Cal Wilson

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Cal Wilson
Birth name Cal Wilson
Born (1970-10-05) 5 October 1970
New Zealand
Medium Stand-up, television, radio
Years active 1997-present
Spouse Chris Woods

Cal Wilson (born 5 October 1970) is a New Zealand stand-up comedian and radio and television personality. She currently lives in Melbourne, Australia in the suburb of Sunshine,[1] and is well known in Australia through her appearances on television and radio.

Biography

After attending high school in Christchurch, Wilson completed a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Canterbury. She co-founded the Court Jesters improv group in 1990 and was part of the New Zealand team that won the World Theatresports title in Los Angeles in 1994.

She moved to stand-up comedy full-time and in 1997 was the inaugural winner (with Ewen Gilmour) of New Zealand's most prestigious comedy award, the Billy T. She also regular appeared on TV3's Pulp Comedy. In recent years she has been working from Melbourne, Australia.

In 2001 Wilson won the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. She has appeared to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. Her 2006 show Up There, Cal Wilson sold out at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

Television

Cal Wilson has appeared on the Australian comedy shows SkitHOUSE, Rove Live, Thank God You're Here, Good News Week and Spicks and Specks and the New Zealand TV show 7 days.

In 2002, she helped write the screenplay for the New Zealand sitcom Willy Nilly.

In 2007, Wilson was part of the ensemble cast of the Australian sketch comedy TV show, The Wedge.

In 2008, Cal was involved in the eighth series of the Australian version of Dancing with the Stars she was paired with series 7 winner Craig Monley and she was the 3rd eliminated contestant.

In 2010, she became host of the program Sleuth 101 and she also took part in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Great Debate, along with Fiona O'Loughlin and Arj Barker.

In 2012, she appeared as a guest on the UK comedy quiz show QI (J series) (Episodes 3 - Journeys, and 6 - Joints).

In 2013, she appeared as a team captain of Team Cal in Australian light entertainment television series Slide Show.

Radio

In 2007, Wilson started as a co-host with Akmal Saleh on the drive time radio show, The Akmal Show with Cal Wilson (later called The Wrong Way Home with Akmal, Cal and Ed) which aired on Nova FM Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide & Perth.[2][3] Prior to taking the job, she had been a regular guest on the Triple M program, Get This.[3]

In 2009, Wilson co-hosted Mornings on Nova 100 (Melbourne) alongside Dylan Lewis. However, in November 2009 Wilson resigned from Nova 100.

Personal life

Wilson married Chris Woods in January 2008. She gave birth to their first child, Digby James Phillip Woods, on 15 May 2009.

References

  1. ↑ "Giggles for a cause". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 9 November 2012. 
  2. ↑ The Akmal Show with Cal Wilson - Nova
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Javes, Sue (6 August 2007). "Fourth time lucky - Radio". Sydney Morning Herald. 

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