Magda Szubanski
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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Films (29)
Mémoires d’un escargot
2024 · Ruth Appleby (voice)
Kath & Kim: 20 Preposterous Years
2022 · Sharon Strzelecki
Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life
2022 · Sharon Strzelecki
100% loup
2020 · Mrs. Mutton (voice)
La Victoire à tout prix
2019 · Sister Dominique
Country Town Pride
2019 · Narrator
Fly Me to the Moon
2019 · Self
Australia Says Yes
2018
The Steve Irwin Story
2018 · Self
The BBQ
2018 · The Butcher
Three Summers
2017 · Queenie
Santa's Apprentice
2013
Goddess
2013 · Cassandra Wolfe
Kath & Kimderella
2012 · Sharon Strzelecki
Happy Feet 2
2011 · Miss Viola (voice)
Bran Nue Dae
2009 · Roadhouse Betty
The Man Inside Dame Edna
2008 · Self
À la croisée des mondes : La Boussole d'or
2007 · Mrs. Lonsdale
Dr. Plonk
2007 · Mrs. Plonk
Les petits pieds du bonheur
2006 · Miss Viola (voice)
Da Kath & Kim Code
2005 · Sharon Strzelecki
Le Fils du Mask
2005 · Neighbor Betty
Traqueur de croco en mission périlleuse
2002 · Brozzie Drewitt
Dogwoman: The Legend of Dogwoman
2001 · Margaret O'Halloran, Producer
Dogwoman: Dead Dog Walking
2000 · Margaret O'Halloran, Producer, Writer
Dogwoman: A Grrrl's Best Friend
2000 · Margaret O'Halloran, Producer
Babe: Pig in the City
1998 · Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
Babe
1995 · Esme Hoggett
A Royal Commission Into The Australian Economy
1993 · Mr. Cardigan / Mr. Trouser / Bill Kelty
Séries (24)
Queerstralia
2023 · Self
Magda's Big National Health Check
2022 · Self - Presenter
Frankly
2022 · Self
Après le verdict : les jurés mènent l'enquête
2022 · Margie
El idiota preferido de Dios
2022 · God
My Life Is Murder
2019 · Miranda Lee
Soudainement sœurs
2017 · Diane
Open Slather
2015
Julia Zemiro's Home Delivery
2013 · Self
It's a Date
2013 · Mary-Angela, Writer
Kath & Kim Kountdown
2013 · Sharon Strzelecki
Q&A
2008 · Self - Panellist
Who Do You Think You Are?
2008 · Self
Thank God You're Here
2006 · Self - Guest Judge
Magda's Funny Bits
2006
Kath & Kim
2002 · Sharon Karen Strzelecki, Writer
Farscape
1999 · Furlow
Good News Week
1996 · Self
Big Girl's Blouse
1994
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
1994 · Self - Host
Full Frontal
1993
The Late Show
1992
Fast Forward
1989
The D-Generation
1986