Hannah Gadsby

Australian comedian, writer, and actor

Hannah Gadsby

Gadsby in 2013

Born|  (1978-01-12) January 12, 1978 (age 45)
Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
Medium|

* Stand-up
* television
* theatre

Education| University of Tasmania
Australian National University (BA)
Years active| 2006–present
Genres|

* Observational comedy
* dark humour
* deadpan
* wit

Subject(s)|

* Art history
* dysfunctional family
* homosexuality
* homophobia
* mental illness
* trauma
* autism
* ADHD

Spouse|

Jenney Shamash

(m. 2021)​

Website| Official website

Hannah Gadsby (born 12 January 1978) is an Australian comedian, writer, and actor. They began their career in Australia after winning the national final of the Raw Comedy competition for new comedians in 2006. In 2018, their show Nanette on Netflix won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Peabody Award.

Starting in 2019, Gadsby toured internationally with their show Douglas and the recorded special was released on Netflix in 2020. In 2021, they were awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Tasmania.[1] In March 2022, they published Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation. They appeared as a recurring cast member in season four of Netflix's Sex Education as Celia, a radio show host.[2]

## Early life[edit]

> My meltdowns had always been a mystery to me, so when I was finally diagnosed, I was able to reframe the way I thought about my strange little outbursts. For a start, I became far more compassionate toward myself, which probably halved the distress of the occasions.

Hannah Gadsby on their autism diagnosis, The Guardian, 19 March 2022[3]

Hannah Gadsby was born on January 12, 1978 at North West Regional Hospital in Burnie, Tasmania. They grew up in Smithton, a small town on the remote north-west coast of Tasmania,[4][5] as the youngest of five children.[6][7] Gadsby attended Smithton High School from 1990 to 1995. In year 12, Gadsby attended Launceston College, where they had a nervous breakdown.[8] They began studying at the University of Tasmania in Hobart but later transferred to the Australian National University,[8] where they earned a bachelor's degree in art history and curatorship in 2003.[9]

Gadsby then worked in bookshops in Canberra and became a projectionist at an outdoor cinema in Darwin. They then spent two years picking vegetables and planting trees along the east coast of Australia. Gadsby became homeless, which they later attributed in part to their ADHD, and ill enough with acute pancreatitis to require hospitalisation.[8]

## Career[edit]

### Stand-up comedy[edit]

On a visit to their sister in Adelaide in 2006, Gadsby entered Raw Comedy in 2006, progressing through the heats to win the national prize.[8] As the winner, they were sent to the So You Think You're Funny? competition at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where they won second prize.[10] Their first solo show was titled Hannah Gadsby is Wrong and Broken, and won the 2007 Best Newcomer Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival before they went on tour with the show in Edinburgh and New York.[11] In 2008, they performed Meat the Musical with Amelia Jane Hunter at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[12] They continued to perform at festivals, including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Kilkenny Comedy Festival, Montreal Just for Laughs Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival[11] and New Zealand International Comedy Festival.[13] In September 2022, Gadsby signed a multi-title deal with Netflix.[14]

#### Nanette[edit]

Gadsby created the stand-up show they named Nanette partly as a response to the public debate which took place in Australia before the law was changed to allow same-sex marriage, and also after their diagnosis of autism.[15] Nanette explores topics such as homophobia, xenophobia, sexism, and gendered violence.[16] Elahe Izadi of The Washington Post states although Nanette is a comedy, Gadsby insists the audience recognize the dark truth of trauma and assault.[17] During the show, Gadsby says they are quitting comedy.[18][19]

In a review for Time Out of their next show Douglas, Ben Neutze wrote, "Yes, it was funny, but Gadsby's main objective was to deliver a fiery and furious takedown of the heterosexual patriarchy."[20] According to Mary Luckhurst, writing in Persona Studies, Gadsby's "stand-up has to be set against the epidemic of gender-based violence which continues to infect Australian life and which was declared a 'national crisis' by the Federal Government in 2015."[21]

After Gadsby won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Barry award, the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Comedy Award, and the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer, Netflix released the film version of Nanette in 2018.[22][23][20] On Rotten Tomatoes, Nanette received an approval rating of 100% based on reviews from 49 critics.[24][20]

