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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.
She graduated from the Centre for Performing Arts in Adelaide. In 2003, she graduated from the College of Country Music in Tamworth, New South Wales.
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, where it received the Best Newcomer Award at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. They went on to perform the show at Edinburgh Fringe.
Taheny has also performed at the Adelaide Fringe Note: Incorrectly refers to Edinburgh Festival. Melbourne Festival, and further shows at the Melbourne Comedy 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 Hard Quiz in 2022.
In 2017, she appeared in the first episode of True Story with Hamish & Andy. In 2018 she starred in the comedy film The Flip Side. In 2019, Taheny appeared in Seven Network series Secret Bridesmaids Business.
Screen
Taheny made her television debut on Comedy Inc. in 2003, playing various characters on the show until its cancellation in 2007. In 2005, she made a guest appearance on Spicks and Specks. In 2006, she appeared on The Chaser's War on Everything, singing a song alongside Andrew Hansen's Crazy Warehouse character. She appeared as "Kat" in the 2009 television series The Jesters, and has appeared in the series Sleuth 101.
Awards and nominations
Filmography
Film
2014 Emma 2015 Now Add Honey Detective Davis 2018 That's Not My Dog! Herself The Flip Side Ronnie Lead role 2025 Kangaroo Dorinda
Television
2003–07 Comedy Inc. Various Regular role 2007 Stupid, Stupid Man Shona "The Black Dog" 2009–11 Kat Bailey Main role 2010 Sleuth 101 Hermoine / Rebecca "Delete Cache", "Performance Enhancing Death" 2012–2022 Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell Various Regular role 2013–14 It's a Date Manda "Should You Date on the Rebound?", "What's the Worst Thing That Can Happen on a Date?" 2014 Annie TV miniseries 2015 Open Slather Various Regular role 2016 Little Acorns Emily 9 episodes 2017 Get Krack!n Rebecca Slaw Episode 1 2018 How to Stay Married Claire 1 episodes 2019 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Nicole 3 episodes 2021 Fraud Festival Emily TV movie 2021-22 Bluey Wendy 4 episodes 2022 Hard Quiz Herself 1 episode 2023 Monologue Monique 6 episodes Bay of Fires Jodie 7 episodes Plausible Deniability Ashlee Beake 2 episodes 2024 Population 11 Audrey 10 episodes Thou Shalt Not Steal Karen 2 episodes
Self appearances
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! 2019 Celebrity Name Game Herself 1 episode 2017 Behave Yourself! Herself Contestant, episode 1 2016–2017 All Star Family Feud Herself 2 episodes
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