Julia Morris

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Julia Carolyn Margaret Morris (born on 20 April 1968) is an Australian comedian, television presenter, and actor who has worked extensively in Australian television and radio, touring the country with her solo comedy shows.

She has appeared at comedy festivals including the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, South Africa's Vodacom Funny Festival, Montreal's Just For Laughs, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.

She won a Herald Angel Award at the 2001 Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Time Out magazine's Comedy Performer of the Year Award in 2004.

He first television appearance was in 1985, at the age of 17, as a contestant on the talent show New Faces. She performed Holding Out for a Hero, a Jim Steinman song made famous by Bonnie Tyler, and tied for first place.

After several years in variety and stand-up, her big break came when she joined the ensemble cast of the hit Australian sketch comedy series Full Frontal in 1995. This led to hosting roles on Great Aussie Bloopers and in 'The Morris Report' on the live variety series In Melbourne Tonight, as well as regular appearances on The Midday Show, Good Morning Australia, Beauty and the Beast and Who Dares Wins, as well as the action series Gladiators.

In 1999 she toured in the critically-acclaimed Australian production of the Off-Broadway musical I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change.

Julia relocated to the UK in 2000. As well as performing stand-up, she made appearances on the TV quiz QI, on an episode of the sitcom Not Going Out, and on an episode of Kathy Griffin's My Life on the D-List. She also had a stint presenting the BBC's Liquid News show in 2002.

Since returning to Australia in 2007, she has made appearances on Thank God You're Here, Good News Week, Spicks and Specks, Rove Live, The Singing Office, Sleuth 101, Studio 10, The Project, The Living Room, Have You Been Paying Attention? and Hughesy, We Have a Problem.

In 2008, she won the third season of the reality singing series It Takes Two, in which she was partnered with opera singer David Hobson. Her winnings were donated to the Emily Tapp Foundation, a charity dedicated to melanoma awareness and prevention.

In 2011, she was the winning contestant on The Celebrity Apprentice Australia.

Between 2012 and 2017, she starred as Gemma Crabb in Nine Network's Melbourne-made drama series House Husbands.

In 2013, she served as the new host of television talent show Australia's Got Talent.

Since 2015, she has been the co-host of the Australian version of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!, with Chris Brown, on Network 10.

In 2018, she hosted the dating show Blind Date Australia on Network 10.

In 2019, she also co-hosted Chris & Julia's Sunday Night Takeaway with Chris Brown on Network 10.

In 2020, she appeared as 'Kitten' on the second season of The Masked Singer Australia and was eliminated in the semi-final, placing 5th overall.

[Source: Wikipedia, 09/10/2022.]