Alex Hines is a multi award winning comedian, actor, and writer known for her unique comedic style combining theatre, stand-up, sketch, and character across stage and screen.

Alex exploded onto the Australian comedy scene with her solo show To Schapelle And Back, winning the Golden Gibbo – Best Independent Work (MICF, 2022). Since her debut, her work has continued to garner critical acclaim. Putting On A Show (Arts Centre Melbourne) received the prestigious Moosehead Award (MICF), was nominated for Best Writing, and won Most Outstanding Production Design at the 2025 Green Room Awards. The show toured internationally, with Alex named one of The Very Best of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival by Fest Magazine (2024).

In 2025, the ABC named Alex “Your Favourite Comedians Favourite Comedian”, after the success of her sell out solo show Girl Culture (Malthouse Theatre, MICF). Later that year, Alex’s collaboration with Sarah Stafford, BIRDS – a camp, absurdist theatre work – won Best Comedy, the QLD Touring Award, and Judges’ Picks for both Theatre and Comedy at the Melbourne Fringe.

Alex has been platformed by the biggest acts in the country, opening for Hannah Gadsby, Aunty Donna (twice), as well as performing on Aaron Chen & Friends. 

Her fantastical character work has earnt a cult following and industry recognition  with solo show Juniper Wilde: Juniper Rising selling out its season and winning the Green Room Award for Best Performer (2023). Alex’s digital show, Juniper Wilde: Wilde Night In, won the Green Room Award for Best Production (Digital) in 2022 and was awarded Best Feminist Work, Best Emerging Artist, and the New Zealand Touring Award (Melbourne Fringe, 2021).

On screen, Alex co-wrote, and starred in the series Dee-Brief (Channel 10). She has appeared in multiple Grouse House productions including Aunty Donna’s Most Upsetting Guessing Game, Crafternoon, History Untold and Special Interest Quiz. Earlier this year, Alex collaborated on Hannah Gadsby’s stand-up special Woof! as the Additional Art Director.

As a voice actor, Alex has worked on two seasons of Fitzroy Diaries (ABC Radio National) and the Canadian animated series I Love Night Drives (2020).

An experienced MC, Alex has hosted a variety of events including the MIFF Short Film Awards, Cinema Nova CineTrivia, ACMI film nights and the beloved Lip Sync Battle (MICF).

Alex is currently in post-production on Juniper Wilde: Welcome to Hell, an online series set for release later this year.

★★★★★ – Theatre Thoughts (BIRDS)

★★★★★ – Funny Tonne (Girl Culture) “Awesome in the biblical sense: Knock your-socks-off, slightly terrifying, endlessly memorable kinds of awesome” 

★★★★★ ‘Flawless – and by flawless I mean an absolute trash fire’ – Theatre People

AWARDS & GRANTS

STAND UP! GRANT – Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2026)
BEST COMEDY AWARD – BIRDS, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2025)
QLD TOURING AWARD – BIRDS, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2025)
GREEN ROOM AWARDS – Most Outstanding Production Design for Putting On A Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2025)
CASH TO CREATE PRODUCTION SUPPORT GRANT – BIRDS, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2025)
CITY OF STONNINGTON ARTS & CULTURE GRANT – Hurricane (2025)
MOOSEHEAD AWARD – Putting On A Show, Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2024)
GREEN ROOM AWARD – Best Performer for Juniper Rising, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2023)
GOLDEN GIBBO – To Schapelle and Back, Melbourne International Comedy Festival (2022)
GREEN ROOM AWARD – Best Production (Digital) for Wilde Night In, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2022)
BEST EMERGING ARTIST – Wilde Night In, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2021)
BEST FEMINIST WORK – Wilde Night In, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2021)
NEW ZEALAND TOURING AWARD – Wilde Night In, Melbourne Fringe Festival (2021)
IAN POTTER CULTURAL TRUST GRANT FOR EMERGING ARTISTS (2019)
RAW COMEDY STATE FINALIST – QLD (2017)

THEATRE

BIRDS
Role: Shayna | Meat Market Stables, Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2025
ALEX HINES: GIRL CULTURE
Role: Lead | Horizon Arts Festival, Melbourne International Comedy    Festival, Replay Festival, 2025
INSTRUCTIONS BY SUBJECT OBJECT
Role: Guest | Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2025
ALEX HINES: PUTTING ON A SHOW
Role: Lead | Edinburgh Fringe Festival; The Arts Centre; Melbourne International Comedy Festival; PACT Theatre Sydney; Metro Arts Brisbane, 2024
JUNIPER WILDE: DEMON SLAYER
Role: Juniper Wilde   | MELT Festival, Brisbane Powerhouse, 2024
JUNIPER WILDE: JUNIPER RISING
Role: Juniper Wilde  | Melbourne International Comedy Festival; So Soiree, 2023
TO SCHAPELLE AND BACK
Role: Lead | Sydney Comedy Festival, 2023
AGAIN YOU HAVE TRUSTED ME
Role: Director | Backbone Youth Arts, 2023
TO SCHAPELLE AND BACK
Role: Lead  | Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2022
THE HUMAN VOICE
Role: Lead  | Periscope Productions, 2021
LET MEN TREMBLE
Role: Lead  | Danger Ensemble, 2019

