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Mary-Anne Fahey (born 19 August 1955 as Mary-Anne Waterman) credited also as Maryanne Fahey, is an actress, comedian, screenwriter and children's author.

Career
Fahey has starred in and written for numerous TV and film comedy programs including The Comedy Company, , the first Australian female-only sketch comedy program, Get a Life and One Size Fits All. She had roles in , The Dunera Boys, All the Rivers Run II, Celia, Lucky Break and . She has received roles in theatre including Mary Lives!.

Fahey is most famous for her work on Channel Ten's The Comedy Company especially for her school girl character, , and three-year-old "Jophesine", the Play School Sketches with and the "Bedscene" sketches with her then real-life husband .

In the 1980s she appeared in an advertisement for David Reid electronics, which was promoting the Commodore Amiga 500.

Kylie Mole
Fahey's Kylie Mole character—a scowling schoolgirl—was so popular she published the best-selling novel My Diary by Kylie Mole. She released a Double A-Side single with tracks ""/"I Go, I Go", which hit #8 on the Australian in November 1988. A music video for "So Excellent" was filmed. The Kylie Mole character was one of several iconic characters that appeared in the show. Her characterisation especially resonated with Australian youth. The Australian adoption of the word "" was first popularised in the media by Kylie Mole, and other phrases she used gained a wider currency.

Later career
Fahey lives in Melbourne and is concentrating on writing and children's theatre. In May 2007, author bio for Mary-Anne Fahey she published her first children's novel, I, Nigel Dorking: An Autobiography about a Boy with an Unusual Vocabulary, a Suit of Armour and an Unshakeable Dream, Written by That Very Boy (Nigel Dorking), Grade Six ( and ). I, Nigel Dorking, book description & details Book Review of I, Nigel Dorking: "My Life as a Loser", by Sue Bursztynski, June 2007. Accessed 11 August 2007.

Awards
Fahey won a 1989 for "Most Popular Light Entertainment/Comedy Personality" for her work on The Comedy Company. She has won an Melbourne Writers' Festival 24Aug-2Sep 2007: Mary-Anne Fahey Information page and an Irish-dancing trophy where she came second in a competition of two.

Personal life
Fahey has two sons. Thomas Fahey, from her first marriage, and James McFadyen, born 12 July 1990. Fahey and split up in 1992. From 1994 until 2011 her partner was children's writer . He too has a background in comedy writing as a former writer for The Norman Gunston Show, and a satirical columnist for The Sydney Morning Herald and .

From 2014, Fahey has been in a relationship with Paul Jennings, another children's book writer who had previously collaborated with Morris Gleitzman on two books series, Wicked and Deadly.

Filmography
Film
Feature film
Feature film
Feature film

Television
1981Robyn CainTV series, 2 episodes
1983Kelly FraserTV series, 2 episodes
1983All The Rivers RunHildaTV miniseries, 3 episodes
1984The Keepers TV series, 1 episode
1984Special Squad TV series, 1 episode
1985The Eleventh HourVarious charactersTV series
1985The Dunera BoysNaomi MendellsohnTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1986The Great Bookie RobberyCherylTV miniseries, 2 episodes
1986Various characters (voice)TV series
1987Willing and Abel TV series, 1 episode
1988-1990The Comedy CompanyKylie MoleTV series, regular role
1988The Flying DoctorsLisa MorganTV series, 1 episode
1988The Gerry Connolly ShowVarious charactersTV series, 5 episodes
1991All Together NowRivka CarpenterTV series, 1 episode
1992-1993Various charactersTV series
1993-1996Gina (voice)Animated TV series, season 1
1994Sandra LynchTV series, 1 episode
1997Get a LifeJackie Carter (voice)Animated TV series
1998Kelly (voice)Animated TV series, 1 episode
1999Dr. McCorquondale (voice)Animated TV series, 1 episode
2000Kerry PhilbyTV series, 1 episode
2000One Size Fits AllHerself / Various charactersTV series, 13 episodes

Television appearances as self
1988The Eleventh Hour Looks at TelevisionHerselfTV special
1988Late Night OzHerselfTV series, 1 episode
1988Life Education Television AppealHerselfTV telethon special
1990A Funny Thing Happened to Australian ComedyHerselfTV special
1991WisecracksHerselfDocumentary special
1991Til TenGuest (with )TV series, 1 episode
1991; 1993Tonight Live with Steve VizardGuestTV series, 2 episodes
1991In Sydney TodayGuestTV series, 1 episode
1991The Melbourne Comedy Festival - A Night of a Thousand LaughsHerselfTV special
199135 Years of TelevisionHerselfTV special
1992The Morning ShowGuestTV series, 1 episode
1992Burke's BackyardCelebrity gardenerTV series, 1 episode
1992ReviewHerselfTV series, 1 episode
1992GuestTV series, 1 episode
1992The World TonightGuestTV series, 1 episode
1992GuestTV series, 1 episode
1993Australian Television's Funniest PeopleHerselfTV special
1993The Norman Gunston ShowGuestTV series, 1 episode
1993Live and SweatyGuestTV series, 1 episode
1993; 1994; 1997Good Morning AustraliaGuestTV series, 3 episodes
1993; 1994Live It UpGuestTV series, 2 episodes
1993; 1997Ray Martin at MiddayGuestTV series, 1 episode
1994; 1997What's CookingCelebrity cookTV series, 2 episodes
1996Comic ReliefHerselfTV special
1997Midday with Kerri-AnneGuestTV series, 1 episode
1997TodayGuestTV series, 1 episode
1997This Is Your LifeHerselfTV series, 1 episode
1998DeniseGuestTV series, 1 episode
2002People DimensionsHerselfTV series, 1 episode
2006Good as Gold!GuestTV series, 1 episode
2007GuestTV series, 1 episode
2007The Sounds of AusHerselfTV series

Stage
University of Melbourne
Melbourne Comedy Cafe
Living Arts Centre, Adelaide for
The Last Laugh, Melbourne
Universal Theatre, Melbourne
Malthouse Theatre, Geelong Arts Centre, Monash University with Playbox Theatre Company
Melbourne Athenaeum
Canberra Theatre with Comedy Summit
Canberra Theatre with Comedy Summit

As writer
Le Joke, Melbourne with

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