Felicity Ward

Felicity Ward is an Australian comedian and actress, best known for her TV appearances on Spicks and Specks, Thank God You're Here, Good News Week and as a writer/performer in the Channel 10 Network television programme The Ronnie Johns Half Hour. She is a part of The 3rd Degree, who made and starred in The Ronnie Johns Half Hour. Ward grew up in Killcare, a small coastal town on the Central Coast of New South Wales. She first came to public attention in the Logie-nominated sketch show The Ronnie Johns Half Hour, especially her character work as six-year-old Poppy, German nihilist Gretchen and lawn bowls instructor Heidi.

At the 2008 Melbourne Fringe Festival, Ward performed her debut full-length solo stand-up show, "Felicity Ward's Ugly as A Child Variety Show" to popular and critical acclaim, culminating in her winning the Melbourne Airport Award for Best Newcomer. In 2009 she brought the show to the Adelaide Fringe, the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, the Sydney Comedy Festival and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, where she won Mervyn Stutter's Spirit of the Fringe Award. In 2011 she appeared with her show "Honestly," winning Best Local Act at the Time Out Sydney Comedy Festival Awards 2011, and her show "The Hedgehog Dilemma" won Best Australian Act at both the Sydney Comedy Festival and Perth Comedy Festival. Her 2018 show "Busting a Nut" was nominated for Best Show at the Edinburgh Comedy Awards.

Ward had a well received supporting role in the 2012 Australian comedy Any Questions for Ben?, and in 2014 appeared as Lizzie in The Inbetweeners 2. She has appeared on UK television including Roast Battle on Comedy Central in 2019 and Richard Osman's House of Games on the BBC in 2023. Ward has been open about her struggles with anxiety and is an active advocate for mental health in Australia, and she spoke about her issues with Irritable Bowel Syndrome in her 2015 show "What If There's No Toilet?". She describes herself as a "late bisexual," having recognised same-sex attraction in her 40s.