Roz Hammond

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Roz Hammond
Born
Rosalind Hammond

(1969-12-14) 14 December 1969 (age 54)
Occupation(s)Actress, writer
Years active1993–present
Website https://www.rozhammond.com

Rosalind Hammond, often credited as Ros or Roz, is an Australian actress and writer who has worked for more than 20 years with an extensive career in theatre, film and television.

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Career

Hammond's television appearances include the role of Claudia in the award-winning drama The Heights , and ten seasons of Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell , on which she portrayed characters such as Jacquie Lambie’s press secretary Dolly Norman, conservative blogger Vomitoria Catchment, royal watcher Gay March, Tamie Fraser, and ABC shop employee Dianne. She previously worked with Shaun Micallef in three series of The Micallef Programme .

Hammond played the role of librarian Christine Grimwood in three series of the ABC sitcom The Librarians . She was a regular cast member on Thank God You're Here , The Never Too Late Show, Bootleg, Small Tales and True, Eric, Full Frontal , Sky Trackers , Snowy and Micro Nation .

Hammond has made guest appearances on the television series Harrow , Please Like Me , The Letdown , Carla Cametti PD , Driven Crazy , Law of the Land , MDA , Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries , Mr & Mrs Murder , Newstopia , Offspring , Outland , Raw FM , Slide and Welcher and Welcher , and in the TV movie Curtin .

She also wrote for television programs, including ABC Kids series Little Lunch , ABC's It's A Date , SkitHOUSE , Eric Bana's sketch show Eric, Home and Away , The Mick Molloy Show and Small Tales and True.

Hammond is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and has appeared in feature films Muriel's Wedding , in which she played Cheryl, one of the bridesmaids, The Dish , [1] The Honourable Wally Norman , and the short film Titsiana Booberini .

Her theatre credits include productions with the Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Companies with roles in Blithe Spirit , The Female of the Species , Happy Endings, Kid Stakes, Secret Bridesmaids' Business and Things We Do For Love .

Her one-woman show, Full Blown Rose, had successful international tours to the Dublin Fringe Festival (where she was nominated for Best Female Performance) and the Glasgow Millers International Comedy Festival. At the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she received a Golden Gibbo nomination.

From 2012 to 2022, Hammond appeared as a regular guest for Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell . [2]

At the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she performed Gym and Tonic, based on her "other career" as a personal trainer at an all-women's gym. The production then toured nationally.

In 2023, Hammond appeared in ABC series Bay of Fires (TV series) [3] and in 2024 also appeared in ABC comedy White Fever. [4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022 Blueback CelebrantFeature film
2022 How to Please a Woman ClaudiaFeature film
2019By Your SideLeonieShort film
2015Blythe SpiritMadam Arcati
2015Hammer or ClawEmmaShort film
2010BufoSusan HurleyShort film
2008CorrectionsReceptionistShort film
2007 The King KathleenTV movie
2007 Curtin Gladys JoyceTV movie
2006Love No.9IvyShort film
2006The Demons Among UsKylie's mother
2004 Josh Jarman Burgerland GirlFeature film
2003 The Honourable Wally Norman Dolly NormanFeature film
2000 The Dish Miss NolanFeature film
1997 Titsiana Booberini Carol JohnsonShort film
1996EricVariousTV movie
1994 Muriel's Wedding CherylFeature film

