Emily Taheny

Emily Taheny (born 1978) is an Australian comedian, television actress and singer known for her multiple appearances on the sketch comedy television series Comedy Inc. from 2003 through 2007,[1] her role as "Kat" on the 2009 series The Jesters, and as a regular cast member on long-running satirical news program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell. She was born at Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia.[2]

Emily Taheny
Born1978 (age 44–45)
Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, Australia
NationalityAustralian
Occupation(s)Comedian, television actress, singer
Years active1989–present
RelativesFiona O'Loughlin (sister)

Career

Taheny began doing stand-up comedy in 1989.[3] She graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in South Australia and collaborated with her sister Fiona O'Loughlin on the stage show Fiona, Her Sister and Some Guy, which received the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2001.[4]

She has performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival, Edinburgh Festival,[5] and Melbourne Festival.[6] She won the Fringe Cabaret Award at the Melbourne Festival in 2002 for her performance in Cliff Hanger.[7] In 2003, she graduated from the College of Country Music in Tamworth, New South Wales.[4]

Taheny made her television debut on Comedy Inc. in 2003, playing various characters on the show until its cancellation in 2007. In 2005, she made a guest appearance on Spicks and Specks. In 2006, she appeared on The Chaser's War on Everything, singing a song alongside Andrew Hansen's Crazy Warehouse character. She appeared as "Kat" in the 2009 television series The Jesters,[4] and has appeared in the series Sleuth 101.[8] From 2012 to 2022, she was a regular cast member on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's satirical news program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, playing numerous recurring and one-off characters, and she competed in a special Mad As Hell does Hard Quiz in 2022. In 2017, she appeared in the first episode of True Story with Hamish & Andy.

Filmography

Film
Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Heckler Emma
2015 Now Add Honey Detective Davis
2018 That's Not My Dog! Herself

Television
Year Title Role Notes
2003-07 Comedy Inc. Various Regular role
2007 Stupid, Stupid Man Shona "The Black Dog"
2009-11 The Jesters Kat Bailey Main role
2010 Sleuth 101 Hermoine / Rebecca "Delete Cache", "Performance Enhancing Death"
2012–2022 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Various Regular role
2013-14 It's a Date Manda "Should You Date on the Rebound?", "What's the Worst Thing That Can Happen on a Date?"
2014 INXS: Never Tear Us Apart Annie TV miniseries
2015 Open Slather Various Regular role
2016-2017 All Star Family Feud Herself 2 episodes
2017 Behave Yourself! Herself Contestant, episode 1
2017 Get Krack!n Rebecca Slaw Episode 1
2019 Celebrity Name Game Herself 1 episode
2021 Bluey Wendy 4 episodes

Recognition

Awards and nominations

References
  1. McEvoy, Marc (1 June 2005). "Comedy Inc – The Late Shift". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  2. "Emily Taheny's colourful characters light up Mad As Hell". The Sydney Morning Herald. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  3. Rod McGuirk, Rod (6 July 2001). "Alice Springs comic gets govt support for Edinburgh festival". Australian Associated Press.
  4. "Emily Taheny bio at Movienetwork". movienetwork.tv. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  5. Carbone, Suzanne (2 April 2002). "Therapy of laughter springs from a life very ordinary". The Age. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  6. Scott-Norman, Fiona (30 December 2002). "TV and radio comedy's new centre-stage". The Age. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  7. staff (24 December 2002). "The reinvention of cabaret". The Age. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  8. "Sleuth 101". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
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