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Veronica Milsom
Australian radio presenter From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Veronica Louise Milsom (born 9 October 1984[citation needed]) is an Australian radio presenter, comedian and actress. From 2014 to 2020, she co-hosted the afternoon drive-time programme Veronica & Lewis alongside Lewis Hobba on youth radio station Triple J.[1]
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Life and education
Milsom grew up in Geelong, Victoria, and has three siblings.[2] Milsom attended the same high school in Geelong as her Hungry Beast and Triple J co-host, Lewis Hobba.[3] After graduating from The Geelong College, Milsom studied at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[4]
Personal life
Milsom gave birth to a daughter, Lila, in 2017.[2][5] Her experience of motherhood is the basis for her 2019 solo stage performance Parent Virgin.[5]
Career
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Milsom is best known as a co-host of the Triple J radio station program Veronica & Lewis, presenting from 2014 to 2020[6] In 2016, she was shortlisted for female Radio Presenter of the Year at the Cosmopolitan Women of the Year Award.[7]
Milsom wrote for, and appeared in, the satirical current affairs program Hungry Beast.[8] Milsom has appeared on ABC television shows, including 44 episodes of Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell,[9] Back Seat Drivers, and It's a Date,[10] as well as Channel Ten's The Project and A League of Their Own (Australian game show).
ABC TV and Screen Australia commissioned Milsom to co-write and perform in The Record, a mockumentary series she created, which was shortlisted for the Australian Online Video Awards Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. The project became a short film, The Record: World’s Largest Family, co-written by Milsom and Steen Raskapoulos, which has screened at Manchester, Palm Springs and LA Webfest film festivals.[4][11] Milsom has also acted in The Angus Project on ABC iView.[12]
Milsom is also a playwright. Porky Pies (2007) was co-written with Alex Lee at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[13][14] In 2014, she performed live solo shows at The Melbourne and Sydney International Comedy Festivals.[8] Good Lord It’s Christmas (2016) and Parent Virgin (2019) were staged at Sydney's Giant Dwarf Theatre.
In February 2020, Milsom announced that she would not be returning to Triple J after the birth of her second child, and would be leaving at the end of the month.[15] Comedian Michael Hing replaced her on Triple J's drive-time segment, retitled Hobba and Hing, with Lewis Hobba continuing on as co-host.[16]
Discography
Singles
Awards and nominations
ARIA Music Awards
References
External links
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