Cal Wilson

Cal started her comedy career in New Zealand, winning the inaugural Billy T Award for up and coming comedians in 1997. In 2000 she was awarded Best Comedian by Metro Magazine.

As well as her live comedy, extensive corporate work, and regular festival shows, she also appeared in all 6 series of the comedy showcase "Pulp Comedy; " filming a comedy special "Cal Wilson and Co" with the Perrier Award Nominated "Flight of the Conchords.

Her NZ acting credits include the drama series Duggan, and "Street Legal," with a lead role in the feature film "Orphans and Angels."

Cal wrote for and voiced various comedy radio serials and had her own long running column in both "Cleo" and "She" magazines. She was also part of the award-winning writing team, on TV 1s popular comedy "Willy Nilly."

In 2001, she won Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival for her stand up/character comedy show "Hell Kitty." She guested on "The Panel" in Australia, and was part of the weekly panel on the kiwi version of the show.

Cal defected to Australia in 2003, to take up a job performing and writing on Channel 10's "Skithouse."

Since then, she has appeared on "The Glasshouse," and "Rove Live," as well as acting in Channel 7's "Last Man Standing." She also pops up on the odd occasion on the ABC's music quiz show "Spicks and Specks," and Channel 10's "Thank God You're Here."

In 2004, she took her one-woman show "Jekyll and Bride," to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, to wide acclaim; and has appeared twice by invitation, at the Montreal Just For Laughs Festival. Last year at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival she outed herself as an Aussie Rules fanatic, with her show "Up there, Cal Wilson." (Carn the Sailors!) (if you saw the show, you'll know what she means) (If you didn't, you'll just be confused)

Cal can now be heard every weekday from 4 - 6pm on Nova, on "The Wrong Way Home with Akmal, Cal and Ed."