Cast & creator
Urzila Carlson
Best known for Sherri, QI, After Midnight
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 Festivals, and performed for Just For Laughs at The Sydney Opera House. In New Zealand, she has sold out every solo show she’s had since 2009.
14
film credits
26
television credits
38
1994–2026 · acting roles
6.2
average across scored titles
Signature credits
Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (40)
Showing 40 of 40 credits
Sherri
Self - Guest
2022
QI
Self
2003
After Midnight
Self
2024
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Self - Panellist
2013
7 Days
Panelist
20097 Days
Team Leader
2009
Taskmaster Australia
Self
2023
The Cheap Seats
Self
2021
Taskmaster NZ
Self
2020
Thank God You're Here
2006
Drag Race Down Under
Self - Guest Judge
2021
The Masked Singer Australia
Self - Panelist
2019
Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras
Self - Presenter
1994
Have You Been Paying Attention?
Self - Panellist
2019
COMEDIANS of the world
Self
2019
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
Self
2023
Kinda Pregnant
Fallon
2025
Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont Spelling Bee
Self
2024
OZI: Voice of the Forest
Honkus (voice)
2024
Patriot Brains
Contestant
2021
Urzila
Self
2026Urzila
Creator
2026
Sam Pang Tonight
Self
2025
Hughesy, We Have A Problem
Self
2018
Glenn & Mick's Celebrity Intervention
Special Contributor
2026
Russell Howard Stands Up to the World
Self
2021
Best of Stand-Up 2020
Self
2020Cup Fever!
Self
2026
The Breaker Upperers
Client
2018
Goodbye A.I.
(voice)
2021
40th Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala
Urzila Carlson
2026
Upfront: The Queens of Comedy
2018
Rhys Nicholson's Big Queer Comedy Concert
Self
2023
Urzila Carlson: Overqualified Loser
2020Urzila Carlson: Overqualified Loser
Writer
2020
Urzila Carlson: Token African
Self
2022
Urzila Carlson: It's Personal
Self
2024Urzila Carlson: You Don’t Say
Urzila Carlson: Just Jokes
Self
2026
Urzila Carlson - Just No!
Self
2025