Hannah Gadsby

Hannah Gadsby (born 1978) is an Australian comedian, writer, and actor. They began their career in Australia after winning the national final of the Raw Comedy competition for new comedians in 2006. In 2018, their show Nanette on Netflix won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special and a Peabody Award. Starting in 2019, Gadsby toured internationally with their show Douglas and the recorded special was released on Netflix in 2020. In 2021, they were awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Tasmania. In March 2022, they published Ten Steps to Nanette: A Memoir Situation. They appeared as a recurring cast member in season four of Netflix's Sex Education as Celia, a radio show host. Early life Hannah Gadsby was born at North West Regional Hospital in Burnie, Tasmania. They grew up in Smithton, a small town on the remote north-west coast of Tasmania, as the youngest of five children. Gadsby attended Smithton High School from 1990 to 1995. In year 12, Gadsby attended Launceston College, where they had a nervous breakdown. They began studying at the University of Tasmania in Hobart but later transferred to the Australian National University, where they earned a bachelor's degree in art history and curatorship in 2003.