Urzila Carlson

Acting

Urzila Carlson

Born

1976-02-15 (50)

Place of birth

Johannesburg, South Africa

Known for

Acting

Credits

40 titles

Urzila Carlson is a South African-born stand up comedian. She lives in Auckland, New Zealand with her wife and two kids. She regularly appears on television shows, including Australia's Have You Been Paying Attention? and New Zealand's 7 Days, Super City and Road Madness. Since taking the comedy stage in 2008, she has had five sold out seasons at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, television appearances on Spicks and Specks, Dirty Laundry, Have You Been Paying Attention, The Great Debate with Barry Humphries, Comedy Up Late as a guest and a host, and the Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas. Urzila has also done sold out festival shows in Perth, Sydney and Adelaide Comedy…

Known for

Film credits

2020s · 11 titles

Kinda Pregnant poster
5.6

When Lainy's plan to settle down and start a family falls apart, she puts on a fake baby bump, tells a lie — and accidentally falls for her dream guy.

Kinda Pregnant

2025

OZI: Voice of the Forest poster
6.0

Separated from her parents when their forest home is destroyed, Ozi is taken in by kind wildlife sanctuary owners who keep her safe and slowly teach her to communicate through sign language. With the combination of her new skills and natural talent for social media, Ozi soon has a worldwide following. When she learns that her parents might be alive, Ozi sets off on a quest to find them and to tell the world what is happening to the rainforest before it’s too late. With help from new friends, cheeky monkey Chance and loveable rhino Honkus, Ozi discovers that one voice really can change the world.

OZI: Voice of the Forest

2024

Best of Stand-Up 2020 poster
6.0

From Jerry Seinfeld to Leslie Jones, Kevin Hart to Hannah Gadsby, laugh along with the funniest bits from Netflix's 2020 stand-up comedy specials.

Best of Stand-Up 2020

2020

40th Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala poster
5.0

Denise Scott hosts the Melbourne Comedy Festival Gala featuring a stellar lineup including Claire Hooper, Josh Thomas, Urzila Carlson, Sammy J, Matt Okine, Sashi Perera, Takashi Wakasugi, Ray O'Leary, Nath Valvo and more.

40th Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala

2026

Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert poster
5.0

The brand new stand-up special was recorded at Sydney’s magnificent Enmore Theatre. Hosted by Rhys Nicholson (RuPaul’s Drag Race Down Under), the concert features a cast of award-winning LGBTQIA+ comedy superstars, including Urzila Carlson, Geraldine Hickey, Cassie Workman, and Chris Parker.

Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert

2023

Urzila Carlson: Overqualified Loser poster
4.8

Stand-up comedian Urzila Carlson keeps the crowd roaring with her thoughts on recasting "The Biggest Loser," sex tape regrets and boxed wine hangovers.

Urzila Carlson: Overqualified Loser

2020

Urzila Carlson: It's Personal poster
3.8

Welcome to the days of mind your own business and don’t comment on others business. Not their gender, sexuality, body, hair, education or career. Also, welcome to the days of total oversharing on social media, but STILL, mind your own business. We want to talk about things and want everyone to know IT’S PERSONAL! This is a show about keeping your cards close to your chest but walking around naked. Can we have it all? Yes, but also bloody no but also it’s none of your business because IT’S PERSONAL.

Urzila Carlson: It's Personal

2024

Urzila Carlson - Just No! poster
7.0

Filmed at the Brisbane Powerhouse, 2024

Urzila Carlson - Just No!

2025

Urzila Carlson: Just Jokes poster
NR

Urzila Carlson’s Just Jokes (2026) is a sharp, high‑energy stand‑up special that showcases her trademark blend of blunt honesty, self‑deprecating wit, and effortlessly relatable storytelling. Filmed at the Brisbane Powerhouse and released on YouTube

Urzila Carlson: Just Jokes

2026

Urzila Carlson: You Don’t Say poster
NR

2026 Comedy special

Urzila Carlson: You Don’t Say

2026

Urzila Carlson: Token African poster
7.0

Africans have become the new must have accessory. Okay, not really, but everyone knows one, works with one or has a sister that’s dating one of us. What makes you African? Is it enough that you’re born there? Do you need to be able to dance? Why does being South African not register as African in most places? You’re thinking about it right now aren’t you? Questioning it. Africa changes people. People who visit game reserves wear ranger outfits... why is that? We don’t wear scrubs when going to the doctor... Africa puts things in perspective, this show will help you find that focus, delivered to you by a Token African.

Urzila Carlson: Token African

2022

Series credits

Sherri poster
2.6

Sherri Shepherd, actress, comic, and Emmy Award-winning longtime co-host of "The View", appears before a live audience with a daily dose of pop culture, comedy, conversations, and daytime talk staples, including celebrity and human interest interviews.

Sherri

2022

QI poster
7.9

Comedy quiz show full of quirky facts, in which contestants are rewarded more if their answers are 'quite interesting'.

QI

2003

After Midnight poster
5.5

Celebrated comedian Taylor Tomlinson hosts the smartest show on television about the dumbest things on the internet alongside a panel of guests from the worlds of entertainment, comedy, music, and beyond.

After Midnight

2024

Have You Been Paying Attention? poster
7.3

Topical comedy-quiz show featuring five guests competing to see who can remember the most about events of the week. A fast-paced, funny look at international affairs, politics, sport and entertainment news, we test just how well our contestants have been paying attention.

