Emily Taheny is an Australian comedian, actress, and singer. She is known for her multiple appearances on the sketch comedy television series Comedy Inc. from 2003 through 2007, her role as "Kat" on the 2009 series The Jesters, and as a regular cast member on long-running satirical news program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell.

Early life and education

Emily Taheny grew up in Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, one of seven children. Comedian Fiona O'Loughlin is her elder sister.[1]

She graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in Adelaide.[2] In 2003, she graduated from the College of Country Music in Tamworth, New South Wales.[2]

Career

Stage

Taheny began doing stand-up comedy in 1989.[3]

In 2001 she collaborated with her sister Fiona O'Loughlin on the stage show Fiona, Her Sister and Some Guy, which they performed first at Warooka, then in Alice Springs, then at the Melbourne Comedy Festival,[1] where it received the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[2] They went on to perform the show at Edinburgh Fringe.[1]

Taheny has also performed at the Adelaide Fringe[4] Melbourne Festival,[5] and further shows at the Melbourne Comedy Festival.[6]

In February 2025 Taheny played chief-of-staff to MP Ruth Mandour (played by Susie Youssef) in the State Theatre Company South Australia political satire Housework, written by Emily Steel and directed by Shannon Rush. InDaily reviewer Murray Bramwell wrote "Taheny is excellent as Anna, the most closely detailed character in the play".[7] Catherine Campbell, writing in The Conversation, called the play "a future Australian classic – a Housework is a future Australian classic – a Don's Party for our time", and wrote "Taheny effortlessly makes the whip-smart staffer Anna multifaceted, with internal conflict alongside high-energy pragmatism and expertly timed comedy".[8][9]

Screen

Taheny made her television debut on Comedy Inc. in 2003, playing various characters on the show until its cancellation in 2007. In 2005, she made a guest appearance on Spicks and Specks. In 2006, she appeared on The Chaser's War on Everything, singing a song alongside Andrew Hansen's Crazy Warehouse character. She appeared as "Kat" in the 2009 television series The Jesters,[2] and has appeared in the series Sleuth 101.[10]

From 2012 to 2022,[citation needed] she was a regular cast member on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's satirical news program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, playing numerous recurring and one-off characters, and she competed in a special Mad As Hell does Hard Quiz in 2022.[1]

In 2017, she appeared in the first episode of True Story with Hamish & Andy.[citation needed] In 2018 she starred in the comedy film The Flip Side.[11] In 2019, Taheny appeared in Channel 7 series Secret Bridesmaids Business.[12]

Awards and nominations

Filmography

Film

Year Title Role Notes
2014 The Heckler Emma
2015 Now Add Honey Detective Davis
2018 That's Not My Dog! Herself
The Flip Side Ronnie Lead role
TBA Kangaroo Dorinda

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref
2003–07 Comedy Inc. Various Regular role [13]
2007 Stupid, Stupid Man Shona "The Black Dog"
2009–11 The Jesters Kat Bailey Main role
2010 Sleuth 101 Hermoine / Rebecca "Delete Cache", "Performance Enhancing Death"
2012–2022 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Various Regular role
2013–14 It's a Date Manda "Should You Date on the Rebound?", "What's the Worst Thing That Can Happen on a Date?"
2014 INXS: Never Tear Us Apart Annie TV miniseries
2015 Open Slather Various Regular role
2016 Little Acorns Emily 9 episodes [14]
2017 Get Krack!n Rebecca Slaw Episode 1
2018 How to Stay Married Claire 1 episodes
2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Nicole 3 episodes
2021 Fraud Festival Emily TV movie
2021-22 Bluey Wendy 4 episodes
2022 Hard Quiz Herself 1 episode
2023 Monologue Monique 6 episodes
Bay of Fires Jodie 7 episodes [15]
Plausible Deniability Ashlee Beake 2 episodes
2024 Population 11 Audrey 10 episodes [16]
Thou Shalt Not Steal Karen 2 episodes [17]

Self appearances

Year Title Role Notes
2019 Celebrity Name Game Herself 1 episode
2017 Behave Yourself! Herself Contestant, episode 1
2016–2017 All Star Family Feud Herself 2 episodes

References

  1. ^ a b c d Taheny, Emily (12 February 2015). "Emily Taheny's colourful characters light up Mad As Hell". The Sydney Morning Herald (Interview). Interviewed by Kalina, Paul. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Emily Taheny plays "Kat"". Movie Network. Archived from the original on 17 September 2009. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  3. ^ Rod McGuirk, Rod (6 July 2001). "Alice Springs comic gets govt support for Edinburgh festival". Australian Associated Press.
  4. ^ Carbone, Suzanne (2 April 2002). "Therapy of laughter springs from a life very ordinary". The Age. Retrieved 16 May 2010. Note: Incorrectly refers to Edinburgh Festival.
  5. ^ a b staff (24 December 2002). "The reinvention of cabaret". The Age. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  6. ^ Scott-Norman, Fiona (30 December 2002). "TV and radio comedy's new centre-stage". The Age. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  7. ^ Bramwell, Murray (12 February 2025). "Theatre review: Housework pierces the Canberra bubble in bleakly funny political satire". InDaily. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  8. ^ Campbell, Catherine (13 February 2025). "New playme". The Conversation. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  9. ^ Bramwell, Murray (12 February 2025). "Theatre review: Housework pierces the Canberra bubble in bleakly funny political satire". InDaily. Retrieved 25 February 2025.
  10. ^ "Sleuth 101". Australian Television Information Archive. Retrieved 16 May 2010.
  11. ^ Tuckett, Graeme (6 September 2018), "The Flip Side: A bland, pointless tale that boasts sub-soap opera plotting", Stuff
  12. ^ Knox, David (26 September 2019). "Secret business for hometown girl | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  13. ^ McEvoy, Marc (1 June 2005). "Comedy Inc – The Late Shift". The Sydney Morning Herald.
  14. ^ Knox, David (3 September 2016). "Women behaving badly on Little Acorns | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  15. ^ Knox, David (12 August 2022). "More cast join Bay of Fires for ABC | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  16. ^ Knox, David (31 January 2024). "Airdate: Population 11 | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
  17. ^ Knox, David (9 September 2024). "Airdate: Thou Shalt Not Steal | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 9 September 2024.
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