Claudia O'Doherty
{{short description|Australian comedian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2017}}
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| birth_place = Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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Claudia O'Doherty (born 29 November 1983) is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian. She won the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival Award for her debut show Monsters of the Deep 3D. She has appeared in several films and TV series, including starring roles in Love and Killing It.{{cite web|title='It was a real dream': Claudia O'Doherty on Netflix series Love and Amy Schumer's help|date=29 January 2016 |url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/it-was-a-real-dream-claudia-odoherty-on-netflix-series-love-and-amy-schumers-help-20160129-gmgk1n.html|publisher=The Sydney Morning Herald|accessdate=23 February 2016}}
Early life and education
Claudia O'Doherty was born 29 November 1983 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. Her father is Mental As Anything band member and artist Reg Mombassa (born Chris O'Doherty).{{Cite web|last=Low|first=Lenny Ann|title=O'Doherty hits pay dirt with soil erosion comedy|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/comedy/odoherty-hits-pay-dirt-with-soil-erosion-comedy-20111017-1lt8f.html|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=18 October 2011|access-date=6 April 2015}} She attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst and the University of Sydney.{{cite web|last=Moran|first=Robert|title=From Hollywood to an ABC reunion for comedy star Claudia O'Doherty|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/from-hollywood-to-an-abc-reunion-for-comedy-star-claudia-o-doherty-20190628-p522c6.html|work=Sydney Morning Herald|publisher=Fairfax Media|date=29 June 2019}} At the University, she participated in the Arts Revue and met Nick Coyle and Charlie Garber, with whom she began writing and performing under the name Pig Island.{{cite web|last=Seddon|first=Shelley|title=How Amy Schumer helped Aussie stand-up Claudia O'Doherty crack into Hollywood|url=https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/lifestyle/stellar/comedian-claudia-odoherty-and-the-galvanising-schumer-factor/news-story/daafa4abacb674d890bcc69726039e88|work=Daily Telegraph|date=2 July 2017|access-date=3 June 2024}}
Career
O'Doherty's debut comedy show Monsters of the Deep 3D won the Best Comedy Award at the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Festival and the Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival. The following year, she co-wrote the book 100 Facts About Pandas with David O'Doherty (no relation) and Mike Ahern, and worked together with them to co-write 100 Facts About Sharks in 2012. The same year, she appeared on the Australian television show Problems,{{IMDb name|name=Claudia O'Doherty|id=5307166}}. Retrieved 16 July 2014. and her stand-up show The Telescope was nominated for Best Comedy Show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
O'Doherty moved to the UK and produced and starred in Claudia O'Doherty Comedy Blaps (2013), a web series produced for Channel 4. Bill Hader brought the videos to the attention of Amy Schumer and Judd Apatow, which led to O'Doherty being invited to audition for an upcoming film they were working on, Trainwreck. O'Doherty secured a minor role in the film.{{cite web|title=Claudia O'Doherty on Earwolf|url=http://www.earwolf.com/person/claudia-odoherty/|website=Earwolf|accessdate=16 July 2014}}
In 2014, O'Doherty appeared in The Inbetweeners 2 as an airline rep. In January 2015, she appeared on the British panel show QI alongside Jimmy Carr, Suggs, regular panelist Alan Davies and host Stephen Fry.
O'Doherty has appeared several times on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast, usually playing an exaggerated version of a character also named Claudia O'Doherty. She appeared with "Weird Al" Yankovic,{{cite web|url=http://www.earwolf.com/episode/dont-hack-the-sac/|title=Don't Hack the SAC, episode #299|website=Comedy Bang! Bang!: The Podcast on Earwolf|publisher=Earwolf|accessdate=16 July 2014}} Jimmy Pardo, Nick Kroll,{{cite web|url=http://www.earwolf.com/episode/tony-macaroni/|title=Tony Macaroni, episode #309|website=Comedy Bang! Bang!: The Podcast on Earwolf|publisher=Earwolf|accessdate=9 September 2014}} Stars,{{cite web|url=http://www.earwolf.com/episode/banging-the-table-with-stars/|title=Banging the Table with Stars, episode #341|website=Comedy Bang! Bang!: The Podcast on Earwolf|publisher=Earwolf|accessdate=8 April 2015}} and Peaches,{{cite web|url=http://www.earwolf.com/episode/romantic-tommy-d/ |title=Romantic Tommy D, episode #376|website=Comedy Bang! Bang!: The Podcast on Earwolf|publisher=Earwolf|accessdate=20 September 2015}} among others. She also acted on one episode of the Comedy Bang! Bang! TV series in 2015.
