Magda Szubanski

Comedian

Birthday April 12, 1961

Birth Sign Aries

Birthplace Liverpool, England

Age 63 years old

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About

Well regarded for her role as Sharon Strzelecki in the situational comedy Kath & Kim, she is an actress and comedian who began her career writing and performing sketch comedy. She later appeared in the films Babe and Babe: Pig in the City in the role of Esme Hoggett. She also created the Dogwoman series of TV films.

Before Fame

She studied fine arts and philosophy at the University of Melbourne. In year 10, she was the captain of a team on the television quiz show It's Academic.

Trivia

In 1991, 1992 and 1996, she won the Most Popular Comedy Personality Logie Award. She forayed into musical theater beginning in 2007. In 2015, she released a memoir called Reckoning. 

Family Life

She and 2 siblings were raised by parents Zbigniew and Margaret Szubanski.

Associated With

She would star alongside Jane Turner in Kath & Kim.