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| Julia Zemiro | |
| Born | 1967 Aix-en Provence, France |
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| Residence | Melbourne |
| Nationality | Australian |
Julia Zemiro (born 1967 in Aix-en Provence, France) is an Australian television presenter, radio host, and comedienne.
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Early life
Zemiro's father was a French waiter and her Australian mother was from Queensland. In 1970, she moved to Australia at the age of two and a half. She attended Sydney Girls High School before studying for a Bachelor of Arts at the University of Sydney. Zemiro was accepted into the Victorian College of the Arts Drama School before completing her final year, and moved to Melbourne in 1992.
Acting
Zemiro graduated from the Victorian College of the Arts in 1993 and found work touring with the Bell Shakespeare Company. She has featured in short films including The Extra and Muffled Love , winning the Tropfest Best Actress award twice, in 1997 and 2000. She co-wrote, performed and directed Backpackers.
Zemiro appeared as "Bronya" in Eurovision, the Musical (2003), Euromax 7 The Musical (2004) and Eürobeat: Almost Eurovision (2006).
A long-time Theatresports veteran, Julia played at the Belvoir Theatre, Sydney for many years before her move to Melbourne. She is currently a performer with Impro Melbourne[citation needed], starring in their annual season of Celebrity Theatresports and regularly appears in their Melbourne International Comedy Festival hit, "Late Nite Impro". She is also a core cast member of the improvised stage show Spontaneous Broadway.
Television
Julia first appeared as a television presenter as the host of World Telly 2, an international co-production devised by broadcaster and journalist Scott Watkins-Sully. She previously appeared in the original World Telly as part of an improvised comedy group. The World Telly programmes were broadcast by ABC Australia Television, the ABC's original but now defunct venture into international satellite broadcasting.
During her time with the Bell Shakespeare Company, Zemiro became a regular panellist and debater for Good News Week and a writer and performer on Totally Full Frontal - the latter for two seasons in which she played over 30 characters. She was a regular guest on Thank God You're Here. In 2007 she appeared in and 'won' Australia's Brainiest TV Star and hosted Song for the Socceroos, during the FIFA World Cup.
In 2006 she appeared on the comedy show The Wedge, as various characters. In 2007 she was a contestant on Channel Seven's It Takes Two, paired with Dave Gleeson; they were the fourth pair to be eliminated. Zemiro has also appeared in television commercials, including as a satiric French fashion expert called Fifi La Croix for Target's breast cancer campaign.
She was a judge on LifeStyle Food's Great BBQ Challenge in 2006 and 2007. Julia appeared in an episode of CNNNN - as the host of 'Animal Farm'. Since 2005 she has hosted RocKwiz on SBS, a music trivia programme usually recorded at The Espy, and now co-hosts The Jonathan Coleman Experience on radio across Australia with Jonathan Coleman. In 2007 she accepted the role as host of the second series of Channel Nine show What a Year, alongside Bert Newton.
Julia also appeared as a guest on Top Gear Australia, in its third episode.
