Tania Lacy

Tania Lacy

Tania Jane Lacy (born 30 July 1965) is an Australian comedian. She currently lives in Melbourne, Victoria with her spouse Ole Sturm, whom she married in Los Angeles in 2000. They have a son Per, who was born in December 2005.

Tania, originally from Toowoomba, Queensland spent many of her early years travelling with her family. Her father, then an officer in the army, was posted to Singapore (where Tania was actually born) twice and Tania spent a few years at Army schools.

Ballet and choreography

It was in Toowoomba that Tania attended her first ballet class and very early on exhibited some degree of talent. It wasn't until the family had settled in Melbourne's outer eastern suburbs in the late 70's that Tania was able to attend ballet classes again. She pursued the art vigorously and at the age of 12 was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts School of Dance. Tania decided not to attend instead opting to complete her education at a normal high school whilst pursuing her dance training after school hours. She completed her HSC in 1983 and was again accepted into the VCA for a full-time tertiary education. During her second year Tania suffered a serious blow to her career plans when she sustained a severe knee injury in a dancing accident. After one year of rehabilitation Tania found that her ballet career was effectively over.

Tania then set out on a career as a choreographer. She choreographed many a fashion parades in and around Melbourne and many of today's top Australian designers such as Bettina Liano, Peter Alexander and Allanah Hill had Tania choreograph their parades.

It was during a taping for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation that Tania was spotted and asked to choreograph and appear in Kylie Minogue's first clip "Locomotion" in 1987.

Television

Later that same year whilst dancing on "Countdown", Tania was spotted by Molly Meldrum who asked Tania to open the show - her performance led to a job on a new show, "The Factory" on which she appeared weekly as roving reporter. Under the guidance of producers Neill WIlson and James Lipscombe Tania began to develop her own characters and sketches some of which include Annette the Librarian, Carlos the Latin Lover, Pixie Snotley entertainment reporter and Belinda the yuppie. A very popular series of biscuit commercials featured all four of these characters.

In 1989 the ABC axed "The Factory" and replaced it with "Countdown Revolution" which was produced by Molly Meldrum. In 1990 Tania was made a host of the show with comedian Mark Little (Joe Mangel from "Neighbours") and the show finally began to find its feet. Later that year Mark and Tania were fired from the show when they staged a mock strike.

Tania went on to make appearances on Steve Vizard's "Tonight Live" but eventually found a home at Channel 9 where she initially starred on a show called "Saturday at Ricks". When that show ended Tania made many humorous appearance on shows like "Midday" where she famously asked John Hewson (leader of the Liberal party at the time) whether he had an extra 2%.

From 29 to 31 October 2007, Lacy appeared as a sexy Barrister Catherine Michael on "Neighbours".

The stage

After a period at Nine, Tania left to pursue her own projects. She staged a one-woman, sell-out show entitled "All of Me" which was premiered at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival and then toured it to Sydeny and Brisbane. Later the show went to the Edinburgh Comedy Festival where Tania was nominated for a Best Newcomer Award and was shortlisted for the Perrier Award.

ShortfFilms

Tania went on to star in a number of short films such as "Titsiana Booberini" which she co-wrote. The film received much international acclaim, scoring the director (Robert Luketic) a three-picture deal. She also wrote and starred in "Pussy Got Your Tongue?" which won her the Nicole Kidman Best Actress award at Tropfest in 1997. Later that year she starred with Ben Mendlesohn in "Tangerine Dream", winning the Best Actress Award at the Watch My Shorts Festival.

In 2000 Tania went to Los Angeles where she staged a one-woman show entitled "Suburban Refugee" - it did an extended run at Theatre Theater in Hollywood. It was during this time that Tania met her husband, motion graphics designer Ole Sturm who was currently engaged on "". They got married in the Hollywood Hills in November 2000.

Writing

Since returning to Australia in 2001 Tania staged another one-woman show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival entitled "Tania Lacy is Coo Coo Bananas" but more recently Tania has remained out of the spotlight, focusing instead on the development of her film script "Blogger Girl" for which she and her producer Robyn Kershaw have received multiple rounds of funding from Film Victoria and the Australian Film Commission. The two are also working on a funded Television project.

Filmography

Television

* "Neighbours" - as Barrister Catherine Michael | Channel 10

* "High Flyers" - as Robyn Kettrick | West Street Productions

* "Pig’s Breakfast" - as Rebecca | West Street Productions

* "Dilemma" - as Guest | Artist Services

* "Home & Hosed" - as Guest | Artist Services

* "Totally Full Frontal" - as Guest | Channel 10

* "Battle of the Sexes" - as Regular Guest | Channel 10

* "E! Entertainment (pilot)" - as Presenter | Imagination Films

* "Good Taste" - as Presenter | Channel 10

* "The Pitch" - as Presenter | Bearcage Prod

* "Raw FM" - as Lateisha | ABC TV Drama

* "The Adventures of Lano & Woodley" - as Melanie | ABC Comedy

* "Tonight Live" - as Live Linx | Artist Services

* "GMA" - as Reporter | GTV 9

* "A Current Affair" - as Comedy Reporter | GTV 9

* "Sex" - as Reporter | GTV 9

* "The Midday Show" - as Roving Reporter & Sketchwork | GTV 9

* "The Today Show" - as Roving Reporter & Sketchwork | GTV 9

* "Saturday At Ricks" - as Presenter, Roving Reporter & Sketchwork | GTV 9

* "Countdown Revolution" - as Presenter/R. Rep & Sketchwork | ABC TV

* "The Factory" - as Presenter | ABC TV

* "Hey, Hey It’s Saturday!" - as Outside broadcast work | GTV 9

Film

* "Accidents Will Happen" - as Kylie Manson | 1999 | Fabienne Nicholas Prods.

* "Jesus is Lord" - as Dallas and as writer/director | 1999 | Melbourne Intl. Comedy Festival

* "Tangerine Dream" - as Bonnie | 1997 | VCA

* "Titsiana Booberini" - as Titsiana and as co-writer | 1996 | VCA

* "Thump" - as Natalie | 1996 | VCA

* "Pussy Got Your Tongue" - as Kitty and as writer | 1997 | Tropfest

* "A Date With Destiny" - as Queen of Mars | 1989 | Swinburne Prod.

* "A Slow Night in Kuwaite Cafe" - as Bathsheba | 1989 | Mark Gracie

Theatre

* "CooCoo Bananas" - self-devised one-woman show directed by Steve Kearney | 2002 | Melbourne Comedy Festival

* "Suburban Refugee" - self-devised one-woman show directed by Steve Kearney | 2000 | Theatre Theater in Hollywood, LA

* "Twelfth Night" - as Fabian | 1999 | Melbourne Theatre Company

* "Princess Smartypants and Cupid" - as various | 1997 | Vic. Arts Centre Trust

* "The Truth Game" - as Wendy Pierce | 1996 | The Courthouse

* "Behind The Play" - as Tina | 1995 & 1993 | The Courthouse

* "Behind the Play" - as Tina | Barassis’s Pub | 1995 & 1994

* "Could I Have This Dance" - as Monica | 1995 | Athenaeum II

* "All Of Me" - self-devised one-woman show directed by Kaarin Fairfax | 1994 | Melbourne Comedy Festival / Sydney / Brisbane / Edinburgh

External links

* [http://www.tanialacy.com Official website]


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