Courtney Dawson

Comedian | Actor | TV Host | Writer | Creator
An award-winning Tamaki-Makaurau based comedian and mother, Courtney co-hosted two seasons of Rags are Riches, has appeared on Have You Been Paying Attention? (NZ), Celebrity Treasure Island, and more recently has been occupying the ‘news desk’ on Paddy Gower Has Issues. She just completed a sold out run at the 2024 NZ Comedy Fest, being awarded Best Newcomer for her first ever one hour solo show in the festival

Her natural magnetism and charisma makes her fantastic at whatever she lends her hand to, be it on stage or on screen, or hosting a podcast! Still very early in her career, Courtney has big things in front of her.
Location - Auckland

Followers - Instagram - 11.8K

Full Biography

Credits
Stand-up Comedy
2024 - Dreams Are Free - NZ International Comedy Festival
2023 - The Comedy Mixtape with Kura Forrester - Māngere Arts Centre
2023 - Becky and Courtney Do Business - Melbourne Comedy Festival
2022 - Shoes Off (at the door) also featuring , Kura Turuwhenua, Chardé Heremaia, Aunty Lianne and Janaye Henry (MC)
2022 - The Comedy Mixtape with Pax ASSADI - Vodafone Events Centre

Television
2023 - Paddy Gower Has Issues - News Desk Co-Host - Warner Bros. Discovery - TV3
2023 - 7 days - Panelist - Warner Bros. Discovery/TV3
2023 - The Great Comedy Debate - Panelist - Warner Brothers Discovery/TV3
2023 - Cubicle Confessions - Guest - TVNZ
2023 - Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee - Contestant -Kevin & Co
2022 - Have You Been Paying Attention? (NZ) - Panel Guest - TVNZ
2022 - My Favourite Dead Person - Te Puea Hērangi - The DownLow Concept
2022 - Bouncers - Featured - TV3

TVC
2022 - Long White - NZ only
2022 - AAI Insurance - NZ only

Web Series
2022 - Rags Are Riches: season 2 - Presenter - Māori Television
2022 - Rags Are Riches - Presenter - Māori Television

Training
N/A
Awards
2022 - Outstanding Performance Comedy (Individual) - Shoes Off (at the door) Auckland Fringe Festival
2022 - Outstanding Comedy (Overall) Shoes Off (at the door) Auckland Fringe Festival
2022 - Unf**k The World - Shoes Off (at the door) Auckland Fringe Festival
2019 - Best Newcomer award, NZ Raw Comedy Quest
Skills
Roller Skating
Driver’s License - Full

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