Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer


The Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer is an award, presented by Live Performance Australia at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2006.

Winners and nominees

  • Source:
YearPerformerProduction
2006
(6th)		Colin Lane and Frank WoodleyLano & Woodley – Goodbye
2006
(6th)		Akmal SalehAkmal Live!
2006
(6th)		Judith LucyI Failed!
2006
(6th)		David Collins & Shane DundasThe Umbilical Brothers – The Rehearsal
2007
(7th)		Adam HillsAdam Hills – Joymonger
2007
(7th)		Akmal SalehAkmal Live!
2007
(7th)		Fiona O'LoughlinN/A
2007
(7th)		Tom GleesonTom On!
2008
(8th)		David Collins & Shane DundasThe Umbilical Brothers – Don't Explain
2008
(8th)		Frank WoodleyPossessed
2008
(8th)		Julia MorrisShoosh Please!
2008
(8th)		Ross NobleN/A
2009
(9th)		Tim MinchinTim Minchin – Ready For This?
2009
(9th)		Adam HillsAdam Hills – Inflatable
2009
(9th)		Judith LucyJudith Lucy's Not Getting Any Younger
2009
(9th)		Julia Morris"Don't you know who I use to be?"
2010
(10th)		Wil AndersonWil Anderson – Wilful Misconduct
2010
(10th)		Kitty FlanaganCharming and Alarming
2010
(10th)		Fiona O'LoughlinOn a Wing and A Prayer
2010
(10th)		Hannah GadsbyHannah Gadsby – The Cliff Young Shuffle
2011
(11th)		Denise ScottRegrets
2011
(11th)		Hannah GadsbyMrs Chuckles
2011
(11th)		Tom GleesonUp Himself
2011
(11th)		Wil AndersonMan vs Wil
2012
(12th)		Tim MinchinTim Minchin vs The Orchestras Round II
2012
(12th)		Wil AndersonWilarious
2012
(12th)		Judith LucyNothing Fancy
2012
(12th)		Sam SimmonsAbout the Weather
2013
(13th)		Julia MorrisNo Judgement
2013
(13th)		Kitty FlanaganHello Kitty Flanagan
2013
(13th)		Hannah GadsbyHappiness is a Bedside Table
2013
(13th)		Wil AndersonGoodWil
2014
(14th)		Sam SimmonsDeath Of A Sails-Man
2014
(14th)		Ronny ChiengChieng Reaction
2014
(14th)		Tom GleesonQuality
2014
(14th)		The Boy With Tape on His FaceMore Tape
2015
(15th)		Judith LucyAsk No Questions of the Moth
2015
(15th)		Ronny ChiengYou Don't Know What You're Talking About
2015
(15th)		Nazeem HussainLegally Brown
2015
(15th)		Matt OkineThe Other Guy
2015
(15th)		Sam SimmonsSpaghetti for Breakfast
2016
(16th)		Tom BallardThe World Keeps Happening
2016
(16th)		Zoë Coombs MarrTrigger Warning
2016
(16th)		Doug Anthony Allstars – Paul McDermott, Tim Ferguson, Paul LivingstonReunion. Rebirth
2016
(16th)		Julia MorrisI Don't Want Your Honest Feedback
2017
(17th)		Hannah GadsbyNanette
2017
(17th)		Aunty DonnaBig Boys
2017
(17th)		Tom BallardProblematic
2017
(17th)		Joel CreaseyPoser
2017
(17th)		Nazeem HussainPublic Frenemy Nazeem Hussain
2017
(17th)		Sammy JHero Complex
2018
(18th)		Celia PacquolaAll Talk
2018
(18th)		Urzila CarlsonStudies Have Shown
2018
(18th)		Zoë Coombs MarrBossy Bottom
2018
(18th)		Anne EdmondsHelen Bidou – Enter the Spinnaker Lounge
2018
(18th)		Colin Lane & Frank WoodleyLano & Woodley – Fly
2018
(18th)		Julia MorrisLift and Separate Golden Jubilee
2018
(18th)		Rhys NicholsonSeminal