Fiona O'Loughlin (comedian)
Fiona O'Loughlin | |
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Born |
1963 Warooka, South Australia |
Medium | Stand-up, television |
Nationality | Australian |
Years active | 2000–present |
Subject(s) | Family, marriage, storytelling |
Fiona O'Loughlin (born in 1963) is an Australian comedian, known primarily for her stand-up comedy; for her television performances, on ABC TV's Spicks and Specks, and Channel Ten's Rove Live and GNW; and a series of advertisements for Heinz soups.[1] She has performed as a headline act in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Fringe festival. In 2011 a book of her short stories, Me of the Never Never: The (Chaotic) Life and Times of Fiona O'Loughlin was published by Hachette Australia.[2]
Personal life
O'Loughlin (née Taheny) was born into an Irish Australian family at Warooka, South Australia, and is herself a mother of five children. She lived in Alice Springs for 27 years but relocated to Melbourne in 2012. Her family, and attitude towards children, make up a large component of her act. She is represented by Live Nation, Australia.[3]
In 2009, O'Loughlin collapsed during a performance in Brisbane. She subsequently announced that she suffers from alcoholism.[4][5]
O'Loughlin is the elder sister of Emily Taheny, also a comedian and formerly a regular cast member of Comedy Inc.
References
- ↑ "Look who the Alice has sprung on us" by Lenny Ann Low, The Sydney Morning Herald (11 December 2003)
- ↑ Me of the Never Never. Sydney: Hachette Australia. 2011. p. 341. ISBN 9780733623875. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Live Nation". Live Nation. Retrieved 1 June 2017.
- ↑ "Fiona O'Loughlin battles through booze hell" by Geoff Shearer, The Courier-Mail (8 August 2009)
- ↑ "Comedian Fiona O'Loughlin speaks out about alcohol abuse and attempted suicide". Australian Story - by Brigid Donovan - Australian Broadcasting Corporation (29 September 2014). Retrieved 29 September 2014.