Celia Pacquola is a chameleon – a stand-up comedian, writer and actor who moves effortlessly between stage and screen, making her one of Australia’s most in-demand performers in any genre.

Celia first picked up a mic as a Raw Comedy contestant in 2006 and has since been nominated three times for the Melbourne Comedy Festival Award, as well as winning the Amused Moose and Helpmann Awards. She hosted the Melbourne Comedy Festival gala in 2016 and has released four stand-up specials across Stan, Amazon Prime, Paramount+ and ABC/iView.

On screen, Celia won the Best Supporting Actress AACTA for her role as Dolly Faraday in The Beautiful Lie, and starred in Laid, Offspring and all five seasons of Working Dog’s Utopia, winning an AACTA Award in 2015. She made her feature film debut in The Breaker Upperers (2019), from Madeline Sami, Jackie van Beek and producer Taika Waititi, and her stage debut the same year in Black Swan State Theatre/Sydney Theatre Company’s The Torrents.

Audiences know Celia from Spicks and Specks, The Project and as the most frequent guest on Have You Been Paying Attention?, plus international appearances including Never Mind The Buzzcocks and Chelsea Lately. She appears in both seasons of Love Me (Binge), co-wrote its second season, and co-wrote Nude Tuesday with Ronny Chieng. In 2020 she won Dancing With The Stars, raising $50K for Safe Steps Victoria.

In 2016, Celia co-created, co-wrote and starred in Rosehaven with Luke McGregor for ABC, winning the 2017 AACTA for Best Performance in a Television Comedy, plus two Logie and two AWGIE nominations. She went on to host the rebooted Thank God You’re Here (Network 10) and appear in Playing Gracie Darling (Paramount+/Netflix).

Celia’s had an absolute smash hit of a year. Fresh off taking out the trophy for the Melbourne International Comedy Festival’s Most Outstanding Show — one of the most globally coveted awards in live comedy — for her newest festival hour, Gift Horse, she’s followed it up by winning the Silver Logie for Best Actress in a Comedy for her role in the feel-good ABC series Dog Park.

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“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 has a well-established comedy career… here, she proves to be an instinctive and deadpan funny actress.” The Age, Green Guide

“Pacquola doesn’t just hold her own, she owns every scene she’s in.” The Sydney Morning Herald

“Endlessly charming, furiously honest and beautifully written stand-up from the Aussie” The Independent, (UK)

“Strong stand up…consistently fine routines…her writing is tight, the performance engaging.” The Scotsman (UK)