Nikki Britton is a highly energetic, engaging, and beloved Australian comedian, actor, and writer, often described as a “force of nature”, but think less natural disaster, and more joy bomb. Her warmth draws her audience close, and her sharp wit doesn’t let them catch their breath. Her physicality takes her storytelling to another level, with characters flying in and out of the tales spun from her own chaotic life.

Nikki’s solo stand-up career has taken her worldwide—performing at the Busan Comedy Festival (South Korea), Bengaluru Comedy Festival (India), the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and venues across the US. Her 2021 show One Small Step was nominated for Most Outstanding Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Other accolades include Best Comedy (Weekly) at Adelaide Fringe (2019, 2020) and Best Comedy at Perth Fringe (2018). Her 2019 show Once Bitten was picked up by ABC and adapted into a podcast.

On screen, Nikki has appeared in Matt Okine’s The Other Guy and three seasons of How To Stay Married for Network Ten. She was a regular guest host on Network Ten’s The Project and has appeared on Guy Montgomery’s Guy-Mont Spelling Bee, The Cook Up with Adam Liaw, Celebrity Letters and Numbers, Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Hundred with Andy Lee, multiple MICF Galas, and Stan’s 2020 Lockdown Comedy Special.

On stage, she’s performed in Amelia Roper’s She Rode Horses Like the Stock Exchange and toured nationally for two years in the one-woman Irish smash hit 51 Shades of Maggie Muff, playing to sold-out audiences and rave reviews.

A force behind the mic as well as on screen, Nikki hosted the Audible Original Plot Twist and co-hosted NOVA FM’s Mates Talking About Stuff. She’s the lead actor and co-creator of the narrative podcast The Remains by Wade Duffin, which won Best Fiction Podcast at the 2024 Australian Podcast Awards. She’s also a sought-after voice-over artist.

In 2024, Nikki directed the Luke and Sassy Scott Live National Tour.

Looking ahead, catch Nikki from March 20 in the hotly anticipated second season of the Emmy-nominated Deadloch on Amazon Prime. She’ll also be hitting festivals nationwide with her brand-new stand-up shows Not To Be Dramatic and Not Your Nan’s Aerobics—high-energy, big-laugh tours audiences are already buzzing about.

Nikki is also set to tour the world premiere of Yve Blake’s new play Mackenzie with Bell Shakespeare in 2026.

AWARDS

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL AWARDS Nominee – Most Outstanding Show for One Small Step (2021)
ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL AWARDS Winner – Best Comedy Weekly Award (2020)
LOGIE AWARDS Nominee – Most Popular Actress for
ADELAIDE FRINGE FESTIVAL AWARDS Winner – Best Comedy Weekly Award (2017)
PERTH FRINGEWORLD AWARDS Nominee – Best Comedy for Romanticide (2017)
GLUGS THEATRICAL AWARDS Nominee – Most Outstanding New Australian Performed Work for Hidden Sydney: The Glittering Mile (2016)

