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Roz Hammond
Born
Rosalind Hammond

(1969-12-14) 14 December 1969 (age 54)
Occupation(s)Actress, writer
Years active1993–present
Websitewww.rozhammond.com

Rosalind Hammond, often credited as Ros or Roz, is an Australian actress and writer who has worked for more than 20 years with an extensive career in theatre, film and television.

Career

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Hammond's television appearances include the role of Claudia in the award-winning drama The Heights, and ten seasons of Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, on which she portrayed characters such as Jacquie Lambie’s press secretary Dolly Norman, conservative blogger Vomitoria Catchment, royal watcher Gay March, Tamie Fraser, and ABC shop employee Dianne. She previously worked with Shaun Micallef in three series of The Micallef Programme.

Hammond played the role of librarian Christine Grimwood in three series of the ABC sitcom The Librarians. She was a regular cast member on Thank God You're Here, The Never Too Late Show, Bootleg, Small Tales and True, Eric, Full Frontal, Sky Trackers, Snowy and Micro Nation.

Hammond has made guest appearances on the television series Harrow, Please Like Me, The Letdown, Carla Cametti PD, Driven Crazy, Law of the Land, MDA, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Mr & Mrs Murder, Newstopia, Offspring, Outland, Raw FM, Slide and Welcher and Welcher, and in the TV movie Curtin.

She also wrote for television programs, including ABC Kids series Little Lunch, ABC's It's A Date, SkitHOUSE, Eric Bana's sketch show Eric, Home and Away, The Mick Molloy Show and Small Tales and True.

Hammond is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts, and has appeared in feature films Muriel's Wedding, in which she played Cheryl, one of the bridesmaids, The Dish,[1] The Honourable Wally Norman, and the short film Titsiana Booberini.

Her theatre credits include productions with the Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Companies with roles in Blithe Spirit, The Female of the Species, Happy Endings, Kid Stakes, Secret Bridesmaids' Business and Things We Do For Love.

Her one-woman show, Full Blown Rose, had successful international tours to the Dublin Fringe Festival (where she was nominated for Best Female Performance) and the Glasgow Millers International Comedy Festival. At the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she received a Golden Gibbo nomination.

From 2012 to 2022, Hammond appeared as a regular guest for Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell.[2]

At the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she performed Gym and Tonic, based on her "other career" as a personal trainer at an all-women's gym. The production then toured nationally.

In 2023, Hammond appeared in ABC series Bay of Fires (TV series)[3] and in 2024 also appeared in ABC comedy White Fever.[4]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role Notes
2022 Blueback Celebrant Feature film
2022 How to Please a Woman Claudia Feature film
2019 By Your Side Leonie Short film
2015 Blythe Spirit Madam Arcati
2015 Hammer or Claw Emma Short film
2010 Bufo Susan Hurley Short film
2008 Corrections Receptionist Short film
2007 The King Kathleen TV movie
2007 Curtin Gladys Joyce TV movie
2006 Love No.9 Ivy Short film
2006 The Demons Among Us Kylie's mother
2004 Josh Jarman Burgerland Girl Feature film
2003 The Honourable Wally Norman Dolly Norman Feature film
2000 The Dish Miss Nolan Feature film
1997 Titsiana Booberini Carol Johnson Short film
1996 Eric Various TV movie
1994 Muriel's Wedding Cheryl Feature film