O'Doherty moved to the Los Angeles neighborhood of Silver Lake and again worked with Amy Schumer, appearing in several episodes of Schumer's comedy series Inside Amy Schumer in 2015 and 2016.{{cite web|last=Alter|first=Ethan|title=Meet Breakout 'Love' Star Claudia O'Doherty|url=https://www.yahoo.com/tv/meet-breakout-love-star-claudia-odoherty-165932770.html|website=Yahoo Entertainment|publisher=Yahoo!|date=22 February 2016|access-date=4 June 2024}} O'Doherty received co-writing credit on the show, which received a 2016 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series.{{cite web|title=Television Academy Awards & Nominations|url=https://www.emmys.com/bios/claudia-odoherty|date=2016|access-date=4 June 2024}}
Following her involvement in the film Trainwreck, Judd Apatow approached O'Doherty about a role in the Netflix series Love. O'Doherty was cast as Bertie, the new roommate of Mickey, played by Gillian Jacobs.{{cite news|last1=Mathieson|first1=Craig|title=Claudia O'Doherty: Love actor no longer flies under the radar|url=http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/love-actor-no-longer-flies-under-the-radar-20170410-gvhlek.html|accessdate=24 April 2017|publisher=Sydney Morning Herald|date=13 April 2017}} O'Doherty starred in all three seasons of the series, from 2016 through 2018. In 2018, O'Doherty also appeared as Amy in The Festival directed by Iain Morris.
In 2022, O’Doherty was cast as Jillian Glopp in the Dan Goor sitcom Killing It, a character she continued for the series' second season in 2023.{{cite web |last1=Rice |first1=Lynette |title='Killing It' Renewed For Second Season By Peacock |url=https://deadline.com/2022/06/killing-it-renewed-second-season-peacock-1235049797/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |date=June 22, 2022}}{{cite web|last=Thorn|first=Jesse|title=Claudia O'Doherty on Killing it, getting into comedy and more|url=https://www.npr.org/2022/05/26/1101545398/claudia-odoherty|website=NPR|date=27 May 2022|access-date=4 June 2024}}
Filmography
=Film=
| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+Claudia O'Doherty film work |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
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| 2014
| Airline Rep | |
| 2015
| Wendy | |
| rowspan="2" | 2017
| Teacher Sherry | |
| The Circle
| High Powered Circler | Uncredited |
| 2018
| Amy | |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| Wembley News Anchor #3 | |
| Extra Ordinary
| Claudia Winter | |
=Television=
| class = "wikitable sortable"
|+Claudia O'Doherty television work |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2012
| Problems | Claudia | Also writer |
| 2013
| Claudia O'Doherty Comedy Blaps | Herself | Also writer |
| 2015
| QI | Herself | Episode: "Long Lost" |
| 2015
| Stephanie | Episode: "The Commonwealth Games" |
| 2015
| Shandy Williams | Episode: "Lil Jon Wears a Baseball Cap and Sunglasses" |
| 2015–2016
| Various | Also writer |
| 2015
| BBC Comedy Feeds | Various | Episode: "People Time" |
| 2015–2018
| Herself | 2 episodes |
| 2016–2018
| Love | Bertie Bauer | Main role; 28 episodes |
| 2016–2017
| Herself |
| 2016
| Animals. | April (voice) | 2 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2019
| SMILF | Winnie | Episode: "Sex Makes It Less Formal" |
| Squinters
| Rachel | 5 episodes |
| 2020–present
| Bluey | Aunt Frisky (voice) | 4 episodes |
| 2020
| Marny (voice) | 6 episodes |
| rowspan="2" | 2022
| Mary Bonnet | 5 episodes |
| The Strange Chores
| Mia / Finn (voice) | 2 episodes |
| 2022–present
| Jillian Glopp | Main role |
| rowspan="3" | 2023
| Various characters (voices) | Recurring role |
| Digman!
| Australia (voice) | Episode: "The Arky Gala" |
| Never Have I Ever
| Baby | 2 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{Twitter}}
- {{IMDb name|nm5307166}}
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Category:21st-century Australian actresses
Category:21st-century Australian women writers
Category:21st-century Australian writers
Category:Australian dramatists and playwrights
Category:Australian expatriate actresses in the United States
Category:Australian voice actresses
Category:Australian stand-up comedians
Category:Australian women comedians