Television

YearTitleRoleNotesRef
2024White FeverDeidre ThomasTV series; 5 episodes
2023- Bay of Fires HeatherTV series
2023Cool MumTV series, 3 episodes
2022 Summer Love Janelle (voice)TV series, 1 episode
2012-22 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell VariousTV series, 114 episodes
2019-22 Five Bedrooms Edwina CroweTV series, 6 episodes
2010-20 The Heights Claudia RossoTV series
2021 Iggy and Ace GwenTV series, 6 episodes
2021 Harrow Karen YancyTV series, 1 episode
2021 Why Are You Like This JulieTV series, 2 episodes [5]
2019-20 The Heights ClaudiaTV series, 60 episodes [6]
2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Ginger ConnorTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2018Pilot WeekBaristaTV series, 1 episode
2017ChildproofVarious (voice)TV series, 6 episodes
2017 The Letdown ChristineTV series, 1 episode
2016 Jack Irish Sue ShieldsTV series, 6 episodes
2015 Kinne VariousTV series, 6 episodes
2014It's a DateLizzieTV series, 1 episode
2014 Please Like Me MarilynTV series, 2 episodes
2013 Upper Middle Bogan SandiTV series, 1 episode
2013 Offspring MaryjeanneTV series, 1 episode
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Deborah NewhouseTV series, 1 episode
2012 Micro Nation Betty CosdoscaTV web series, 1 episode
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Mrs OpieTV series, 1 episode
2012 Outland SimoneTV miniseries, 1 episode
2011MollusksVanessa 'Big Mama Jelly'TV series. 3 episodes
2011Some Say LoveVariousTV series, 1 episode
2011 Mal.com JanelleTV series, 1 episode
2011 SLiDE RosieTV series, 3 episodes
2007-10 The Librarians Christine GrinwoodTV series, 20 episodes
2009 Carla Cametti PD Sandra DeLucaTV miniseries, 1 episode
2007 Newstopia Lindy SpernTV series, 1 episode
2005 MDA Courtney GouldTV series, 2 episode
2004 Stories from the Golf WomanTV series, 1 episode
2003 Welcher & Welcher ThadiaTV series, 2 episodes
2003 Skithouse VariousTV series
2002 Bootleg Tricia MooreTV series. 3 episodes
1996-02 Blue Heelers Kerryn / SiobhanTV series, 3 episodes
1998-01 The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) VariousTV series, 23 episodes
2000 Introducing Gary Petty Colleen TurnerTV series, 1 episode
1999 The Mick Molloy Show VariousTV series, 3 episodes
1999 Law of the Land AnnTV series, 1 episode
1998Small Tales & TrueVariousTV series, 6 episodes
1998 Driven Crazy Dr BrandtTV series, 1 episode
1998 Raw FM FlaviaTV series, 1 episode
1997EricVariousTV series, 9 episodes
1996 Full Frontal Additional CastTV series, 1 episode
1994 Sky Trackers EllieTV series, 26 episodes
1994 Newlyweds SarahTV series, 1 episode
1993 Snowy JillTV series, 7 episodes

Stage

As actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996Kid StakesMarcy Wells Playhouse Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2000 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Angela Dixon Malthouse Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide
2001Dear SunJoy Hester Melbourne Theatre Company
2004 Blithe Spirit Ruth Melbourne Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company
2005Country Energy Comedy FestivalComedianThe Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
2005 Things We Do For Love Nikki Wickstead Arts Centre Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2005Garden Ho Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Dublin Festival
2006 The Female of the Species Tess Thornton Melbourne Theatre Company
2006Full Blown RoseHerself Dublin Fringe Festival, Glasgow Millers International Comedy Festival
2009 Master of the Revels Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2010Cubec Reading- You Won't Be Seeing Rainbows Anymore - 5 Melbourne Theatre Company
2010Furiously FertileJenHit Productions
2012Happy EndingsLiliana Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2012Red SilkAnne SextonRed Silk Productions
2013Gym and TonicHerself Melbourne Town Hall for Melbourne International Comedy Festival & national tour
2013Day One, A Hotel, EveningStella Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company
2015 Blithe Spirit Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company
2016–17Signifying NothingKaren FoxThe Blue Room Theatre, Perth, The Studio, Adelaide with Hammond Fleet Productions

As director

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016These Things HappenDirectorHammond Fleet Productions
2016This is Not a Love SongDirectorHammond Fleet Productions

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