Acting
Magda Szubanski
Born Apr 12, 1961 · Liverpool, England, UK
Magda Szubanski AO (born Magdalene Mary Therese Szubanski 12 April 1961) is an Australian television and film actress, comedian, writer and LGBT rights activist. Szubanski's career started as a writer and performer of sketch comedy and has since progressed to production of TV, film acting, and musical theatre.
In 1985, while performing in a University of Melbourne revue of Too Cool for Sandals, Szubanski, Michael Veitch, Tom Gleisner and others were talent-spotted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) producers, which led to The D-Generation television sketch comedy show.
Szubanski was one of the creators and performers of the Fast Forward television sketch comedy for the Seven Network, in which she played various characters, including Pixie-Anne Wheatley, Chenille from the Institute de Beauté, Wee Mary MacGregor, Joan Kirner and Michelle Grogan.
Szubanski famously played Sharon Strzelecki on Australian comedy show Kath & Kim which ran for four seasons.
In 2015, Szubanski released her first book; a memoir titled Reckoning which had themes of familial trauma and accepting her sexual identity as a lesbian. It won the Douglas Stewart Prize for Non fiction, as well as "Book of the Year" and "Biography of the Year" at the Australian Book Industry Awards. Szubanski released a follow-up memoir, I Can't Tell You But I Will, in September 2026. The book chronicles her complicated relationship with—and the demise of—her mother, as well as her cancer diagnosis and recovery.
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Acting
Memoir of a Snail
2024
Animation · Comedy · Drama
Kath & Kim: 20 Preposterous Years
2022
Comedy
Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life
2022
Comedy
After the Verdict
2022
Crime · Drama
God's Favorite Idiot
2022
Comedy
100% Wolf
2020
Animation · Family · Fantasy
Ride Like a Girl
2019
Drama
Country Town Pride
2019
My Life Is Murder
2019
Drama · Crime · Mystery
Australia Says Yes
2018
Documentary · History
The Steve Irwin Story
2018
Documentary
The BBQ
2018
Comedy
Three Summers
2017
Comedy
Sisters
2017
Drama
It's a Date
2013
Comedy
Kath & Kim Kountdown
2013
Goddess
2013
Comedy · Music
Kath & Kimderella
2012
Comedy
Happy Feet Two
2011
Animation · Comedy · Family
Bran Nue Dae
2009
Comedy · Drama · Romance
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008
Documentary
The Golden Compass
2007
Adventure · Fantasy
Dr. Plonk
2007
Action · Comedy · Drama
Happy Feet
2006
Animation · Comedy · Family
Da Kath & Kim Code
2005
Comedy · TV Movie
Son of the Mask
2005
Fantasy · Comedy · Family
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
2002
Family · Adventure · Comedy
Kath & Kim
2002
Comedy
Dogwoman: The Legend of Dogwoman
2001
TV Movie · Drama
Dogwoman: Dead Dog Walking
2000
Comedy · Mystery · TV Movie
Dogwoman: A Grrrl's Best Friend
2000
Drama · TV Movie
Farscape
1999
Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Action & Adventure · Drama
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
Family · Adventure · Comedy
Babe
1995
Fantasy · Drama · Comedy
Big Girl's Blouse
1994
Comedy
Full Frontal
1993
Comedy
A Royal Commission Into The Australian Economy
1993
Comedy · TV Movie
The Late Show
1992
Comedy
Fast Forward
1989
Comedy
The D-Generation
1986
Comedy
Written
It's a Date
2013
Comedy
Kath & Kim
2002
Comedy
Dogwoman: Dead Dog Walking
2000
Comedy · Mystery · TV Movie