Nina Oyama (born 18 August 1993) is an Australian comedian, writer, actress and director. She is well known for her roles in Utopia, Deadloch and her participation as contestant in Taskmaster Australia.
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.
In 2017, Oyama was cast as executive assistant/receptionist Courtney Kano in the third, fourth, and fifth seasons of Utopia. In the same year, she joined the cast of ABC Comedy'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 ABC iview in 2018. Based on real events in Bathurst, the series co-stars Angus Thompson as a sports journalist with cerebral palsy, for whom Oyama becomes a friend and caregiver. The show received praise for its earnest depictions of disability and regional Australia.
Oyama was regularly performing stand-up comedy.
In 2020, she starred on the Network 10 sketch comedy series Kinne Tonight, and served as a scriptwriter for Michael Cusack's Adult Swim 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 Twitter trends 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.
| + !Year !Title !Role !Notes | |||
| 2026 | Gnomes | ||
| 2025 | Claire Hooper's House Of Games | Self | 5 episodes |
| 2025 | The Role of a Lifetime | Dr. Jesse | 2 episodes |
| 2023–present | Deadloch | Abby Matsuda | 8 episodes |
| 2023 | Home and Away | Slyvie Grey | 2 episodes |
| We Interrupt This Broadcast | Melissa Leong | 7 episodes | |
| Koala Man | Little Nina | 1 episode | |
| 2021 | Mikki vs The World | Various | Series 1 |
| 2020 | The Chasers War on 2020 | Various | |
| Moments of Clarity | Nat | 5 episodes | |
| Dom and Adrian | Debbie | TV Special | |
| 2019–2020 | Kinne Tonight | Various | 13 episodes |
| 2017–2019, 2023 | Utopia | Courtney | 16 episodes |
| 2018 | Fresh Blood Pilot Season | Nina | 1 episode |
| + !Year !Title !Role !Notes | |||
| 2020 | Soulless | Danni | Short |
| The Complex | Megan | Short | |
| 2026 | The Pout-Pout Fish | Pip | Film |
| + !Year !Title !Notes | ||
| 2019 | Spicks and Specks | 1 episode |
| 2021 | Question Everything | 1 episode |
| 2023 | Have You Been Paying Attention? | 1 episode, as guest quiz master |
| Taskmaster Australia | Season 1 contestant 10 episodes | |
| Would I Lie to You? | 1 episode | |
| 2024 | Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee (NZ) | 2 episodes |
| 2024 | Thank God You’re Here | 1 episode |
| 2025 | Claire Hooper’s House of Games | 5 episodes |
| 2025 | Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee (AU) | 1 episode |
| +Writer !Year !Title !Role !Notes | |||
| 2023 | Monologue | Writer | 2 episodes |
| Class of '07 | Developer | 8 episodes | |
| Koala Man | Writer | 1 episode | |
| 2022 | Latecomers | Creator/Writer | 6 episodes |
| 2020 | Diving In | Writer | Short |
| The Chaser's War on 2020 | Writer | ||
| YOLO: Crystal Fantasy | Writer | 1 episode | |
| 2019 | Squinters | Additional Material | 6 episodes |
| 2018 | Fresh Blood Pilot Season | Writer | 1 episode |
| 2017–2018 | Tonightly with Tom Ballard | Writer | 161 episodes |
| 2013–2016 | You're Skitting Me | Additional Material | 39 episodes |
| 2016 | The Chaser's Election Desk | Additional Material | 5 episodes |
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