Bridie Connell is an award-winning writer and multi-disciplinary performer, having extensive experience and training in acting, comedy, voice artistry and musical theatre.

Bridie is a former NSW and National Theatresports Champion, as well as a 2015 World Theatresports Championship finalist for her home country, New Zealand. She performs regularly at the Giant Dwarf Theatre as part of the ITS Soap Opera and is one half of multi-award-winning improv duo MotherFather with Tom Walker.

An avid writer, Bridie has written and performed several one-act plays, which have toured to great success across Australia and New Zealand. Her solo show Natural Habitat was an official selection of Sydney Fresh! Comedy as part of Sydney Comedy Festival, a program which handpicks the best emerging talent from across Australia. Most recently, Bridie has had two comedy scripts commissioned by Insert Coin, the Screen Australia-funded online sketch show aimed at video gamers.

Bridie was a cast member of the Australian version of Whose Line Is It Anyway? which premiered on Foxtel’s The Comedy Channel in 2016 and screened on Network TEN in 2017.

Bridie made her Melbourne International Comedy Festival debut with Player in 2017, which also enjoyed a hugely successful season at the Sydney Comedy Festival. She appeared on True Story with Hamish & Andy on the Nine Network and was one of the four reporters on the ABC Comedy show Tonightly With Tom Ballard.

More recently her web series Gut Feeling, which she co-wrote and acts in, has won a string of awards on the WebFest circuit including Best Comedic Performance (Minnesota WebFest), Best Lead Performance (Toronto WebFest). She also starred in the web series Resting Pitch Face, available to watch on YouTube, and appeared in the feature film Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie’s Dead Aunt).

“Outrageously talented” – Timeout

“Bridie is amazing. Even her talent’s got talent!” – David Collins, Umbilical Brothers

Awards

TORONTO WEBFEST Winner – Best Lead Performance for Gut Feeling (2019)
MINNESOTA WEBFEST Winner – Best Comedic Performance for Gut Feeling (2019)
ARIA AWARD Winner – Best Comedy Release (2018)
WORLD IMPROV Finalist (2015)
LOS ANGELES IMPROV FESTIVAL CAGE MATCH Finalist (2015)
NATIONAL THEATRESPORTS Winner (2013)
NSW IMPROV CHAMPION CUP Winner (2011)
SYDNEY UNIVERSITY’S ‘ONE TO WATCH’ (2010)
STAGE CHALLENGE NEW ZEALAND Best Choreography (2007)
WESTPAC Young Leader of the Year (2007)
CRASH BASH YOUTH SCRIPTWRITING AWARDS Winner (2007)
CRASH BASH SCRIPTWRITING Winner (2006)
SPEECH AND DRAMA ATCL Distinction (2006)

Television

WTFAQ
Guest. Mercury Scout Productions / ABC 2023
WE INTERRUPT THIS BROADCAST
Core Cast. Dir. Craig Anderson & Connor Van Vuuren, Hellium Pictures / Channel 7 2022
CELEBRITY LETTERS & NUMBERS
Herself.  ITV / SBS 2021
CELEBRITY LETTERS & NUMBERS
Herself. SBS 2021
AUSTRALIA TALKS
Herself. ABC 2021
THE MOTH EFFECT
Kat & Party Host. Dir: Craig Anderson & Grace Otto, The Moth Effect Pty Ltd 2021
PIECES OF HER
Role: Young Mrs Barfield. Dir: Minkie Spiro, NF Ocean Productions Pty Ltd 2021
AT HOME ALONE TOGETHER
Herself. Dir: Various, ABC TV 2020
Q+A
Guest. ABC TV 2020
WHOVIANS (Series 3)
Guest. ABC TV 2020
GUT FEELING (Web series)
Role: Liv/Uta. Dir: Hattie Archibald, AFTRS 2019
WHOVIANS (Series 2)
Guest. ABC TV 2019
DARRYL 2: A BEACH TO SNOW STORY
Role: Megan. Dir: Millen Baird, BSAG 2019
RESTING PITCH FACE (Web Series)
Role: Sam. Dir: Claudia Pickering, Grumpy Sailor 2018
WHOVIANS
Guest. ABC TV 2018
TONIGHTLY WITH TOM BALLARD
Main Reporter / Co-host. ABC TV 2017 – 2018
EUROVISION TOP 40 CONTROVERSIES
Guest. Blink TV / SBS 2018
CRAM
Guest. ITV / Ten 2017
AARON CHEN TONIGHT
Guest. GNW TV Pty Ltd 2017
WELLNESS WHITE GIRL WARRIOR (Mini Series)
Role: Annthea. Dir: Monica Zanetti, 2017
TRUE STORY WITH HAMISH & ANDY (Series 1)
Role: Kat. Dir: Wayne Hope, ST Productions Pty Ltd 2017
WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? AUSTRALIA
Role: Main Ensemble. Roger That TV Pty Ltd 2016
INSERT COIN (Web Series)
Role: Annie. Insert Coin 2016
PETE BOONE
Role: Stella. Dir: James Colley & Nick Fischer, Invention of Dragons 2013

