Corinne Grant
{{short description|Australian comedian and television presenter}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2022}}
{{Infobox person
| image = Corinne Grant.jpg
| name = Corinne Grant
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|6|12}}
| birth_place = Corryong, Victoria, Australia
| death_date =
| occupation = Lawyer
Comedian
Television presenter
| years active = 1993−present
| spouse = Christos Bouras
| children = 2
| website = {{URL|http://corinnegrant.com.au/}}
}}
Corinne Grant (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian lawyer, comedian and television presenter.
Career
After briefly studying as a nurse in Wodonga, Grant started her career as an actor in Melbourne, obtaining a degree in drama. After graduating, she started doing stand-up comedy to overcome her stage fright.{{cite news | author = Beck, Chris | title = Chris Beck talks to Corinne Grant | work = The Age | date = 12 June 2003 | page = Green Guide section, p. 3 | url = http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/06/12/1055220691003.html | accessdate = 2010-05-23}} Her first major show was as a support act for Merrick Watts. She performed her first solo stand-up show in the bar of the Victoria Hotel in the early 1990s.{{cite news | author = Kent, Melissa | author2 = Bailey, John | author3 = Dunn, Amanda | title = A place in my heart | work = The Sunday Age | date = 23 May 2010 | page = M magazine, pp. 8–9}} From 1995 onwards, she appeared on the community television station Channel 31 as a regular on RMITV's Under Melbourne Tonight hosted by Stephen Hall.
In 1999, Grant became a member of the talk show Rove Live which aired on Channel Ten. She remained on the show until 2005. She co-hosted the comedy show The Glass House (which aired on ABC-TV) with Wil Anderson and Dave Hughes from 2001 until it was axed in 2006. In 2006, she hosted two episodes while Anderson was performing at the Edinburgh Fringe festival. She also appeared on the sketch comedy series skitHOUSE (on Channel Ten) from 2003 until its axing in 2004, so she was concurrently starring in three TV programs.
In 2005, Grant 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, Faking It. She later performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a show titled Nice Friendly Lady Hour. She has written articles for newspapers such as the Herald Sun and The Age. In 2007, she toured with a show called Have My Stuff and briefly worked in radio on Mix 101.1 with comedian Tom Gleeson on The Saturday Show in Melbourne and Sydney.
Grant narrated the factual television series Air Ways.
As of 2010, Grant was a spokesperson for Progressive Direct Car Insurance.[http://www.adnews.com.au/campaign/pet-car-insurance Pet Car Insurance], AdNews, 29 April 2010.
In February 2013, Grant commenced graduate studies for the Juris Doctor degree at the Melbourne Law School (University of Melbourne).{{cite news | title = Comic chooses law over laughs | work = Lawyers Weekly | date = 27 May 2014 | url = http://www.lawyersweekly.com.au/folklaw/15405-comic-chooses-law-over-laughs | accessdate = 2016-12-01}} She was admitted to practice in April 2017, and commenced work with a law firm in Geelong.{{Cite news|url=https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/meet/corinne-grants-new-life-law/|title=Corinne Grant's new life in law|date=2017-05-02|work=The Weekly Review|access-date=2018-01-27|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127202412/https://www.theweeklyreview.com.au/meet/corinne-grants-new-life-law/|archive-date=27 January 2018|url-status=dead}}
Political involvement
In 2010, she joined the Labor Party, pitching to voters at the Victorian election in a YouTube series called "Labor TV".{{cite news | title = Labor TV aims for election laughs | publisher = ABC News | date = 29 October 2010 | url = http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/29/3052057.htm | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101031210206/http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/10/29/3052057.htm | url-status = dead | archive-date = 31 October 2010 | accessdate = 2010-11-13}} In 2018, Grant endorsed the Victorian Socialists for the 2018 Victorian state election.{{cite web |title=Victorian Socialists |url=https://www.facebook.com/vicsocialists/photos/a.1960540414019266/2397988496941120/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/1813991065340869/2397988496941120 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|via=Facebook |accessdate=18 July 2019 |language=en}}{{cbignore}}
Personal life
Grant is married to lawyer Christos Bouras, and has a daughter and step son.{{cite web | url=https://salife.com.au/people-places/funny-girl/ | title=Funny Girl | work= SA Life | date=2023-06-08 | accessdate=2023-06-15 }}
Bibliography
= Contributed chapter =
- "A letter to feminists from a man who knows better", pp. 198–205, in: Destroying the joint, edited by Jane Caro, Read How You Want (2015, {{ISBN|9781459687295}}).
References
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External links
- [http://www.corinnegrant.com.au/ Official website]
- {{IMDb name|id=0335322|name=Corinne Grant}}
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Category:Australian stand-up comedians
Category:Australian television presenters