Nina Oyama

Comedian

Birthday August 18, 1993

Birth Sign Leo

Birthplace Australia

Age 30 years old

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About

Comedian, writer, actor, and director who rose to fame for portraying the role of Courtney on the comedy television series Utopia. She also starred in the sketch comedy series Kinne Tonight beginning in 2020. She has been a scriptwriter for YOLO: Crystal Fantasy on Adult Swim and has co-directed the film Diving In, which was featured at the 2020 Sydney Film Festival.

Before Fame

She earned a degree in communications and theatre media from Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales. She began performing stand-up comedy at the age of 17 and in 2012, she was a state finalist in the Class Clowns competition at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Trivia

In 2018, she was nominated for an Australian Directors' Guild Award for co-writing The Angus Project, in which she also co-starred. In 2019, she received a Best Newcomer nomination from the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Family Life

She was born to an Australian mother and a Japanese father. Her parents met at a hostel in Nagoya, Japan.

Associated With

In 2014, she began writing for the children's sketch comedy show You're Skitting Me, which starred Molly Daniels and Rowan Hills.