Urzila Carlson

Urzila Carlson is a South African-born stand up comedian. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her wife and two kids. She regularly appears on television shows, including Australia's Have You Been Paying Attention? and New Zealand's 7 Days, Super City and Road Madness. Since taking the comedy stage in 2008, she has had five sold out seasons at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, television appearances on Spicks and Specks, Dirty Laundry, Have You Been Paying Attention, The Great Debate with Barry Humphries, Comedy Up Late as a guest and a host, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas. Urzila has also done sold out festival shows in Perth, Sydney and Adelaide Comedy Festivals, and performed for Just For Laughs at The Sydney Opera House. In New Zealand, she has sold out every solo show she’s had since 2009.

Works

7 Days

7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar in some ways to the British program Mock the Week, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by The Down Low Concept. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.

Release Date2009-08-21

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Episode Count4

Vote Count1

Kinda Pregnant

When Lainy's plan to settle down and start a family falls apart, she puts on a fake baby bump, tells a lie — and accidentally falls for her dream guy.

Release Date2025-02-04

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Vote Count326

Patriot Brains

The fast-paced comedy panel show will see each country’s greatest comedian’s pitted against each other to find out who knows their country best, with our host the only thing keeping them apart.

Release Date2021-04-07

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Episode Count1

Vote Count1

OZI: Voice of the Forest

Separated from her parents when their forest home is destroyed, Ozi is taken in by kind wildlife sanctuary owners who keep her safe and slowly teach her to communicate through sign language. With the combination of her new skills and natural talent for social media, Ozi soon has a worldwide following. When she learns that her parents might be alive, Ozi sets off on a quest to find them and to tell the world what is happening to the rainforest before it’s too late. With help from new friends, cheeky monkey Chance and loveable rhino Honkus, Ozi discovers that one voice really can change the world.

Release Date2024-03-07

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Vote Count23

The Breaker Upperers

Two women run a business breaking up couples for cash but when one develops a conscience their friendship unravels.

Release Date2018-03-10

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Vote Count227

40th Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala

Denise Scott hosts the Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala featuring a stellar lineup including Claire Hooper, Josh Thomas, Urzila Carlson, Sammy J, Matt Okine, Sashi Perera, Takashi Wakasugi, Ray O'Leary, Nath Valvo and more.

Release Date2026-03-25

Charactersd Urzila Carlson

Vote Count1

Glenn & Mick's Celebrity Intervention

Join comedy heavyweights Glenn Robbins and Mick Molloy as they put a well-known personality under the spotlight. The interventions no celebrity asked for, but everyone wants to see.

Release Date2026-04-20

Charactersd Special Contributor

Episode Count1

Goodbye A.I.

Robot pals Rej and Rub face a long journey when they wake up in a dump far from home. Can they work together to find their way back to their creators?

Release Date2021-12-14

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Episode Count10

Urzila Carlson: Overqualified Loser

Stand-up comedian Urzila Carlson keeps the crowd roaring with her thoughts on recasting "The Biggest Loser," sex tape regrets and boxed wine hangovers.

Release Date2020-07-14

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

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Vote Count10

Sherri

Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop culture, comedy, conversations, and daytime talk staples, including celebrity and human interest interviews.

Release Date2022-09-12

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Episode Count1

Vote Count14

After Midnight

Celebrated comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet alongside a panel of guests from the worlds of entertainment, comedy, music, and beyond.

Release Date2024-01-17

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Episode Count1

Vote Count24

Have You Been Paying Attention?

Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.

Release Date2013-11-03

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Episode Count57

Vote Count9

QI

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

Release Date2003-09-11

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Episode Count1

Vote Count283

The Cheap Seats

Major news stories, not-so-major news stories, stories involving cats, entertainment, sport and viral videos, it’s a Reader's Digest of world events for a generation who simply don’t want to read.

Release Date2021-07-20

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count5

Drag Race Down Under

Drag queen contestants compete in an elimination-style contest and strut their stuff in a variety of challenges - all to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be Down Under's next Drag Queen Superstar!

Release Date2021-05-01

Charactersd Self - Guest Judge

Episode Count1

Vote Count28

Taskmaster NZ

Jeremy Wells and his loyal assistant Paul Williams torment some of Aotearoa's best, brightest, and most available comedians. Who will earn the Taskmaster's respect and a gold statue of his head?

Release Date2020-10-21

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Episode Count10

Vote Count18

Taskmaster

Tough-love Taskmaster Tom Gleeson and his trusty assistant Tom Cashman put a batch of Aussie battlers through their paces!

Release Date2023-02-02

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Vote Count20

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

Coverage of the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Release Date1994-02-04

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Episode Count1

COMEDIANS of the world

Global stand-up comedy series features a diverse set of comics from 13 regions bringing their perspectives on what's funny around the world.

Release Date2019-01-01

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count21

The Masked Singer Australia

Australian version of the reality singing competition where celebrities battle it out with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, concealing their identity from the audience and the viewers at home.

