writer
Notable work

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. She has appeared in several films and TV series, including starring roles in Love and Killing It . [3]

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Early life and education

Claudia O'Doherty was born 29 November 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Her father is Mental As Anything band member and artist Reg Mombassa (born Chris O'Doherty). [1] She attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst and the University of Sydney. [4] 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. [5]

Career

O'Doherty's debut comedy show Monsters of the Deep 3D won the Best Comedy Award at the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival 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 Problems , [6] and her stand-up show The Telescope was nominated for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

O'Doherty moved to the UK and produced and starred in Claudia O'Doherty Comedy Blaps (2013), a web series produced for Channel 4. Bill Hader brought the videos to the attention of Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow, 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. [7]

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 has appeared several times on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast, usually playing an exaggerated version of a character also named Claudia O'Doherty. She appeared with "Weird Al" Yankovic, [8] Jimmy Pardo, Nick Kroll, [9] Stars, [10] and Peaches, [2] among others. She also acted on one episode of the Comedy Bang! Bang! 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. [11] O'Doherty received co-writing credit on the show, which received a 2016 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series. [12]

Following her involvement in the film Trainwreck, Judd Apatow approached O'Doherty about a role in the Netflix series Love . O'Doherty was cast as Bertie, the new roommate of Mickey, played by Gillian Jacobs. [13] 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 Iain Morris.

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. [14] [15]

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
2020–2024 Bluey Aunt Frisky (voice)4 episodes
2020 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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