Corinne Grant
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| Born: | June 12, 1973 (age 33) Corryong, Victoria, Australia |
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| Occupation: | Comedian Television presenter |
| Website: | www.corinnegrant.com.au |
Corinne Grant (born June 12, 1973 in Corryong, Victoria) is an Australian comedian and television presenter.
After briefly studying as a nurse in Wodonga, she embarked upon a career as a stand-up comedian in Melbourne. She also gained a degree in drama. In the late 1990s she appeared on the community television Channel 31 alongside Rove McManus before leaving with him for the Nine Network in 1999.
She co-hosted the comedy show The Glass House (ABC-TV), with Wil Anderson and Dave Hughes, which was cancelled in 2006. In the final episode, Corinne was noticebly teary. In 2006, she hosted two episodes while Anderson was performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Until 2005, she appeared on the talk show Rove Live (Network Ten). She also appeared on the first series of the sketch comedy series Skithouse (Network Ten).
In 2005 she appeared alongside Greg Fleet, Adam Hills, Alan Brough and Steve Gates in "Die On your Feet", a play written by Greg Fleet.
She returned to stand-up after a five year break in 2006, appearing at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala and in her own solo show called "Faking It", before moving on to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival with a show titled "Nice Friendly Lady Hour".
Grant has written a non-fiction book, Beyond Endurance (published 1994), and penned articles for newspapers such as the Herald Sun and The Age.
Corinne also occasionally fills in for Kate Langbroek on Nova 100 radio in Melbourne.
As of March 2007, she is touring with a show called "Have My Stuff".
