AWARDS
2024 – NOMINEE Most Outstanding Artiste – Green Room Awards
2023 – WINNER Best Writing – Green Room Awards
2023 – NOMINEE Best Artist – Green Room Awards
2022 – NOMINEE Best Production – Green Room Awards
2022 – NOMINEE Best Musical Direction Green Room Awards
2022 – NOMINEE Best Artist Green Room Awards
2022 – NOMINEE Best Writing Green Room Awards
2021 – WINNER Directors Choice Award Sydney Comedy Festival
2021 – NOMINEE Most Outstanding Show Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2020 – WINNER Moosehead Award Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2018 – WINNER Director’s Choice Award (Double Denim) Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2018 – WINNER Best Newcomer Award (Double Denim) Sydney Comedy Festival
2018 – NOMINEE Gibbo Award (Double Denim) Melbourne International Comedy Festival
2018 – NOMINEE Gibbo Award (Double Denim) Melbourne International Comedy Festival
Michelle Brasier is a standout voice in Australian storytelling and a favourite of the global comedy scene. Her one-woman comedy-as-philosophy shows, accompanied by Tim Lancaster, continue to sell out seasons across Melbourne, Sydney, London, New York, LA and Edinburgh year after year.
Michelle stars as Kit De Luca in the Australian production of Pretty Woman: The Musical. This marks her highly anticipated debut in musical theatre.
Screen acting credits include Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell (ABC), Aunty Donna’s Big Old House Of Fun (Netflix), Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe (ABC, Netflix), Koala Man (Disney), YOLO (HBO Max), Thank God You’re Here (Ten), Get Krack!n, Drunk History Australia, and How to Stay Married. Currently, Michelle stars as Lindy in Ghosts Australia (Network 10, Paramount, BBC Aus) and is well known for her frequent collaborations with sketch comedy group Aunty Donna.
Michelle’s memoir My Brother’s Ashes Are In A Sandwich Bag was named one of Apple’s Best Books of 2024 as well as topping Audible’s list of the year’s best memoirs and earning a nomination for the 2025 Russell Award for Humour Writing and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award.
LIVE SHOWS
2023 / 2024 – Legacy
2022 / 2023 – Reform
2020 / 2021 – Average Bear
2019 – A Very Fancy Dinner Party (Double Denim)
2018 – Adventure Show (Double Denim)
2017 – Double Denim (Double Denim)
2015 – 2017 – Space Tortoise
TV & FILM
2024 – Betterman – Michael Gracey
2024 – Australian Story – ABC
2024 – Thank God You’re Here S5/6 – TEN / Working Dog
2023 – Aunty Donna’s Coffee Cafe – ABC / Haven’t You Done Well
2023 – Australian Epic – ABC
2023 – We Interrupt This Broadcast – TEN
2023 – Koala Man – Hulu
2022 – Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala – ABC
2021 – Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala – ABC
2021 – Aunty Donna’s Big Ol House of Fun – NETFLIX
2021 – Why Are You Like This – ABC & NETFLIX
2021 – Australian Lockdown Comedy Festival – STAN
2021 – How To Stay Married – CH10
2019 – 2021 – Shaun Micallef’s Mad As Hell – ABC
2020 – At Home Alone Together – STAN
2020 – Drunk History: Australia – CH10
2020 – Whovians – ABC
2019 – Aunty Donna: Glennridge Secondary College – YOUTUBE
2019 – Get Krackin’ – ABC
2018 – The Merger – NETFLIX
2018 – Aunty Donna: The Album – YOUTUBE
2017 – Utopia – ABC
2017 – Aunty Donna: Best Content Ever!!1! – YOUTUBE
2017 – Aunty Donna: Ripper Aussie Summer – YOUTUBE
2016 – Aunty Donna: 1999
2014 – Fresh Blood – Aunty Donna – ABC
WRITING
2024 – My Brother’s Ashes are in a Sandwich Bag – (To be published late 2024)
2020 – YOLO: Crystal Fantasy (Michael Cusack) – HBO MAX
2018 – Why Are You Like this – ABC & NETFLIX
REVIEWS
‘A sharply relevant, hysterically funny story worthy of a Netflix special. A comedic force with serious musical theatre chops. ★★★★★’ Time Out
‘A wonderful achievement…one of the funniest shows of this festival season…An incredible tale that would beggar belief…’ ★★★★1/2 Sydney Morning Herald
‘...more twists and turns than you can count on two hands…a rollicking good – and heckin’ wild – ride.’ Scenestr
‘Endlessly charming. ★★★★★’ Chortle (UK)
‘Howlingly funny, emotionally generous and, ultimately, profound… A miracle of a show. ★★★★★’ Sydney Morning Herald
“An anarchic imp full of childish mischief and coquettish hypnotism. With an excellent singing voice and the ability to make the word ‘yes’ hilarious, Brasier is intensely watchable” – The Skinny (UK)
“Anyone who can get through thirty seconds of this fabulous show without emitting at least one hearty chuckle might need to check for a pulse.” – Herald Sun (For Double Denim Adventure Show)
“Artfully awkward comedy…It’s ridiculously fun.” – themusic.com.au
“Michelle Brasier is as funny as she is vocally talented” – stagewhispers.com