Kitty Flanagan

Kitty Flanagan (born 18 July 1968) is an Australian comedian, writer and actress. She is known for portraying Helen Tudor-Fisk in the television comedy program Fisk, which she also co-created, co-wrote and co-directed, and for starring as Rhonda Stewart in the comedy Utopia. She spent eight years based in the UK and performing around the world from 2001 to 2009, and has performed at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Just For Laughs in Montreal.

Flanagan was born in Manly, a suburb in Sydney's north, and attended high school at Monte Sant'Angelo Mercy College in North Sydney. After working as an advertising agency copywriter from 1989, she was fired in June 1993 and tried stand-up at a hotel open mic night, starting her comedy career in 1994 at the Harold Park Hotel in Sydney. She was spotted by the producer of Full Frontal in December 1994 and joined the cast as a writer and performer in 1995.

Flanagan moved to the UK in 2001 to further her comedy career, performing on The Sketch Show and making numerous stand-up appearances on The World Stands Up for Comedy Central, as well as performing at festivals including Edinburgh, Melbourne and Montreal. After eight years touring internationally she returned to Australia in 2009, joining The Project and touring with her stand-up show Charming and Alarming in 2010. In Australia she has appeared on Have You Been Paying Attention?, The Weekly with Charlie Pickering and other series. Flanagan won the AACTA Award for Best Comedy Performer in 2021 and has won the Silver Logie for four consecutive years from 2022 for her work in Fisk and Utopia.