Have You Been Paying Attention?

2013

7 Days poster
7.0

7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar in some ways to the British program Mock the Week, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by The Down Low Concept. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.

7 Days

2009

7 Days poster
7.0

7 Days is a New Zealand comedy gameshow similar in some ways to the British program Mock the Week, hosted by Jeremy Corbett and created by The Down Low Concept. Paul Ego and Dai Henwood usually appear on each episode, along with other comedians, who form teams and answer questions about news stories from the last week.

7 Days

2009

Taskmaster NZ poster
8.0

Jeremy Wells and his loyal assistant Paul Williams torment some of Aotearoa's best, brightest, and most available comedians. Who will earn the Taskmaster's respect and a gold statue of his head?

Taskmaster NZ

2020

Taskmaster Australia poster
6.9

Tough-love Taskmaster Tom Gleeson and his trusty assistant Tom Cashman put a batch of Aussie battlers through their paces!

Taskmaster Australia

2023

The Cheap Seats poster
8.4

Major news stories, not-so-major news stories, stories involving cats, entertainment, sport and viral videos, it’s a Reader's Digest of world events for a generation who simply don’t want to read.

The Cheap Seats

2021

Thank God You're Here poster
6.4

Each episode involves performers walking through a door into an unknown situation, greeted by the line "Thank God you're here!". They then had to improvise their way through the scene. At the end of each episode a winner was announced.

Thank God You're Here

2006

Drag Race Down Under poster
5.1

Drag queen contestants compete in an elimination-style contest and strut their stuff in a variety of challenges - all to prove that they’ve got what it takes to be Down Under's next Drag Queen Superstar!

Drag Race Down Under

2021

COMEDIANS of the world poster
5.6

Global stand-up comedy series features a diverse set of comics from 13 regions bringing their perspectives on what's funny around the world.

COMEDIANS of the world

2019

The Masked Singer Australia poster
9.8

Australian version of the reality singing competition where celebrities battle it out with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, concealing their identity from the audience and the viewers at home.

The Masked Singer Australia

2019

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee poster
8.3

Get ready to laugh-out-loud as Guy Montgomery and his loyal assistant Aaron Chen are joined by some of Australia's favourite personalities, testing their spelling prowess with wildly inventive spelling challenges designed to befuddle, bamboozle, and bedazzle them all.

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

2024

Have You Been Paying Attention? poster
7.5

New Zealand's best and brightest comedians showcase their current affairs prowess unpacking the hot topics of the week: politics, sports, pop culture news and international affairs to test just who’s been paying attention…

Have You Been Paying Attention?

2019

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee poster
8.4

Comedian Guy Montgomery hosts a spelling competition with a mixture of simple and unconventional rounds.

Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee

2023

Sam Pang Tonight poster
7.5

A weekly tonight show hosted by Sam Pang. Featuring a monologue roasting the news of the week, a mix of local and international guests and plenty of Sam's friends from across the comedy world.

Sam Pang Tonight

2025

Urzila poster
6.0

Urzila is gleefully outrageous, capturing Carlson’s fearless, no-filter approach to comedy in full flight. Each episode mashes up razor‑sharp stand-up with cheeky, fast‑firing sketches, many of them plucked straight from the wildly funny stories she riffs on during her live shows. The whole thing crackles with mischief. It’s a TV series powered by two decades of stand-up comedy chaos: bold, boisterous, and unmistakably Urzila.

Urzila

2026

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras poster
NR

Coverage of the annual Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras.

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras

1994

Patriot Brains poster
5.0

The fast-paced comedy panel show will see each country’s greatest comedian’s pitted against each other to find out who knows their country best, with our host the only thing keeping them apart.

Patriot Brains

2021

Hughesy, We Have A Problem poster
NR

Marking his return to TEN and WIN Network in a hosting role, beloved comedian Hughesy wants to take the problems experienced by everyday Australians – the big, small and the incredibly awkward – and turn them into working solutions. From how to handle infidelity to solving who gets to hold the television remote, there is no problem too big, small, funny or difficult for Hughesy and the team to tackle. Each episode, Hughesy is joined by four of Australia’s funniest comedians who offer searingly honest and hilarious insights as they help untangle the messiness of modern life.

Hughesy, We Have A Problem

2018

Glenn & Mick's Celebrity Intervention poster
NR

Join comedy heavyweights Glenn Robbins and Mick Molloy as they put a well-known personality under the spotlight. The interventions no celebrity asked for, but everyone wants to see.

Glenn & Mick's Celebrity Intervention

2026

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NR

'Cup Fever!' is a nightly football recap show airing throughout the FIFA World Cup. The half-hour panel show features highlights, special guests and comedy sketches.

Cup Fever!

2026

No artwork available
NR

Paramedics Sameer and Donna thrive under pressure but fail at adulting. When Sameer's wife leaves after their son's birth, and Donna's new house becomes a money pit - can these two repair the mess they've made of their lives?

Separated at Birth

2026

Russell Howard Stands Up to the World poster
4.0

The stand-up comedian performs in Denmark, New Zealand and Germany over the course of two months - one of the first people to do so since lockdown began. Between gigs he explores the countries he's visiting.

Russell Howard Stands Up to the World

2021

Goodbye A.I. poster
NR

Robot pals Rej and Rub face a long journey when they wake up in a dump far from home. Can they work together to find their way back to their creators?

Goodbye A.I.

2021

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