Anne Edmonds

Raised Catholic{{cite web |title=ANNE EDMONDS ON KEEPING COMEDY FRESH |url=https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/sa/screen-news/2017/09-06-anne-edmonds-keeping-comedy-fresh |website=Screen Australia }} in the Melbourne suburbs of Essendon and Strathmore, Edmonds studied at the University of Melbourne, completing a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Honours in Social Work.{{cite web |title=Anne Edmonds on the Sydney Comedy Festival and her TV show, The Edge of the Bush |url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/anne-edmonds-on-the-sydney-comedy-festival-and-her-tv-show-the-edge-of-the-bush-20170321-gv2rbv.html |website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}

Edmonds has performed extensively at Australian festivals including the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe, Brisbane Comedy Festival and Sydney Comedy Festival, and toured internationally multiple times, performing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and the Soho Theatre, London.{{cite web |title=anne edmonds |url=https://token.com.au/artist/anne-edmonds/ |website=token.com.au |publisher=token}} Edmonds' solo stand-up shows have received multiple nominations for the Barry Award, an annual prize presented for the most outstanding comedy show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

The comedian is known for her character work, most notably Helen Bidou, an emotionally unstable, sarong-wearing, fashion expert who was featured on the ABC hit comedy show Get Krack!n. A full-length live performance, "Helen Bidou: Enter the Spinnaker Lounge", exposed a dark familial relationship with her son Connor (Sam Campbell), and received a Barry nomination and Sydney Comedy Festival Best Show Award.

Other characters created by the comedian include John Watts, Dusty Banjosen and Rebecca, all of which feature on her original ABC show The Edge of the Bush. Billed as "Australia's first Scandi-noir comedy", it was called "bizarre but satisfying" by Daily Review.{{cite news|last1=Neutze|first1=Ben|title=The Edge of the Bush review: ABC's most original comedy in years|url=https://dailyreview.com.au/the-edge-of-the-bush/65492/|accessdate=2 April 2018|work=Daily Review|date=12 September 2017}} The show tells of a callisthenics dynasty which has been torn apart by incest, as a family is forced back into reunion by confronting the truth of what really occurred at the edge of the bush.

As well as appearing solo, Edmonds is also a part of a satirical trio called True Australian Patriots with fellow comedians Greg Larsen and Damien Power. A mock-Australian patriots group on Facebook and YouTube, the characters Les, Steve and Gary are portrayed as inarticulate whilst spewing nonsense hate speech. Edmonds commented on the reception to the trio: "The real groups are ripe for parody... We get a lot of people who think it's real which is disturbing. Ours is a complete parody but we get people who go "You guys suck. Stop it", from both sides... Those groups are appalling and we're hoping to show the misinformation that they are spreading. I find that far-right voice in Australia really distressing".{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/comedy/comedian-anne-edmondss-richest-fodder-is-on-the-buses-20150909-gjiovt.html|title=Meet Anne Edmonds, epic eavesdropper with banjo|last=Low|first=Lenny Ann|date=2015-09-12|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|language=en|access-date=2018-05-20}}

Edmonds stars and has contributed to Fancy Boy, an Australian six-part sketch comedy television series. Edmonds starred and co-wrote Fancy Boy alongside John Campbell, Stuart Daulman, Henry Stone, Jonathan Schuster and Greg Larsen. She is one of the voices in the Australian version of cult US Adult Swim show Fish Centre.Biography at Token Artists token.com.au

Edmonds has made guest appearances on All Star Family Feud, Celebrity Name Game, Dirty Laundry Live, The Project, Show Me the Movie!, Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem. Her solo standup show What's Wrong With You? debuted on Amazon Prime Video in 2020.{{cite web |title=Anne Edmonds: What's Wrong With You? |url=https://www.primevideo.com/detail/Anne-Edmonds-What-s-Wrong-With-You/0PQIJHNQX2NWZJP07KMW18RTO8 |website=Prime Video |publisher=Amazon}}

Edmonds supported Marc Maron on his 2015 Australian tour.{{cite web |title=MARC MARON REFLECTS ON HIS HECTIC AUSTRALIAN TOUR, ALMOST CANCELLING SHOWS |url=http://blerg.com.au/marc-maron-reflects-on-his-hectic-australian-tour-almost-cancelling-shows/ |publisher=blerg.com.au/}}

Edmonds appeared on Taskmaster Australia in 2024 alongside her partner Lloyd Langford.

Edmonds is a singer-songwriter and incorporates this into her comedy work. Most notable is her song "Flying Home", which was featured in ABC's The Edge of the Bush and is available on iTunes.{{Citation|title=Flying Home - Single by Anne Edmonds on iTunes|date=2017-09-12|url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/flying-home-single/1281850693|language=en-US|access-date=2018-05-20}}

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Category:1979 births

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Category:Australian women comedians

Category:Comedians from Melbourne

Category:Australian television actresses

Category:Australian stand-up comedians

Category:ARIA Award winners

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