#### Douglas[edit]

In March 2019, Gadsby previewed their new show, Douglas, in Adelaide,[25] before touring the U.S. and Australia, where many shows were sold out in advance.[26] In the show, they explore new personal revelations "with empathy, wit and some extremely relatable metaphor", and create something "bigger than comedy" according to one reviewer of the preview show.[27] In Douglas, they discuss their autism diagnosis, aiming to help people understand neurodiversity as part of a normal variation of the human condition.[28][29] In a review of the show for Time Out, Anne-Marie Peard wrote, "Douglas will create change and help people, especially undiagnosed women, to see that they may not have the right words to describe how they experience life; it's describing that experience to those who still say or think the words that belittle and damage."[28] In 2020, Netflix released a filmed version of the live show.[30]

#### Body of Work[edit]

In July 2021, Gadsby started a solo show, title Body of Work in several venues in Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the UK.[31] Dates were also announced in the United States.[32] A review of Body of Work for The Guardian by Brian Logan describes the show as "a winning return for Gadsby, to whose heavy-hitting accomplishments can now be added a flair for comedy with a light heart."[33] In 2022, Netflix announced its plans to release a recording from the Body of Work tour in 2023.[34][35] In April 2023, Netflix announced the television special about this tour was going to be titled Something Special.[36] On May 10, the show was released on Netflix.[37][38][39]

### TV roles[edit]

Gadsby co-wrote and co-starred in the Australian ABC TV show Adam Hills Tonight through three seasons from February 2011 to July 2013. They had regular segments called "On This Day" and "Hannah Has A Go" and also featured on the couch, contributing as host Adam Hills interviewed his guests.[40][41] They co-wrote (with Matthew Bate) and presented a three-part series on ABC, Hannah Gadsby's Oz, which aired in March 2014.[42] Produced by Closer Productions, this series set out to "debunk the myths of the Australian identity perpetuated by [its] national art".[43] From 2013 to 2016, they co-wrote 20 episodes of the television series Please Like Me with fellow comedian Josh Thomas. In it, they played Hannah, a fictional version of themself.[44] They appeared as a recurring cast member in season four of Netflix's Sex Education as Celia, a radio show host.[2]

#### Guest appearances[edit]

Gadsby's Australian and international television appearances include Rove Live (2009), Good News Week (2009),[45] Spicks and Specks (2010),[40] Agony Aunts (2012), QI (2018), The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2018, 2020), and TV3's game show, 7 Days.[46] They were a presenter at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards in 2018, presenting the award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series. Gadsby was also a guest on Conan O'Brien's podcast Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend in 2019.[47]

### Visual art[edit]

Between 2009 and 2013, Gadsby presented comedy art tours in conjunction with the National Gallery of Victoria, with themes such as paintings of the Holy Virgin, Dadaism, Modernism, Impressionism and the nude in art. They have given talks on art and opened exhibitions.[48] Gadsby has written and presented two documentary specials for the Artscape program on ABC TV: Hannah Gadsby Goes Domestic (2010)[49] and The NGV Story (2011).[50] In 2015, they wrote and performed Hannah Gadsby: Arts Clown, a series for BBC Radio 4 based on their comedy art shows.[51]

From June through September 2023, coinciding with the fiftieth anniversary of Pablo Picasso's death, the Brooklyn Museum hosted It's Pablo-matic: Picasso According to Hannah Gadsby. The exhibition, curated by Gadsby, was meant to explore Picasso's "complicated legacy through a critical, contemporary, and feminist lens, even as it acknowledges his work's transformative power and lasting influence".[52][53] It was co-curated with Catherine Morris of the Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art and Lisa Small of the Brooklyn Museum.[52] The show was lambasted by art critics;[54][55] Alex Greenberger of ARTnews called the show "disastrous", and Jason Farago of The New York Times commented, "if you thought Gadsby had something to say about Picasso, the joke — the only good joke of the day, in fact — is on you. [...] This new exhibition backs away from close looking for the affirmative comforts of social-justice-themed pop culture."[56][57][58]

### Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation[edit]

