Claudia O'Doherty

Claudia O'Doherty is an Australian actress, writer, and comedian. She won the 2009 Melbourne Fringe Best Comedy Award and the Brisbane Comedy Festival Award for her debut show Monsters of the Deep 3D. She has appeared in several films and TV series, including starring roles in Love and Killing It.

Early life and education Claudia O'Doherty is the daughter of Mental As Anything band member and artist Reg Mombassa (born Chris O'Doherty).

She attended SCEGGS Darlinghurst and the University of Sydney. At university, she participated in the Arts Revue and met Nick Coyle and Charlie Garber, with whom she began writing and performing under the name Pig Island.

In 2014, O'Doherty appeared in The Inbetweeners 2 as an airline rep. In January 2015, she appeared on the British panel show QI alongside Jimmy Carr, Suggs, regular panelist Alan Davies and host Stephen Fry.

O'Doherty has appeared several times on the Comedy Bang! Bang! podcast, usually playing an exaggerated version of a character also named Claudia O'Doherty. She appeared with "Weird Al" Yankovic, Jimmy Pardo, Nick Kroll, Stars, and Peaches, among others. She also acted on one episode of the Comedy Bang! Bang! TV series in 2015.

O'Doherty moved to the Los Angeles neighbourhood of Silver Lake and again worked with Amy Schumer, appearing in several episodes of Schumer's comedy series Inside Amy Schumer in 2015 and 2016. O'Doherty received co-writing credit on the show, which received a 2016 Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series.

Following her involvement in the film Trainwreck, Judd Apatow approached O'Doherty about a role in the Netflix series Love. O'Doherty was cast as Bertie, the new roommate of Mickey, played by Gillian Jacobs. O'Doherty starred in all three seasons of the series, from 2016 through 2018. In 2018, O'Doherty also appeared as Amy in The Festival directed by Iain Morris.

In 2021, O'Doherty appeared in the music video for the 2020 mix of "My Sweet Lord" by George Harrison.

In 2022, O'Doherty was cast as Jillian Glopp in the Dan Goor sitcom Killing It, a character she continued for the series' second season in 2023.

Filmography

Film +Claudia O'Doherty film work Year Title Role Notes 2014 The Inbetweeners 2 Airline Rep 2015 Trainwreck Wendy 2017 Fun Mom Dinner Teacher Sherry The Circle High Powered Circler Uncredited 2018 The Festival Amy 2019 Long Shot Wembley News Anchor #3 Extra Ordinary Claudia Winter 2025 Maddie's Secret Emily

Television +Claudia O'Doherty television work Year Title Role Notes 2012 Problems Claudia 4 episodes; also writer 2013 Claudia O'Doherty Comedy Blaps Herself 3 episodes; also writer 2015 QI Herself Episode: "Long Lost" Kroll Show Stephanie Episode: "The Commonwealth Games" Comedy Bang! Bang! Shandy Williams Episode: "Lil Jon Wears a Baseball Cap and Sunglasses" Comedy Feeds Various Episode: "People Time" 2015–2016 Inside Amy Schumer Various 4 episodes; also writer 2015–2018 Drunk History Herself 2 episodes 2016 Animals. April (voice) 2 episodes 2016–2017 @midnight Herself Episodes: "362" & "511" 2016–2018 Love Bertie Bauer Main role, seasons 1–3; 29 episodes 2017 Drive Share Jenny Episode: "Backbiting Besties" 2019 SMILF Winnie Episode: "Sex Makes It Less Formal" Sarah's Channel Sarah 6 episodes Squinters Rachel 5 episodes 2020 Wild Life Marny (voice) 6 episodes 2020, 2021 Cake Mrs. Haywood (voice) 2 episodes 2020–2024 Bluey Aunt Frisky (voice) 3 episodes 2022 Our Flag Means Death Mary Bonnet 5 episodes The Strange Chores Mia / Finn (voice) 2 episodes 2022–2023 Killing It Jillian Glopp Main role, seasons 1 & 2; 18 episodes 2023 Koala Man Various characters (voices) Recurring role, 4 episodes Never Have I Ever Baby 3 episodes 2023–2025 Digman! Australia / Symone (voice) 2 episodes 2025 Wylde Pak Toe (voice) Episode: "Meats of Strength / Dead Ed's" Sunny Nights Sophie Episode: "Transform with Tansform" 2026 New Zealand Spy Misty Atwood 5 episodes