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• Left school at the age of 15 and ran away with Tracy Pew, a bassist from the Australian rock band the Birthday Party.
• At the age of 17, met Kath & Kim costar and friend Jane Turner at St. Martins Youth Arts Centre in Melbourne.
• Decided to become a comedian after struggling for years to find work as a regular actor.
• Appeared in the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Into the Woods in 1998.
• Character Kim from Kath & Kim was inspired by a bride from the Australian documentary series Weddings who behaved as if she were a princess.
• Tends to avoid doing interviews. Typically gives interviews in character as Kim from Kath & Kim, or with costar and cocreator Jane Turner.