Corinne Grant
Corinne Grant | |
|---|---|
| Born | June 12, 1973 Australia |
| Occupation(s) | Lawyer, comedian, television host |
| Years active | 1990s–present |
| Known for | Co-hosting The Glass House, Rove Live, skitHOUSE |
Corinne Grant (born 12 June 1973) is an Australian professional known for her work as a lawyer, comedian, and television host.
Career
Initially enrolling in nursing studies in Wodonga, Grant later shifted her focus to drama in Melbourne and took up stand-up comedy as a method to conquer her fear of performing live. Her early endeavors involved supporting comedian Merrick Watts and showcasing solo performances at the Victoria Hotel during the early 1990s. Starting in 1995, she became a frequent presence on community television Channel 31 through RMITV’s Under Melbourne Tonight.
Grant became part of Channel Ten’s talk show Rove Live in 1999, remaining until 2005. From 2001 until its end in 2006, she co-hosted the ABC-TV comedy series The Glass House alongside Wil Anderson and Dave Hughes, also stepping in as host when Anderson attended the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. During this period, she was featured in Channel Ten’s sketch comedy program skitHOUSE from 2003 to 2004.
In 2005, Grant acted in Greg Fleet’s theatrical production Die on your Feet. The following year marked her return to stand-up comedy with appearances at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala and her one-woman show Faking It. She subsequently presented Nice Friendly Lady Hour at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Grant has written pieces for prominent newspapers such as the Herald Sun and The Age. In 2007, she toured with her show Have My Stuff and briefly co-hosted Mix 101.1’s radio program The Saturday Show alongside Tom Gleeson.
She lent her voice to narrate the documentary series Air Ways and served as a promotional figure for Progressive Direct Car Insurance around 2010.
In February 2013, Grant commenced graduate legal studies toward a Juris Doctor degree at Melbourne Law School. She was admitted to legal practice in April 2017 and began working at a law firm based in Geelong.
Political involvement
Grant affiliated with the Labor Party in 2010, actively participating in voter engagement during the Victorian election through a YouTube series titled "Labor TV". In 2018, she publicly supported the Victorian Socialists during the Victorian state election campaign.
Personal life
She is married to attorney Christos Bouras and is a mother to a daughter as well as a stepson.
Contributed chapter
- "A letter to feminists from a man who knows better", pages 198–205, included in: Destroying the joint, edited by Jane Caro, Read How You Want (2015, ).
External links
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- 1973 births
- Living people
- People from Corryong
- Australian stand-up comedians
- Australian television presenters
- Australian women comedians
- RMITV alumni
- Australian women television presenters
- Comedians from Victoria (state)