Anne Edmonds
Who Anne Edmonds is
Anne Edmonds is a stand-up comedian, writer and actor known as the rock star of Australian comedy, whose stand-up takes aim at targets close to home. A national finalist in Raw Comedy in 2010, she won the Piece of Wood, the award chosen by fellow comedians, at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2015 for You Know What I'm Like, shared the festival's Directors' Choice award in 2016 with True Aussie Patriots, and shared the Sydney Comedy Festival's top prize with Aunty Donna in 2018.
Her show What's Wrong With You? became an Amazon Prime special, and Why Is My Bag All Wet?, filmed for Paramount+, won the AACTA Award for Best Stand-up Special in 2025. On television she plays her alter ego Helen Bidou in the ABC's Get Krack!n, hosted Talkin' Bout Your Gen on Network Ten in 2025, has been a regular guest on Have You Been Paying Attention? and appeared on Taskmaster Australia and Last One Laughing: Australia, and she created, wrote and stars in the ABC comedy series Bad Company with Kitty Flanagan.
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At a glance
- Stand-up specials
- What's Wrong With You? and Why Is My Bag All Wet?
- On screen
- Get Krack!n, Talkin' Bout Your Gen, Have You Been Paying Attention? and 5 more
On stage
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Specials, shows and podcasts
Stand-up specials
- What's Wrong With You? Amazon Prime, 2019
- Why Is My Bag All Wet? Paramount+; AACTA Award for Best Stand-up Special, 2025
On screen
- Get Krack!n Helen Bidou, ABC
- Talkin' Bout Your Gen host, Network Ten, 2025
- Have You Been Paying Attention? Network Ten, 2016-2023
- Taskmaster Australia Network Ten, 2024
- Thank God You're Here Network Ten, 2024
- Last One Laughing: Australia Amazon Prime, 2020
- Bad Company creator, writer and star, ABC
- The Edge of the Bush creator, writer and star, ABC, 2017
Comedians like Anne Edmonds
Each linked to them by something on the record — a stage they both came through, a bill, a show, a style or a home town.
- Lloyd Langford also in Taskmaster Australia
- Danielle Walker also in Get Krack!n
- Rhys Nicholson also in Taskmaster Australia
- Chris Parker also in Have You Been Paying Attention?
- Geraldine Hickey also in Have You Been Paying Attention?
- Melanie Bracewell also in Have You Been Paying Attention?
- Damien Power also in The Edge of the Bush
- Gillian Cosgriff also in Get Krack!n
Career timeline
- 2016Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten, 2016-2023) On screen
- 2017The Edge of the Bush (creator, writer and star, ABC, 2017) On screen
- 2019What's Wrong With You? (Amazon Prime, 2019) Special
- 2020Last One Laughing: Australia (Amazon Prime, 2020) On screen
- 2024Taskmaster Australia (Network Ten, 2024) On screen
- 2024Thank God You're Here (Network Ten, 2024) On screen
- 2025Why Is My Bag All Wet? (Paramount+; AACTA Award for Best Stand-up Special, 2025) Special
- 2025Talkin' Bout Your Gen (host, Network Ten, 2025) On screen
Questions and answers
Where is Anne Edmonds performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
What are their stand-up specials, in order?
What's Wrong With You? (2019) and Why Is My Bag All Wet? (2025).
What is their latest stand-up special?
Why Is My Bag All Wet? (Paramount+; AACTA Award for Best Stand-up Special, 2025), the latest of the 2 specials on this page.
Where can I watch their stand-up specials?
As each special's credit gives it: Prime Video (What's Wrong With You?, 2019), Paramount+ (Why Is My Bag All Wet?, 2025).
What TV shows and films are they in?
Get Krack!n (Helen Bidou, ABC), Talkin' Bout Your Gen (host, Network Ten, 2025), Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten, 2016-2023), Taskmaster Australia (Network Ten, 2024), Thank God You're Here (Network Ten, 2024) and Last One Laughing: Australia (Amazon Prime, 2020), among 8 credits.
Who are some comedians like them?
Lloyd Langford (also in Taskmaster Australia), Danielle Walker (also in Get Krack!n), Rhys Nicholson (also in Taskmaster Australia), Chris Parker (also in Have You Been Paying Attention?) and Geraldine Hickey (also in Have You Been Paying Attention?).
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The full SUCDb record
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Sources
- Token Artists · token.com.au ↗ The rock star of Australian comedy; Raw Comedy national finalist (2010); Piece of Wood (2015) and Directors' Choice (2016) at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival; Best Show, Sydney Comedy Festival (2018); solo shows from You Know What I'm Like! (2015) to Why Is My Bag All Wet? (2023-24), filmed for…
- Melbourne International Comedy Festival — Awards ↗ Piece of Wood 2015: Anne Edmonds, You Know What I'm Like; Directors' Choice 2016, joint winners True Aussie Patriots - Live (Anne Edmonds, Damien Power and Greg Larsen) (as of 11 October 2026)
- Sydney Comedy Festival — Awards ↗ 2018 Best Of The Fest: joint winners Aunty Donna and Anne Edmonds (as of 11 October 2026)
Updated 11 October 2026 · the record checked 11 October 2026