Geraldine Quinn is a songwriter, guitarist, singer, comedian and actor based in Melbourne, Australia. She won the 2006 Green Room Award (Australia) for Best Emerging Cabaret Artiste and was nominated for Original Songs.
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Quinn was born in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and moved to Melbourne with her family at a young age. She studied writing and literature at Deakin University and The University of Melbourne and trained as an actor at National Theatre Drama School.
Quinn has appeared on Australian TV shows Spicks and Specks and The Comedy Channel. In 2007 and 2008, Quinn toured with Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow and was a regular guest on ABC Radio’s The Comedy Hour (Australia). She has performed solo shows SEXDEATHBOWIE, Bad Ambassador, Hex and the City and Shut Up and Sing in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Adelaide Fringe Festival and Edinburgh Festival Fringe. In 2007 Quinn performed at The Famous Spiegeltent with Paul Kelly in a celebration of his songs by leading cabaret artists including Eddie Perfect, Camille O'Sullivan, Paul Capsis and Debra Byrne. She has also toured live solo shows at the Sydney Big Laugh Comedy Festival, Bangalow Arts Festival and Adelaide Cabaret Festival. Quinn released her solo albums A Quick One and Scream 'Jarvis Cocker' When You're Losing and performs regularly with Casey Bennetto (writer of Keating!) and Tim Minchin.
In the 2010 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Quinn was nominated for the Golden Gibbo Award (best independent local show) for her solo production Shut Up and Sing. "Shut Up and Sing" went on to be nominated in the 2010 Victorian Green Room Awards for Best Cabaret Production, Best Cabaret Artiste and Original Songs.
Quinn was the recipient of a Moosehead Award for the development of her 2011 show "You're the Voice: Songs for the Ordinary by an Anthemaniac", which was directed by Casey Bennetto. "You're the Voice" went on to win the 2011 Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Golden Gibbo Award for Best Independent Local Production [1]. It was the second year running Quinn had been nominated for the award.