Theatre / Live Shows

FUCCBOIS: LIVE IN CONCERT
Role: Brandon. Dir: Jessica Fallico, The Old Fitz | 2024
THE PLAN (AND OTHER PLANS)
Role: Rosie. Dir: Karla Conway. Hothouse Theatre | 2024
SLIDE NIGHT
Core Cast, Dir: Paul Leadon, Sydney Opera House, 2023
A RATIONAL FEAR
Guest. Adelaide Cabaret Festival 2019
A RATIONAL FEAR
Guest. Climate Week, Brisbane Powerhouse 2019
PLAYER
Solo Show. Sydney Comedy Festival 2017
MOTHER FATHER
Improviser. Melbourne International Comedy Festival 2017
NATURAL HABITAT
Solo Show. Dir: Rebecca De Unamuno, Sydney Comedy Festival 2015
WORLD THEATRESPORTS CUP
Improvisor. Impro Australia 2015
LOS ANGELES IMPROV FEST
Improvisor. IO West 2015
MOTHERHOOD OUT LOUD
Role: Various. Dir: Mindy Smidt, Insomniac Theatre 2014
STILL EVOLVING
Director. Sydney Comedy Festival 2014
THE MELODIES
Role: Singer. Dir: Allister Haire, Lauren Eisinger 2014
NATIONAL THEATRESPORTS CUP
Improvisor. Impro Australia 2013
MOTHERFATHER: PARTY DINNER
Improvisor. Sydney Comedy Festival 2013
THE 39 STEPS
Role: Pamela / Anabella / Margaret. Dir: Pierce Wilcox, Stiff Upper Lip Productions 2011
CABARET
Role: Sally Bowles. MUSE 2011
A CSAR IS BORN
Role: Various. Dir: Laurence Rosier-Stains, Sydney Fringe Festival 2010
SWEENEY TODD
Role: Tobias. Dir: Nick Starte, MUSE 2010
THE MIKADO
Role: Pitti-Sing. Dir: Rebecca Wright, MUSE 2010
THE MIRACLE WORKER
Role: Annie. Dir: Anna McPhail, Christchurch Repertory Theatre 2008

Writing

AT HOME ALONE TOGETHER (Television)
ABC TV 2020
TONIGHTLY WITH TOM BALLARD (Television)
ABC TV 2017-2018
INSERT COIN (Web Series)
Insert Coin 2016
EBONY TEARS (Theatre)
Crash Bash 2007

Film

ELLIE & ABBIE (& ELLIE’S DEAD AUNT)
Role: Miss Trimble. Dir: Monica Zanetti, Bohemia Media 2020
UNCIVILIZED (Short)
Role: Monkey Myrtle. Dir: Heather Maltman, Maltman Laboratories 2015
REUNION (Short)
Role: Jo. Dir: Troy Russell 2014
A COUPLE OF WHITE CHICKS (Short)
Role: ‘OMG’ Girl. Dir: Heather Maltman, Maltman Laboratories 2013
BOILING POINT
Director. Dramatis Personae 2008

Training

Screen Acting Studies, Sydney Screen Actor’s Group
Improv Training, Court Threatre, Improv Australia and Sydney University
Theatreworks Intensive Acting, Court Theatre