Emily Taheny

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Emily Taheny
Born1978 (age 45–46)
Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Comedian, television actress, singer
Years active1989–present
Relatives Fiona O'Loughlin (sister)

Emily Taheny (born 1978) is an Australian comedian, television actress and singer known for her multiple appearances on the sketch comedy television series Comedy Inc. from 2003 through 2007, [1] her role as "Kat" on the 2009 series The Jesters , and as a regular cast member on long-running satirical news program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell . She was born at Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia. [2]

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Career

Taheny began doing stand-up comedy in 1989. [3] She graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in South Australia and collaborated with her sister Fiona O'Loughlin on the stage show Fiona, Her Sister and Some Guy, which received the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2001. [4]

She has performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Festival, [5] and Melbourne Festival. [6] She won the Fringe Cabaret Award at the Melbourne Festival in 2002 for her performance in Cliff Hanger. [7] In 2003, she graduated from the College of Country Music in Tamworth, New South Wales. [4]

Taheny made her television debut on Comedy Inc. in 2003, playing various characters on the show until its cancellation in 2007. In 2005, she made a guest appearance on Spicks and Specks . In 2006, she appeared on The Chaser's War on Everything , singing a song alongside Andrew Hansen's Crazy Warehouse character. She appeared as "Kat" in the 2009 television series The Jesters , [4] and has appeared in the series Sleuth 101 . [8] From 2012 to 2022, she was a regular cast member on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's satirical news program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell , playing numerous recurring and one-off characters, and she competed in a special Mad As Hell does Hard Quiz in 2022. In 2017, she appeared in the first episode of True Story with Hamish & Andy . In 2018 she starred in the comedy film The Flip Side . [9]

In 2019, Taheny appeared in Channel 7 series Secret Bridesmaids Business. [10]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2014The HecklerEmma
2015 Now Add Honey Detective Davis
2018 That's Not My Dog! Herself
The Flip Side RonnieLead role
TBAKangarooDorinda

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2003–07 Comedy Inc. VariousRegular role
2007 Stupid, Stupid Man Shona"The Black Dog"
2009–11 The Jesters Kat BaileyMain role
2010 Sleuth 101 Hermoine / Rebecca"Delete Cache", "Performance Enhancing Death"
2012–2022 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell VariousRegular role
2013–14 It's a Date Manda"Should You Date on the Rebound?", "What's the Worst Thing That Can Happen on a Date?"
2014 INXS: Never Tear Us Apart AnnieTV miniseries
2015 Open Slather VariousRegular role
2016Little AcornsEmily9 episodes [11]
2017 Get Krack!n Rebecca SlawEpisode 1
2018How to Stay MarriedClaire1 episodes
2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Nicole3 episodes
2021Fraud FestivalEmilyTV movie
2021-22 Bluey Wendy4 episodes
2023MonologueMonique6 episodes
Bay of Fires Jodie7 episodes [12]
Plausible DeniabilityAshlee Beake2 episodes
2024 Population 11 Audrey10 episodes [13]
Thou Shalt Not StealKaren2 episodes [14]

Self appearances

YearTitleRoleNotes
2019 Celebrity Name Game Herself1 episode
2017 Behave Yourself! HerselfContestant, episode 1
2016–2017 All Star Family Feud Herself2 episodes

Recognition

Awards and nominations

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References

  1. ↑ McEvoy, Marc (1 June 2005). "Comedy Inc – The Late Shift". The Sydney Morning Herald . Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  2. ↑ "Emily Taheny's colourful characters light up Mad As Hell". The Sydney Morning Herald . 12 February 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. ↑ Rod McGuirk, Rod (6 July 2001). "Alice Springs comic gets govt support for Edinburgh festival". Australian Associated Press.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Emily Taheny bio at Movienetwork". movienetwork.tv. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  5. ↑ Carbone, Suzanne (2 April 2002). "Therapy of laughter springs from a life very ordinary". The Age . Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  6. ↑ Scott-Norman, Fiona (30 December 2002). "TV and radio comedy's new centre-stage". The Age . Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  7. 1 2 staff (24 December 2002). "The reinvention of cabaret". The Age . Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  8. ↑ "Sleuth 101". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  9. ↑ Tuckett, Graeme (6 September 2018), "The Flip Side: A bland, pointless tale that boasts sub-soap opera plotting", Stuff
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