Hannah Gadsby
Stand-up comedian

Hannah Gadsby

Who Hannah Gadsby is

Australian comedian, writer and actor from Tasmania who won the national Raw Comedy competition in 2006. Their show Nanette, released on Netflix in 2018, won the Primetime Emmy for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Peabody Award; later Netflix specials include Douglas (2020) and Something Special (2023), and Woof! was released free on YouTube in 2026. They co-wrote and appeared in the ABC series Please Like Me and wrote the memoir Ten Steps to Nanette (2022).

At a glance

Born
1978
Style
Personal, Form-breaking, Form critique
Stand-up specials
Nanette, Douglas, Something Special and 2 more
Albums
Woof!
Podcasts
Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation
On screen
Adam Hills Tonight, Hannah Gadsby's Oz, Please Like Me and 7 more
Official site
hannahgadsby.com.au ↗

On stage

No dated show on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now — their own site has their dates: hannahgadsby.com.au ↗.

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Specials, shows and podcasts

Stand-up specials

Albums

On screen

Podcasts

Comedians like Hannah Gadsby

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.

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Career timeline

  1. 1978Born
  2. 2009The Librarians (Carmel, 2009–2010) On screen
  3. 2011Adam Hills Tonight (co-writer and presenter, 2011–2013) On screen
  4. 2012The Agony of... (themself, 2012–2014) On screen
  5. 2013Underbelly: Squizzy (Charlie, 2013) On screen
  6. 2014Hannah Gadsby's Oz (host and co-writer, 2014) On screen
  7. 2014Please Like Me (Hannah; co-writer, 2014–2016) On screen
  8. 2015Hannah Gadsby: Renaissance Woman (host and writer, 2015) On screen
  9. 2018Nanette (2018, Netflix) Special
  10. 2018Hannah Gadsby's Nakedy Nudes (host and writer, 2018) On screen
  11. 2020Douglas (2020, Netflix) Special
  12. 2022Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation (memoir, 2022) Book
  13. 2023Something Special (2023, Netflix) Special
  14. 2023Sex Education (Celia, 2023) On screen
  15. 2024Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda (2024, Netflix; showcase of seven genderqueer comics) Special
  16. 2024Hitpig! (Lola, voice, 2024) On screen
  17. 2025Woof! (2025, 800 Pound Gorilla Records) Album
  18. 2026Woof! (2026, YouTube) Special

Questions about Hannah Gadsby

Where is Hannah Gadsby performing next?

No date is on D.O.C.'s Comedy Calendar right now; their own site has their dates: hannahgadsby.com.au ↗.

What stand-up specials have they released?

Nanette, Douglas, Something Special, Hannah Gadsby's Gender Agenda and Woof!.

What podcast do they host?

Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation.

What TV shows and films are they in?

Adam Hills Tonight, Hannah Gadsby's Oz, Please Like Me, Hannah Gadsby's Nakedy Nudes, Sex Education and Underbelly: Squizzy, among 10 credits.

When were they born?

In 1978.

Who are some comedians like them?

Ali Wong (the same style: personal), Asha Ward (the same style: personal), Erica Rhodes (the same style: personal), Fern Brady (the same style: personal) and Jordan Jensen (the same style: personal).

The full SUCDb record

The full record — the career in order, the specials and credits, and the sources for each — is on SUCDb, with a button to add them to your D.O.C., your twelve.

Their SUCDb record →Their own site ↗

Sources

Updated 5 October 2026 · the record checked 27 September 2026