TELEVISION

DEADLOCH (Season 2)
Role: Amber Darrell Dir: Beck Cole & Gracie Otto, Guesswork Television/Amazon | Amazon Prime Video, 2024
THE PROJECT
Guest Host Network Ten | 10 Play, 2024
GUY MONTGOMERY’S GUY MONT-SPELLING BEE
Guest Dir: Claudine MacLean, Kevin & Co | ABC iView, 2024
THE COOK UP WITH ADAM LIAW
Guest Dir: Alex Cassimaty, SBS | SBS On Demand, 2024
THE PROJECT
Guest Host Network Ten | 10 Play, 2023 RAW COMEDY 2022 NATIONAL GRAND FINAL
Host SBS | 2022
THE PROJECT
Guest Host Network Ten | 10 Play, 2022
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL GALA
Performer ABC | 2022
CELEBRITY LETTERS AND NUMBERS (Season 3)
Guest SBS | SBS on Demand, 2022
HAVE YOU BEEN PAYING ATTENTION? (Season 10)
Guest Working Dog | Network Ten, 2022
CELEBRITY LETTERS AND NUMBERS (Season 2)
Guest SBS | SBS on Demand, 2022
THE PROJECT
Guest Host Network Ten | 10 Play, 2021
THE HUNDRED WITH ANDY LEE
Panellist Screen Time | Nine Network Australia, 2021
AUSTRALIA DEBATES
Host ABC | ABC iView, 2021
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL GALA
Performer ABC | 2021
MIKKI VS THE WORLD
Role: Mo’s Mum/Pam Pamming Dir: Jack Yabsley & Harry Lloyd, ABC | ABC iView, 2021
HOW TO STAY MARRIED (Season 3)
Role: Marlo Machelski Dir: Various, Princess Pictures | Network 10, 2021
CELEBRITY LETTERS AND NUMBERS (Season 1)
Guest SBS | SBS on Demand, 2021
HOW TO STAY MARRIED (Season 2)
Role: Marlo Machelski Dir: Various, Princess Pictures | Network 10, 2020
CELEBRITY GOGGLEBOX USA
Narrator Network Ten | Fox, 2020
AUSTRALIAN LOCKDOWN COMEDY FESTIVAL
Performer Dir: Tim Bartley & Hayden Guppy, Guesswork Television | Stan, 2020
HUGHESY WE HAVE A PROBLEM
Guest Screentime | Network Ten, 2020
AT HOME ALONE TOGETHER
Role: Dawn/Writer Dir: Various, ABC | ABC iView, 2020
COMEDY UP LATE
Host Dir: Jon Olb, ABC2 | ABC iView, 2019
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL OXFAM GALA
Performer ABC | 2019
CELEBRITY NAME GAME
Guest Dir: Peter Ots, Fremantle | Network 10, 2019
HOW TO STAY MARRIED: TERRY’S TALKS
Role: Marlo Machelski Dir: Neil Sharma, Princess Pictures | Network 10, 2018
HOW TO STAY MARRIED (Season 1)
Role: Marlo Machelski Dir: Various, Princess Pictures | Network 10, 2018
TONIGHT WITH TOM BALLARD
Performer Dir: Various, ABC | 2018
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL COMEDY FESTIVAL UPFRONT GALA
Performer ABC | 2018
SHEILAS (Web Series)
Role: Fanny Durack Dir: Hannah & Eliza Reilly, Giant Dwarf | Youtube, 2018
INSERT VENUE
Host Comedy Central | Fetch TV, 2017
THE OTHER GUY
Role: Bowlo Manager Dir: Kacie Anning, Entertainment One | Stan, 2017
COMEDY UP LATE
Performer Dir: Jon Olb, ABC2 | ABC iView, 2017
STAND AND DELIVER
Role: Grandma ABC | ABC iView, 2017

THEATRE

SHE RODE HORSES LIKE THE STOCK EXCHANGE
Role: Sara Dir: Nell Ranney | KXT On Broadway, 2017
HIDDEN SYDNEY: THE GLITTERING MILE
Writer Dir: Lucas Jervies | The World Bar, 2016
51 SHADES OF MAGGIE MUFF
Role: Maggie Muff Dir: Terence O’Connell | Royalty Theatre, 2013 – 2015
TRACKSUIT GIRL
Role: Tracksuit Girl Dir: Rebecca Meston | Brisbane Arts Theatre, 2013
STARLIGHT STORIES
Role: Lauren Monkey Baa Theatre Company, 2013
CIRCUMSPECTO
Role: Various Dir: Kylie Harris & Chrissie Koltai, Can You See Me? Theatre Company | Sydney Opera House, 2012
BOY/GIRL
Role: Girl Dir: Anthony Skuse | The Old Fitz, 2011
STORIES FROM THE WAYSIDE
Role: Gabe Dir: Dean Carey | Wayside Chapel, 2011
CLICK TEASE
Role: Abbie Dir: Rebecca Meston | Adelaide Fringe Festival, 2010
VX18504
Role: Various Dir: Meryl Tankard | ATYP, 2008

LIVE SHOWS

GETTING OUT IN FRONT OF IT
Performer/Writer AFF/MICF/BCF/SCF | 2023
ONE SMALL STEP
Performer/Writer MICF/SCF/BCF | 2020
CHRISTMAS IS F#CKING CANCELLED
Performer Giant Dwarf Theatre | 2020
PETER HELLIAR & NIKKI BRITTON LIVE
Performer AFF | 2022
ONCE BITTEN
Performer/Writer AFF/MICF/SCF | 2019
TANGARA
Performer SCF/MICF | 2019
ROMANTICIDE
Performer/Writer AFF/MICF | 2017
GRANDMA IS NOT GROWING UP
Performer/Writer AFF/MICF/SCF | 2018

PODCASTS

MATES TALKING ABOUT STUFF
Host Nova Podcasts | 2020 – 2022
THE LITTLE DUM DUM CLUB
Guest Planet Broadcasting Network | 2020 – 2022
SIX FLIX OF CHRISTMAS
Host Nova Podcasts | 2021
MELBOURNE INTERNATION COMEDY FESTIVAL’s PLOT TWIST
Host Audible | 2020
WILOSOPHY
Guest Apple Podcasts | 2020
ONCE BITTEN
Performer ABC | 2020
THE PHONE HACKS
Guest 2020

FILM

RAINBOW RENEGADES (Short Film)
Role: Rhonda Dir: Olivia Mackenzie-Smith | 2010
HEIDI FIRES EVERYONE (Short Film)
Role: Raylene Dir: Nikos Andronicos & James Beaufort | 2013

TRAINING

L’ecole Philippe Gaulier
Actors Centre Australia