Denise Scott
Who Denise Scott is
Denise Scott is an Australian comedian, actor and television personality whose solo shows include Number 26, winner of the Groggy Squirrel Critics' Award in 2009, Regrets, which won the Melbourne International Comedy Festival's Director's Choice award in 2011, the year she won the Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer, and Mother Bare, which won the Barry Award in 2014. With Judith Lucy she has toured The Spiral, Disappointments, which shared a People's Choice award with Wil Anderson in 2017, and Still Here.
On television she plays Maggie in the ABC's Mother and Son, narrates Travel Guides, co-hosted Studio 10 and has been a regular guest on Have You Been Paying Attention? and Spicks and Specks, and she wrote the books All That Happened at Number 26 and The Tour. In 2026 she returned to solo stand-up after more than a decade with Tickety Boo, which played the Sydney Opera House, Melbourne's Comedy Theatre and the Brisbane Comedy Festival.
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At a glance
- Stand-up specials
- Number 26
- Books
- All That Happened at Number 26 and The Tour
- On screen
- Mother and Son, Travel Guides, Have You Been Paying Attention? and 6 more
On stage
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Specials, shows and podcasts
Stand-up specials
- Number 26 DVD, Madman, 2011
On screen
- Mother and Son Maggie, ABC, 2023-2025
- Travel Guides narrator, Nine
- Have You Been Paying Attention? Network Ten, 2018-2022
- Spicks and Specks ABC
- Studio 10 co-host, Network Ten, 2018-2020
- Fisk Leslie, ABC, 2021-2022
- Winners and Losers
- Please Like Me
- Jack Irish
Books and writing
- All That Happened at Number 26 book, Hardie Grant, 2009
- The Tour book, Hardie Grant, 2012
Comedians like Denise Scott
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.
- Geraldine Hickey also in Spicks and Specks
- Lou Wall also in Spicks and Specks
- Aaron Chen also in Fisk
- Celeste Barber also in Studio 10
- Dilruk Jayasinha also in Spicks and Specks
- Kitty Flanagan also in Fisk
- Danielle Walker also in Spicks and Specks
- Des Bishop also in Spicks and Specks
Career timeline
- 2009All That Happened at Number 26 (book, Hardie Grant, 2009) Book
- 2011Number 26 (DVD, Madman, 2011) Special
- 2012The Tour (book, Hardie Grant, 2012) Book
- 2018Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten, 2018-2022) On screen
- 2018Studio 10 (co-host, Network Ten, 2018-2020) On screen
- 2021Fisk (Leslie, ABC, 2021-2022) On screen
- 2023Mother and Son (Maggie, ABC, 2023-2025) On screen
Questions and answers
Where is Denise Scott performing next?
No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now.
What stand-up specials have they released?
Number 26.
Have they written a book?
Yes: All That Happened at Number 26 and The Tour.
What TV shows and films are they in?
Mother and Son (Maggie, ABC, 2023-2025), Travel Guides (narrator, Nine), Have You Been Paying Attention? (Network Ten, 2018-2022), Spicks and Specks (ABC), Studio 10 (co-host, Network Ten, 2018-2020) and Fisk (Leslie, ABC, 2021-2022), among 9 credits.
Who are some comedians like them?
Geraldine Hickey (also in Spicks and Specks), Lou Wall (also in Spicks and Specks), Aaron Chen (also in Fisk), Celeste Barber (also in Studio 10) and Dilruk Jayasinha (also in Spicks and Specks).
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Sources
- Token Artists · token.com.au ↗ Australian comedian, actor and TV personality; solo shows from Denise Scott Gives Good Council (2005) to Regrets (2011-12) and Mother Bare (2014-15); The Spiral, Disappointments and Still Here with Judith Lucy; Mother and Son, Travel Guides, Have You Been Paying Attention?, Spicks and Specks, Studio 10, Fisk; the…
- Brisbane Comedy Festival — the first 2026 line-up (13 November 2025) ↗ After more than a decade away from solo performance, Denise Scott returns to the stage with her new solo show Tickety Boo; festival 24 April to 24 May 2026 (as of 11 October 2026)
- Token Artists — Denise Scott returns to the stage with her first solo show in over a decade ↗ An Australian comedy icon; Tickety Boo at the Sydney Opera House (4-5 February), Melbourne's Comedy Theatre (from 25 March) and Brisbane Powerhouse (7-10 May) (as of 11 October 2026)
Updated 11 October 2026 · the record checked 11 October 2026