1. Judith Mary Lucy was born on 25 March 1968 and is an Australian comedian and actress, known primarily for her stand-up comedy.
20 Facts About Judith Lucy
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Judith Lucy's adoptive parents emigrated from Ireland to Perth in the early 1950s, and she was born and raised in Perth.
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Judith Lucy is the sister of Australian writer and scholar Niall Lucy.
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Judith Lucy attended Curtin University and studied theatre, moving to Melbourne at the age of 20.
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Judith Lucy is quoted as saying they have a good relationship.
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Judith Lucy co-starred with Denise Scott and Lynda Gibson in the award-winning stage spectaculars Comedy Is Not Pretty and Comedy Is Still Not Pretty.
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Lucy toured nationally in 2009 with her ninth one-woman show, Judith Lucy's Not Getting Any Younger.
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In 2012, Judith Lucy took her new show Nothing Fancy to Perth, Brisbane, Sydney and regional NSW.
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In 2015, Judith Lucy performed a solo show Ask No Questions of the Moth which won the award for best live comedy at the 2015 Helpmann Awards.
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In 2017, Judith Lucy teamed up with Denise Scott again for a new live show entitled Disappointments which commenced touring Australia in March 2017.
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Judith Lucy has appeared on The Mick Molloy Show, Rove, Saturday Night Rove, Studio 10, The Project and Hughesy, We Have a Problem.
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In 1993, Judith Lucy joined the cast of the live ABC TV comedy The Late Show.
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Judith Lucy has since co-starred with Mick Molloy in two movies, Crackerjack and Bad Eggs, the latter directed by Tony Martin.
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Judith Lucy appeared on the short-lived and controversial The Mick Molloy Show.
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In 2012, Judith Lucy was the patron of Perth's annual Revelation Film Festival, and had a small role in the film The Sapphires.
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In July 2013, Judith Lucy teamed up with film critic Jason Di Rosso to serve as temporary hosts for ABC TV's At the Movies.
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In 2015, the series Judith Lucy Is All Woman, a look at the role of women in present-day Australian society, aired on ABC Television.
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In 2019, Judith Lucy joined the cast of The Weekly with Charlie Pickering in series 5, replacing Kitty Flanagan and cast as a "wellness expert" to look at some of the products offered by the booming wellness industry.
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Judith Lucy wrote the book about life with her Irish-born adoptive parents and not knowing she was adopted until age 25.
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Judith Lucy was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "significant service to the performing arts as an entertainer".