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Celia Pacquola
PrintMulti-award-winning comic Celia Pacquola has cemented her position as one of the most in-demand comedians in Australia, while also forging a comedy career in the UK and abroad.
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Testimonials for Celia Pacquola
“Celia Pacquola is Adam Hills with ovaries, using her magnetic charisma to draw audiences in to a warmly uplifting show that’s as inspiring as it is hilarious. I'd defy anyone not to leave… just a little more in love with life – and with her – than before.”
Chortle.co.uk
“Pacquola has a well-established comedy career… here, she proves to be an instinctive and deadpan funny actress.”
The Age, Green Guide
“Her delivery is sleek, her jokes are bang on.”
Aussietheatre.com
"one of our most gifted stand-ups at the top of her game"
The Age .
"A comic who can step to the level of Tina Fey."
Herald Sun, Melbourne
"Pacquola is fuelled by a confidence that brings Stephen Fry to mind… she serves up funny with a skill that even some veterans never shall."
Dailyreview.com.au
Fee Range: $10001 to $15000
Celia Pacquola's Biography
Multi-award-winning comic Celia Pacquola has cemented her position as one of the most in-demand comedians in Australia, while also forging a comedy career in the UK and abroad.
Her stand-out solo festival shows The Looking Glass, Let Me Know How It All Works Out, Delayed, Flying Solos and Am I Strange have all garnered rave reviews wherever they were performed, from Melbourne to Edinburgh.
In 2014 Celia was nominated for the Barry Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for the best show and won the Amused Moose Laughter Award at the Edinburgh Fringe. In 2016, Celia became the youngest woman to host the Oxfam Gala for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival/Network Ten.
Celia is also a talented actor with roles in the acclaimed ABC1 drama The Beautiful Lie, the AACTA award-winning Laid, Logie Award winning drama Offspring and in Working Dog’s series Utopia, for which she won an AACTA Award in 2015. Her wit and jokes will be familiar from guest appearances on Spicks and Specks, The Project, Good News Week, Dirty Laundry, Have Been Paying Attention? and more.
Internationally, Celia has been a guest on Never Mind The Buzzcocks, Chelsea Lately and The Rob Brydon Show. She was also handpicked to support John Oliver on his 2015 Australian Tour. Following this, Celia was invited to the 2016 Just For Laughs festival in Montreal to perform as part of the Carrie Fisher Gala, and then to London for an appearance on Live At The Apollo.
In 2016, Celia and her dear friend and Utopia colleague Luke McGregor starred on ABC1 in Rosehaven - a comedy series of their own creation. Celia finished the year with a filmed stand up special of her smash hit festival show The Looking Glass for subscription service Stan, and an AACTA Best Supporting Actress award for her performance as Dolly Faraday in The Beautiful Lie.
Rosehaven returned to the ABC in October 2017, along with a new broadcast partner in the United States, SundanceTV. Celia also returned for a new season of Utopia earlier in 2017, and made her feature film debut in The Breaker Upperers, directed by Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami and coming to big screens midyear 2018.
Celia returned to where it all began, the stand up stage with her brand new show All Talk in 2020.
In 2024 she returned once again to the stage for the Melbourne Comedy Festival presenting her show I'm As Surprised As You Are.