Release Date2019-09-23

Charactersd Self - Panelist

Episode Count22

Vote Count5

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

Get ready to laugh-out-loud as Guy Montgomery and his loyal assistant Aaron Chen are joined by some of Australia's favourite personalities, testing their spelling prowess with wildly inventive spelling challenges designed to befuddle, bamboozle, and bedazzle them all.

Release Date2024-08-14

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Urzila

Urzila is gleefully outrageous, capturing Carlson’s fearless, no-filter approach to comedy in full flight. Each episode mashes up razor‑sharp stand-up with cheeky, fast‑firing sketches, many of them plucked straight from the wildly funny stories she riffs on during her live shows. The whole thing crackles with mischief. It’s a TV series powered by two decades of stand-up comedy chaos: bold, boisterous, and unmistakably Urzila.

Release Date2026-04-29

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

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Episode Count[ 6 ]

Vote Count2

Have You Been Paying Attention?

New Zealand's best and brightest comedians showcase their current affairs prowess unpacking the hot topics of the week: politics, sports, pop culture news and international affairs to test just who’s been paying attention…

Release Date2019-07-24

Charactersd Self - Panellist

Episode Count33

Vote Count2

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

Comedian Guy Montgomery hosts a spelling competition with a mixture of simple and unconventional rounds.

Release Date2023-02-16

Charactersd Self

Episode Count1

Vote Count7

Sam Pang Tonight

A weekly tonight show hosted by Sam Pang. Featuring a monologue roasting the news of the week, a mix of local and international guests and plenty of Sam's friends from across the comedy world.

Release Date2025-03-17

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Episode Count1

Vote Count1

Hughesy, We Have A Problem

Marking his return to TEN and WIN Network in a hosting role, beloved comedian Hughesy wants to take the problems experienced by everyday Australians – the big, small and the incredibly awkward – and turn them into working solutions. From how to handle infidelity to solving who gets to hold the television remote, there is no problem too big, small, funny or difficult for Hughesy and the team to tackle. Each episode, Hughesy is joined by four of Australia’s funniest comedians who offer searingly honest and hilarious insights as they help untangle the messiness of modern life.

Release Date2018-01-30

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Episode Count2

Best of Stand-up 2020

Unnecessary milk substitutes. Bad passwords. Burlap underpants. 2020 may have sucked, but thankfully the jokes didn't.

Release Date2020-12-31

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Vote Count24

Cup Fever!

'Cup Fever!' is a nightly football recap show airing throughout the FIFA World Cup. The half-hour panel show features highlights, special guests and comedy sketches.

Release Date2026-06-12

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Episode Count1

Russell Howard Stands Up to the World

The stand-up comedian performs in Denmark, New Zealand and Germany over the course of two months - one of the first people to do so since lockdown began. Between gigs he explores the countries he's visiting.

Release Date2021-05-31

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Episode Count1

Vote Count2

Urzila Carlson: It's Personal

Welcome to the days of mind your own business and don’t comment on others business. Not their gender, sexuality, body, hair, education or career. Also, welcome to the days of total oversharing on social media, but STILL, mind your own business. We want to talk about things and want everyone to know IT’S PERSONAL! This is a show about keeping your cards close to your chest but walking around naked. Can we have it all? Yes, but also bloody no but also it’s none of your business because IT’S PERSONAL.

Release Date2024-05-10

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Vote Count2

Urzila Carlson - Just No!

Filmed at the Brisbane Powerhouse, 2024

Release Date2025-02-13

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Vote Count1

Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert

The brand new stand-up special was recorded at Sydney’s magnificent Enmore Theatre. Hosted by Rhys Nicholson (RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under), the concert features a cast of award-winning LGBTQIA+ comedy superstars, including Urzila Carlson, Geraldine Hickey, Cassie Workman, and Chris Parker.

Release Date2023-02-16

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Vote Count1

Urzila Carlson: Token African

Africans have become the new must have accessory. Okay, not really, but everyone knows one, works with one or has a sister that’s dating one of us. What makes you African? Is it enough that you’re born there? Do you need to be able to dance? Why does being South African not register as African in most places? You’re thinking about it right now aren’t you? Questioning it. Africa changes people. People who visit game reserves wear ranger outfits... why is that? We don’t wear scrubs when going to the doctor... Africa puts things in perspective, this show will help you find that focus, delivered to you by a Token African.

Release Date2022-09-08

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Vote Count1

Urzila Carlson: Just Jokes

Urzila Carlson’s Just Jokes (2026) is a sharp, high‑energy stand‑up special that showcases her trademark blend of blunt honesty, self‑deprecating wit, and effortlessly relatable storytelling. Filmed at the Brisbane Powerhouse and released on YouTube

Release Date2026-02-09

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Thank God You're Here

Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.

Release Date2006-04-05

Episode Count4

Vote Count8

Upfront: The Queens of Comedy

The fiercest and funniest ladies of comedy join forces to slay in a night of outstanding wit, charm and lip. Features Demi Lardner, Becky Lucas, Geraldine Hickey, Urzila Carlson, Nikki Britton, Lady Rizo and more.

Release Date2018-04-22