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Nina Oyama (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian comedian, writer, actress and director. She is well known for her roles in Utopia, and her participation as contestant in Taskmaster Australia.


Early life and education
Oyama was born on 18 August 1993 to an mother from 's and a father. Her parents met at a hostel in .

She attended North Sydney Girls High School, and went on to study communications and theatre media at Charles Sturt University in Bathurst, New South Wales.


Career
Oyama began performing stand-up comedy at 17 years old. In 2012, she was a state finalist in the competition. That year she also performed at The Sydney Fringe as part of "Barely Legal - Australia's Best Young Comedians" alongside and , and performed on 's show. Oyama became a writer for the children's sketch comedy show You're Skitting Me, and made her television debut performing stand-up comedy on SBS 2 in 2014.

In 2017, Oyama was cast as executive assistant/ Courtney Kano in the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of Utopia. In the same year, she joined the cast of 's topical entertainment show Tonightly with Tom Ballard as a writer; she also starred in the second and final series of the show in 2018.

Oyama directed, co-wrote, and co-starred in The Angus Project, a web series and television pilot that aired on in 2018. Based on real events in Bathurst, the series co-stars Angus Thompson as a sports journalist with , for whom Oyama becomes a friend and . The show received praise for its earnest depictions of and regional Australia.

Oyama was regularly performing stand-up comedy.
     

In 2020, she starred on the Network 10 sketch comedy series , and served as a scriptwriter for Michael Cusack's series . She co-directed the film Diving In, which starred an amputee swimmer and was featured in the 2020 Sydney Film Festival. Also in that year, Oyama received media attention for making "#CatPoop" a in Australia.

On 9 July 2024, Deadloch was renewed for a second season and it was announced that Oyama would reprise the role of Abby Matsuda. On 28 October, Oyama was named for the animated film The Pout Pout Fish.

On 4 June 2025, Oyama was announced as part of the cast for the series Gnomes.


Personal life
Oyama is .


Filmography

Television appearances
+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes
2026Gnomes
2025Claire Hooper's House Of GamesSelf5 episodes
2025The Role of a LifetimeDr. Jesse2 episodes
2023–presentAbby Matsuda8 episodes
2023Home and AwaySlyvie Grey2 episodes
We Interrupt This Broadcast7 episodes
Little Nina1 episode
2021Mikki vs The WorldVariousSeries 1
2020The Chasers War on 2020Various
Moments of ClarityNat5 episodes
Dom and AdrianDebbieTV Special
2019–2020Various13 episodes
2017–2019, 2023UtopiaCourtney16 episodes
2018Fresh Blood Pilot SeasonNina1 episode


Film appearances
+ !Year !Title !Role !Notes
2020SoullessDanniShort
The ComplexMeganShort
2026The Pout-Pout FishPipFilm


Other appearances
+ !Year !Title !Notes
2019Spicks and Specks1 episode
2021Question Everything1 episode
2023Have You Been Paying Attention?1 episode, as guest quiz master
Taskmaster AustraliaSeason 1 contestant
10 episodes
Would I Lie to You?1 episode
2024Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee (NZ)2 episodes
2024Thank God You’re Here1 episode
2025Claire Hooper’s House of Games5 episodes
2025Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee (AU)1 episode
+Writer !Year !Title !Role !Notes
2023MonologueWriter2 episodes
Class of '07Developer8 episodes
Koala ManWriter1 episode
2022LatecomersCreator/Writer6 episodes
2020Diving InWriterShort
The Chaser's War on 2020Writer
YOLO: Crystal FantasyWriter1 episode
2019Additional Material6 episodes
2018Fresh Blood Pilot SeasonWriter1 episode
2017–2018Tonightly with Tom BallardWriter161 episodes
2013–2016You're Skitting MeAdditional Material39 episodes
2016The Chaser's Election DeskAdditional Material5 episodes


Awards and nominations
  • 2018: Pilot of The Angus Project nominated for an Australian Directors' Guild award
  • 2019: Nominated, Best Newcomer at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival


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