| Corinne Grant | |
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| Born | 12 June 1973 Corryong, Victoria, Australia |
| Occupation | Comedian Television presenter |
| Website www.corinnegrant.com.au |
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Corinne Grant (born 12 June 1973 in Corryong, Victoria) is an Australian comedian and television presenter.
Career
After briefly studying as a nurse in Wodonga, she embarked upon a career as a stand-up comedian in Melbourne. She also gained a degree in drama. In the late 1990s she appeared on the community television Channel 31 as a regular on the show Under Melbourne Tonight as part of a musical comedy duo with Jenny Connelly.[1]
Corrine co-hosted the comedy show The Glass House (ABC-TV), with Wil Anderson and Dave Hughes until it was axed in 2006. In the final episode, Corinne was noticeably teary. In 2006, she hosted two episodes while Anderson was performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Until 2005, she had also been a regular cast member on the talk show Rove Live (Network Ten). She also appeared on the first two series of the sketch comedy series skitHOUSE (Network Ten), so that she was concurrently starring in these 3 different TV programs.
In 2005 she appeared alongside Greg Fleet, Adam Hills, Alan Brough and Steven Gates in "Die On your Feet", a play written by Greg Fleet. She returned to stand-up after a five year break in 2006, appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala and in her own solo show called "Faking It", before moving on to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a show titled "Nice Friendly Lady Hour". Grant has written a non-fiction book, Beyond Endurance (published 1994), and penned articles for newspapers such as the Herald Sun and The Age. In 2007, she toured with a show called "Have My Stuff" and also briefly worked in radio on Mix 101.1 with comedian Tom Gleeson on The Saturday Show into Sydney and Melbourne. She has also been appearing as spokeswoman for different causes.[2]
Corinne is also a regular fill-in presenter for Kim Watkins on 9am with David and Kim and narrates the factual television series Air Ways.
References
- ^ http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/12/1055220691003.html The Corinne Grant Interview - The Age
- ^ http://www.myspace.com/corinnegrant Corinne's official Myspace
External links
- Corinne Grant at the Internet Movie Database
- Corinne Grant - Official Website
- AustralianComedy.net (Fansite)
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