In March 2022, Gadsby published Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation. The book was a New York Times bestseller.[59] A review in Time by Trish Bendix stated the book "addresses the weighted issues of historical gender-based violence, misogyny, sexual abuse, homophobia, ableism and fatphobia, all of which Gadsby has directly experienced", and that Gadsby wrote, "I am triggering all the warnings."[60] Kirkus Reviews described the memoir as a "witty and provocatively written life story" and wrote, "Consistently self-effacing and contemplative, Gadsby acknowledges that [their] unique brand of deadpan observational comedy isn't for everyone, especially since it often skewers 'the two most overly sensitive demographics the world has ever known: straight white cis men and self-righteous comedians.'"[61]

Thomas Floyd wrote in a review for The Washington Post, "For a comic critiqued by some misguided souls as not being funny enough, Gadsby sure understands how to get the last laugh."[62] Publishers Weekly wrote, "This stirring tale of resilience laughs in the face of the 'inspiration porn' industry."[63] Dana Dunham wrote for the Chicago Review of Books that Gadsby "describes Nanette's inception, its iterations, and its careful layering, representing [their] thinking in actual images of [their] early notes and through artistic metaphor: the shapes of ideas, the palette of thoughts. Any artist, any creator should value the chance to examine the composition of this revolutionary work, and the context from which it came."[64]

## Personal life[edit]

Gadsby is lesbian and often includes LGBTQ-related themes in their stand-up routines.[6][65] They are genderqueer[66] and use they/them pronouns.[37][39][67][68]

Gadsby was diagnosed with ADHD and autism in 2017.[69][70]

In January 2021, Gadsby married producer Jenney Shamash.[71][72]

Gadsby is an active supporter of various charities. Organizations they have assisted include Big Brothers Big Sisters of Melbourne, Edmund Rice Camps of Victoria, and the Sacred Heart Mission.[73][74]

## Awards[edit]

* 2006: Melbourne International Comedy Festival  Raw Comedy winner[8]
* 2006: Edinburgh Festival Fringe, So You Think You're Funny? – Second place[75]
* 2007: Adelaide Fringe, Best Newcomer Award for Hannah Gadsby is Wrong and Broken[11]
* 2010: Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer – nominee for The Cliff Young Shuffle[76]
* 2010: Melbourne International Comedy Festival – Directors' Choice Award[11]
* 2011: Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer – nominee for Mrs Chuckles[77]
* 2011: Melbourne International Comedy Festival Barry Award nominee[11]
* 2017: Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer for Nanette[78][79][21]
* 2017: Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Barry Award winner for Nanette[8][21]
* 2017: Edinburgh Festival Fringe Comedy Award – joint winner for Nanette, tied with John Robins for The Darkness of Robins[80][21]
* 2017: Adelaide Fringe Best Comedy Award[81]
* 2018: 7th AACTA International Awards Best Comedy Program – nominee[82]
* 2018: AACTA Award for Best Performance in a Television Comedy[83]
* 2019: Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer for Douglas[84][85][86]
* 2019: MTV Movie & TV Awards – nominee for Best Real-Life Hero[87]
* 2019: Peabody Award for Nanette[88][21]
* 2019: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special for Nanette[89]

## Tours[edit]

* Kiss Me Quick I'm Full of Jubes (2009)
* The Cliff Young Shuffle (2010)
* Mrs Chuckles (2011)
* Hannah Wants a Wife (2012)[90]
* Happiness Is a Bedside Table (2013)[91]
* The Exhibitionist (2014)
* Dogmatic (2015)
* Donkey (2016)
* Nanette (2017–2018)
* Douglas (2019)
* Body of Work (2021–present)[92][32]

## Filmography[edit]

### Television[edit]

Year | Title | Role | Notes

|
|
|

2009–2010 | The Librarians | Carmel | 2 episodes
2011 | Warehouse Comedy Festival | Self | Episode: "Hannah Gadsby: Kiss Me Quick, I'm Full of Jubes"
2012 | The Agony of... | Self | 6-part series Agony Aunts
2012–2013 | Adam Hills Tonight | Self | Co-writer and presenter in 22 episodes
2013 | Warehouse Comedy Festival | Self | Episode: "Hannah Gadsby: Mrs Chuckles"
2013 | Underbelly: Squizzy | Charlie | 3 episodes
2014 | Hannah Gadsby's Oz | Host | Documentary mini-series
Also writer
2014–2016 | Please Like Me | Hannah | Also co-writer[44]
2015 | Hannah Gadsby: Renaissance Woman | Host | Also writer and producer[93]
2018 | Hannah Gadsby's Nakedy Nudes | Host | Documentary mini-series
Also writer
2023 | Sex Education | Celia | Recurring role