Television

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Year Title Role Notes Ref
2024 White Fever Deidre Thomas TV series; 5 episodes
2023- Bay of Fires Heather TV series
2023 Cool Mum TV series, 3 episodes
2022 Summer Love Janelle (voice) TV series, 1 episode
2012-22 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Various TV series, 114 episodes
2019-22 Five Bedrooms Edwina Crowe TV series, 6 episodes
2010-20 The Heights Claudia Rosso TV series
2021 Iggy and Ace Gwen TV series, 6 episodes
2021 Harrow Karen Yancy TV series, 1 episode
2021 Why Are You Like This Julie TV series, 2 episodes [5]
2019-20 The Heights Claudia TV series, 60 episodes [6]
2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Ginger Connor TV miniseries, 2 episodes
2018 Pilot Week Barista TV series, 1 episode
2017 Childproof Various (voice) TV series, 6 episodes
2017 The Letdown Christine TV series, 1 episode
2016 Jack Irish Sue Shields TV series, 6 episodes
2015 Kinne Various TV series, 6 episodes
2014 It's a Date Lizzie TV series, 1 episode
2014 Please Like Me Marilyn TV series, 2 episodes
2013 Upper Middle Bogan Sandi TV series, 1 episode
2013 Offspring Maryjeanne TV series, 1 episode
2013 Mr & Mrs Murder Deborah Newhouse TV series, 1 episode
2012 Micro Nation Betty Cosdosca TV web series, 1 episode
2012 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries Mrs Opie TV series, 1 episode
2012 Outland Simone TV miniseries, 1 episode
2011 Mollusks Vanessa 'Big Mama Jelly' TV series. 3 episodes
2011 Some Say Love Various TV series, 1 episode
2011 Mal.com Janelle TV series, 1 episode
2011 SLiDE Rosie TV series, 3 episodes
2007-10 The Librarians Christine Grinwood TV series, 20 episodes
2009 Carla Cametti PD Sandra DeLuca TV miniseries, 1 episode
2007 Newstopia Lindy Spern TV series, 1 episode
2005 MDA Courtney Gould TV series, 2 episode
2004 Stories from the Golf Woman TV series, 1 episode
2003 Welcher & Welcher Thadia TV series, 2 episodes
2003 Skithouse Various TV series
2002 Bootleg Tricia Moore TV series. 3 episodes
1996-02 Blue Heelers Kerryn / Siobhan TV series, 3 episodes
1998-01 The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) Various TV series, 23 episodes
2000 Introducing Gary Petty Colleen Turner TV series, 1 episode
1999 The Mick Molloy Show Various TV series, 3 episodes
1999 Law of the Land Ann TV series, 1 episode
1998 Small Tales & True Various TV series, 6 episodes
1998 Driven Crazy Dr Brandt TV series, 1 episode
1998 Raw FM Flavia TV series, 1 episode
1997 Eric Various TV series, 9 episodes
1996 Full Frontal Additional Cast TV series, 1 episode
1994 Sky Trackers Ellie TV series, 26 episodes
1994 Newlyweds Sarah TV series, 1 episode
1993 Snowy Jill TV series, 7 episodes

Stage

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As actor

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Year Title Role Notes
1996 Kid Stakes Marcy Wells Playhouse Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2000 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Angela Dixon Malthouse Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide
2001 Dear Sun Joy Hester Melbourne Theatre Company
2004 Blithe Spirit Ruth Melbourne Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company
2005 Country Energy Comedy Festival Comedian The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
2005 Things We Do For Love Nikki Wickstead Arts Centre Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2005 Garden Ho Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Dublin Festival
2006 The Female of the Species Tess Thornton Melbourne Theatre Company
2006 Full Blown Rose Herself Dublin Fringe Festival, Glasgow Millers International Comedy Festival
2009 Master of the Revels Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2010 Cubec Reading- You Won't Be Seeing Rainbows Anymore - 5 Melbourne Theatre Company
2010 Furiously Fertile Jen Hit Productions
2012 Happy Endings Liliana Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2012 Red Silk Anne Sexton Red Silk Productions
2013 Gym and Tonic Herself Melbourne Town Hall for Melbourne International Comedy Festival & national tour
2013 Day One, A Hotel, Evening Stella Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company
2015 Blithe Spirit Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company
2016–17 Signifying Nothing Karen Fox The Blue Room Theatre, Perth, The Studio, Adelaide with Hammond Fleet Productions

As director

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Year Title Role Notes
2016 These Things Happen Director Hammond Fleet Productions
2016 This is Not a Love Song Director Hammond Fleet Productions

General references

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  • "AusStage". ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  • "Roz Hammond – IMC". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  • "Things We Do For Love". amp.theage.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  • "The Female of the Species". Theatregold. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  • "Kid Stakes". Theatregold. Retrieved 12 August 2024.

References

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  1. ^ Willis, John (1 November 2002). Screen World: 2002 Film Annual. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 238. ISBN 978-1-55783-599-4. Retrieved 24 September 2010.
  2. ^ Knox, David (12 July 2012). ""It's about the writing" says Mad as Hell's Roz Hammond | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  3. ^ Knox, David (12 August 2022). "More cast join Bay of Fires for ABC | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  4. ^ Knox, David (24 August 2023). "Cameras roll on new ABC comedy White Fever | TV Tonight". tvtonight.com.au. Retrieved 29 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Why Are You Like This | TV Tonight". 14 February 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  6. ^ "The Heights: "Slice of life. Real. Drama that is not soap." | TV Tonight". 21 February 2019. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
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