Julia Zemiro

Infobox Person
name = Julia Zemiro


image_size = 150px
caption = Zemiro as host of "Rockwiz" in 2007
birth_date = 1967
birth_place = Aix-en Provence, France
residence = Melbourne
nationality = Australian
yearsactive = 1999 - present
knownfor = Rockwiz (host)
The Wedge
Thank God You're Here

Julia Zemiro (born 1967 in Aix-en Provence, France) is an Australian television presenter, radio host and comedian.

Early life

Zemiro's father was a French waiter and her Australian mother was from Queensland. In 1970, she moved to Australia at the age of two and a half. She attended Sydney Girls High School before studying for a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney. Zemiro was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts Drama School before completing her final year, and moved to Melbourne in 1992.

Acting

Zemiro graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1993 and found work touring with the Bell Shakespeare Company.She has featured in short films including "The Extra" and "Muffled Love ", winning the Tropfest Best Actress award twice, in 1997 and 2000. She co-wrote, performed and directed "Backpackers".

Zemiro appeared as "Bronya" in "Eurovision, the Musical" (2003), "Euromax 7 The Musical" (2004) and "Eürobeat: Almost Eurovision" (2006).

A long-time Theatresports veteran, Julia played at the Belvoir Theatre, Sydney for many years before her move to Melbourne. She is currently a performer with Impro Melbournefact|date=August 2008, starring in their annual season of Celebrity Theatresports and regularly appears in their Melbourne International Comedy Festival hit, "Late Nite Impro". She is also a core cast member of the improvised stage show Spontaneous Broadway.

Television

Julia first appeared as a television presenter as the host of World Telly 2, an international co-production devised by broadcaster and journalist Scott Watkins-Sully. She previously appeared in the original World Telly as part of an improvised comedy group. The World Telly programmes were broadcast by ABC Australia Television, the ABC's original but now defunct venture into international satellite broadcasting.

During her time with the Bell Shakespeare Company, Zemiro became a regular panellist and debater for "Good News Week" and a writer and performer on "Totally Full Frontal" - the latter for two seasons in which she played over 30 characters. She was a regular guest on "Thank God You're Here". In 2007 she appeared in and 'won' "Australia's Brainiest TV Star" and hosted "Song for the Socceroos", during the FIFA World Cup.

In 2006 she appeared on the comedy show "The Wedge", as various characters. In 2007 she was a contestant on Channel Seven's "It Takes Two", paired with Dave Gleeson; they were the fourth pair to be eliminated. Zemiro has also appeared in television commercials, including as a satiric French fashion expert called Fifi La Croix for Target's breast cancer campaign.

She was a judge on LifeStyle Food's Great BBQ Challenge in 2006 and 2007. Julia appeared in an episode of CNNNN - as the host of 'Animal Farm'. Since 2005 she has hosted "RocKwiz" on SBS, a music trivia programme usually recorded at The Espy, and now co-hosts The Jonathan Coleman Experience on radio across Australia with Jonathan Coleman. In 2007 she accepted the role as host of the second series of Channel Nine show "What a Year", alongside Bert Newton.

External links

*imdb name|id=0954770|name=Julia Zemiro
* [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/07/19/1090089093829.html?from=storyrhs The Age Article on Macbeth]
* [http://www.melbournestage.com.au/ms1/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=32&Itemid= Melbourne Stage Online interview with Julia Zemiro]
* [http://www.theage.com.au/news/tv--radio/year-of-living-famously/2006/12/05/1165080951064.html The year of living famously] , "The Age", December 7 2006.