### Film[edit]

Year | Title | Role | Notes

|
|
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2018 | Hannah Gadsby: Nanette | Self | Comedy special
2020 | Hannah Gadsby: Douglas | Self | Comedy special
2023 | Hannah Gadsby: Something Special[37] | Self | Comedy special
2023 (anticipated) | Hitpig[94][95] | TBA | Animated film

## Bibliography[edit]

* Gadsby, Hannah (2022). Ten Steps to Nanette. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 978-1-742-37403-1. OCLC 1014018703.

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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

1971–1978|

* Bob Ellison and Marty Farrell (1971)
* Anne Howard Bailey (1972)
* Joseph Bologna and Renée Taylor (1973)
* Rosalyn Drexler, Ann Elder, Karyl Geld Miller, Robert Illes, Lorne Michaels, Richard Pryor, Jim Rusk, Herb Sargent, James R. Stein, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren and George Yanok (1974)
* John Bradford, Cy Coleman and Robert Wells (1975)
* Ann Elder, Christopher Guest, Lorne Michaels, Earl Pomerantz, Jim Rusk, Lily Tomlin, Jane Wagner, Rod Warren and George Yanok (1976)
* Buz Kohan and Ted Strauss (1977)
* Chevy Chase, Tom Davis, Al Franken, Charles Grodin, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, Lily Tomlin and Alan Zweibel (1978)

2009–present|

* Chris Rock (2009)
* Dave Boone and Paul Greenberg (2010)
* Dave Boone, Matt Roberts and Mo Rocca (2011)
* Louis C.K. (2012)
* Louis C.K. (2013)
* Sarah Silverman (2014)
* Louis C.K. (2015)
* Patton Oswalt (2016)
* Samantha Bee, Ashley Nicole Black, Pat Cassels, Eric Drysdale, Mathan Erhardt, Travon Free, Joe Grossman, Miles Kahn, Jo Miller and Melinda Taub (2017)
* John Mulaney (2018)
* Hannah Gadsby (2019)
* Dave Chappelle (2020)
* Bo Burnham (2021)
* Jerrod Carmichael (2022)

Between 1979–2008, writing specials competed alongside Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.

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Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer

* Colin Lane and Frank Woodley (2006)
* Adam Hills (2007)
* David Collins & Shane Dundas (2008)
* Tim Minchin (2009)
* Wil Anderson (2010)
* Denise Scott (2011)
* Tim Minchin (2012)
* Julia Morris (2013)
* Sam Simmons (2014)
* Judith Lucy (2015)
* Tom Ballard (2016)
* Hannah Gadsby (2017)
* Celia Pacquola (2018)
* Hannah Gadsby (2019)

