Emily Taheny

Emily Taheny is an Australian comedian, actress, and singer. She is known for her multiple appearances on the sketch comedy television series Comedy Inc. from 2003 through 2007, her role as "Kat" on the 2009 series The Jesters, and as a regular cast member on long-running satirical news program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell.

Early life and education Emily Taheny grew up in Warooka, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, one of seven children. Comedian Fiona O'Loughlin is her elder sister.

She graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in Adelaide.

In 2001 she collaborated with her sister Fiona O'Loughlin on the stage show Fiona, Her Sister and Some Guy, which they performed first at Warooka, then in Alice Springs, then at the Melbourne Comedy Festival, They went on to perform the show at Edinburgh Fringe. Melbourne Festival,

In February 2025 Taheny played chief-of-staff to MP Ruth Mandour (played by Susie Youssef) in the State Theatre Company South Australia political satire Housework, written by Emily Steel and directed by Shannon Rush. InDaily reviewer Murray Bramwell wrote "Taheny is excellent as Anna, the most closely detailed character in the play". Catherine Campbell, writing in The Conversation, called the play "a future Australian classic – a Housework is a future Australian classic – a Don's Party for our time", and wrote "Taheny effortlessly makes the whip-smart staffer Anna multifaceted, with internal conflict alongside high-energy pragmatism and expertly timed comedy".

From 2012 to 2022, she was a regular cast member on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's satirical news program Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, playing numerous recurring and one-off characters, and she competed in a special Mad As Hell does Hard Quiz in 2022. In 2019, Taheny appeared in Channel 7 series Secret Bridesmaids Business.

Awards and nominations 2001: Winner, Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival

Filmography Film

Television

Self appearances