LIVE PERFORMANCE / COMEDY

AUNTY DONNA – DREAM
Opener   | The Palais Theatre, Haven’t You Done Well Productions, 2025
WRAP IT UP! WITH ZOE COOMBS MARR
Performer | Slug Girl Rising Festival, 2025
ALL COMEDIANS ARE BEAUTIFUL SHOWCASE
Performer   | Elysian Theatre, LA, 2024
ALL COMEDIANS ARE BEAUTIFUL SHOWCASE
Performer  | Union House, New York, 2024
AUNTY DONNA – LIVE TAPING
Opener  | The Comedy Theatre, Haven’t You Done Well Productions, 2024
HANNAH GADSBY – WOOF!
Opener  | The Arts Centre, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2024
THE KAYE HOLE (JUNIPER WILDE)
Performer | Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 2024
STAMPTOWN (JUNIPER WILDE)
Performer | Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2024
AARON CHEN & FRIENDS
Performer | Athenaeum Theatre, 2023
UPFRONT GALA
Performer  | Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2023

SCREEN

HISTORY UNTOLD (MARY’S PREGNANCY TEST)
Role: Pregnancy Test | Grouse House, 2026
AUNTY DONNA’S CRAFTERNOON
Role: Guest | Grouse House, 2026
SPECIAL INTEREST QUIZ SEASON 2
Role: Guest | Grouse House, 2026
AUNTY DONNA’S MOST UPSETTING GUESSING GAME
Role: Guest  | Haven’t You Done Well Productions, 2024
SALLY LONG LEGS (SKETCH)
Role: Performer | Hot Department, 2023
FUNNY FACE (SKETCH)
Role: Performer  | Hot Department, 2023
JUNIPER WILDE: WILDE NIGHT IN
Role: Juniper Wilde | Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2021
NIGHT DRIVES (ANIMATION)
Role: Voice Over  | JMB Hunter, 2021
DEE-BRIEF (WEBSERIES/TV)
Role: Lead  | Monster & Bear / Channel 10, 2019

RADIO & PODCASTS

THE AUNTY DONNA PODCAST
Guest | Podcast, 2025
MISH & ZAC PODCAST
Guest | Podcast, 2025
FOUR BURNERS WITH JOSH EARL
Guest  | Podcast, 2025
CONFESSIONS WITH SAMMY PETERSON
Guest | Podcast, 2025
100% HITS WITH JOSH EARL
Guest | Podcast, 2025
THE MISH & ZACH PODCAST
Guest  | Podcast, 2025
MISH & ZACH’S LEGUIZAMARAMA
Guest | Podcast, 2024
CONFESSIONS PODCAST WITH SAMMY PETERSON
Guest | Podcast, 2024
YES YES YES RADIO SHOW – TRIPLE R
Guest | Radio, 2024
MIXTAPING IDENTITY
Guest | Podcast, 2024
MORNING SHOW WITH JORDAN BARR – TRIPLE J
Guest | Radio, 2024
WAX QUIZZICAL WITH KYRAN WHEATLEY PODCAST
Guest | Podcast, 2023

HOST & MC
SHORT FILM AWARDS
Host  | Melbourne International Film Festival, 2025
COMEDY FESTIVAL CLUB LIPSYNC BATTLE
Host | Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2025
CINETRIVIA
Host | Cinema Nova, 2019–2025

TRAINING
Second City Hollywood – Character & Voice | 2019
UCB Hollywood – Improvisation Intensive | Sept–Nov 2019
UCB Hollywood – Sketch Writing | Sept–Nov 2019
Second City Hollywood – Standup Comedy | Sept–Nov 2019
Danger Ensemble Intensive – Suzuki & Theatre Devising | 2019
PEM Intensive Masterclass – Acting | Feb 2017
Optic Nerve Performance Group – Pulse Masterclass / Pulse Training | May 2017
Clowning Workshop (Fabio Matto) – Clowning | Aug 2017
Anthony Wong – Chubbuck Masterclass / Chubbuck Acting Technique | Apr 2014
Tom McSweeney – Audition Masterclass / Advanced Masterclass | Feb–Jul 2014
The Warehouse Workshop – Advanced Film & TV Internship (Film Acting & Production) | 2014
The Actors Workshop – Advanced Diploma in Acting for Film & Theatre | 2010–2012
University of Queensland – Bachelor of Psychological Science | 2008–2013
Australian Speech and Communication Association – Teaching Accreditation | 2007