Courtney Dawson
Comedian | Actor | Host | Voice | Writer
Courtney (Ngāti Kurī, Waikato-Tainui) is an award-winning comedian, writer, actor and mother. She is the co-host of two seasons of Rags are Riches, has appeared on Have You Been Paying Attention?, Celebrity Treasure Island, and more recently Paddy Gower Has Issues.
Courtney stumbled into her first comedy gig in 2018, and since then has been traveling round the motu, spinning yarns and breaking hearts. She was the winner of the NZ Raw Comedy Quest and the Best Newcomer Award at the NZ Comedy Guild Awards in 2019, before going on to debut a sold out show in the 2021 International Comedy Festival. She was awarded Outstanding Comedy Performance in 2022 by the Auckland Fringe Festival, won Best Female Comedian at the 2023 NZ Comedy Guild Awards, and this year was recognised by the NZ International Comedy Festival who awarded her Best Newcomer.