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Best Comedy Show

* 1981: Cambridge Footlights (Stephen Fry, Hugh Laurie, Tony Slattery, Emma Thompson, Penny Dwyer and Paul Shearer)
* 1982: Writer's Inc (Gary Adams, Steve Brown, Vicki Pile, Trevor McCallum, Helen Murry, Jamie Rix, and Nick Wilton, with additional material by Kim Fuller)
* 1983: Los Trios Ringbarkus
* 1984: The Brass Band
* 1985: Theatre de Complicité
* 1986: Ben Keaton
* 1987: Brown Blues... (Arnold Brown with Barb Jungr and Michael Parker)
* 1988: Jeremy Hardy
* 1989: Simon Fanshawe
* 1990: Sean Hughes – A One Night Stand
* 1991: Frank Skinner
* 1992: Steve Coogan – In Character with John Thomson
* 1993: Lee Evans
* 1994: Lano and Woodley
* 1995: Jenny Eclair – Prozac & Tantrums
* 1996: Dylan Moran – Dylan Moran Is Indisposed
* 1997: The League of Gentlemen
* 1998: Tommy Tiernan – Undivine Comedy
* 1999: Al Murray as The Pub Landlord – And a Glass of White Wine for the Lady
* 2000: Rich Hall – Otis Lee Crenshaw
* 2001: Garth Marenghi's Netherhead (Matthew Holness, Richard Ayoade and Alice Lowe)
* 2002: Daniel Kitson – Something
* 2003: Demetri Martin – If I...
* 2004: Will Adamsdale – Jackson's Way
* 2005: Laura Solon – Kopfraper's Syndrome
* 2006: Phil Nichol – The Naked Racist
* 2007: Brendon Burns – So I Suppose THIS Is Offensive Now
* 2008: David O'Doherty – Let's Comedy
* 2009: Tim Key – The Slutcracker
* 2010: Russell Kane – Smokescreens and Castles
* 2011: Adam Riches – Bring Me the Head of Adam Riches
* 2012: Doctor Brown – Befrdfgth
* 2013: Bridget Christie – A Bic for Her
* 2014: John Kearns – Shtick
* 2015: Sam Simmons – Spaghetti for Breakfast
* 2016: Richard Gadd – Monkey See Monkey Do
* 2017: Hannah Gadsby – Nanette & John Robins – The Darkness of Robins
* 2018: Rose Matafeo – Horndog
* 2019: Jordan Brookes – I've Got Nothing
* 2022: Sam Campbell – Comedy Show
* 2023: Ahir Shah \- Ends

Best Newcomer

* 1992: Harry Hill – Flies!
* 1993: Dominic Holland – Red Hot Dutch with Dominic
* 1994: Scott Capurro – Risk Gay
* 1995: Tim Vine – The Tim Vine Fiasco
* 1996: Milton Jones – The Head
* 1997: Arj Barker – Arj Barker's Letter to America
* 1998: The Mighty Boosh (Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and Rich Fulcher)
* 1999: Ben'n'Arn's Big Top (Ben Willbond and Arnold Widdowson)
* 2000: Noble and Silver
* 2001: Garth Cruickshank & Eddie McCabe – Let's Have a Right Royal Shambles
* 2002: The Consultants – Finger in the Wind
* 2003: Gary Le Strange – Polaroid Suitcase
* 2004: Wil Hodgson – The Passion of the Hodgson
* 2005: Tim Minchin – Dark Side
* 2006: Josie Long – Kindness & Exuberance
* 2007: Tom Basden – Won't Say Anything
* 2008: Sarah Millican – Sarah Millican's Not Nice
* 2009: Jonny Sweet – Mostly About Arthur
* 2010: Roisin Conaty – Hero, Warrior, Fireman, Liar
* 2011: Humphrey Ker – Humphrey Ker is Dymock Watson: Nazi Smasher
* 2012: Daniel Simonsen – Champions
* 2013: John Kearns – Sight Gags For Perverts
* 2014: Alex Edelman – Millennial
* 2015: Sofie Hagen – Bubblewrap
* 2016: Scott Gibson – Life After Death
* 2017: Natalie Palamides – LAID
* 2018: Ciarán Dowd – Don Rodolfo
* 2019: Catherine Cohen – The Twist? She's Gorgeous
* 2022: Lara Ricote – GRL/LATNX/DEF
* 2023: Urooj Ashfaq \- Oh No!

Panel Prize

* 2006: Mark Watson
* 2007: Arthur Smith – Arturart
* 2008: All the performers
* 2009: Peter Buckley Hill – Peter Buckley Hill Free Fringe
* 2010: Bo Burnham – Words Words Words
* 2011: Max & Ivan – The Wrestling
* 2012: The Boy With Tape On His Face – More Tape
* 2013: Adrienne Truscott – Adrienne Truscott's Asking For It: A One Lady Rape About Comedy
* 2014: Funz and Gamez
* 2015: Karen Koren
* 2016: Iraq Out & Loud – Heroes of Fringe
* 2018: Angela Barnes, Sameena Zehra and Pauline Eyre – Home Safe Collective
* 2019: Fringe of Colour
* 2022: Best in Class
* 2023: A Show for Gareth Richards

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