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Magda Szubanski (born April 12, 1961 in Liverpool, England) is an Australian actress, comedian and writer. She is best known in having roles in Babe, Fast Forward, Happy Feet and Kath and Kim.
She emigrated to Australia in 1966 with her brother and sister, Polish father and Scottish mother.
Internationally, Szubanski is best known for her performance as Esme Hoggett in the film Babe and its sequel Babe: Pig in the City, as well as her recurring character of Furlow on the television series Farscape. In Australia, she is well-known to audiences for her writing and performing skills in several of Australia's most successful television comedy programs; more recently, she starred as Sharon Strzelecki in the highly successful television comedy show Kath & Kim, on the ABC network.
Magda emigrated to Australia in 1966 with her brother and sister, Polish father and Scottish mother. Her high school was Siena College, Melbourne. In 1976, as a year 10 student, she captained a team on the television quiz It's Academic.
In 1985, whilst performing in a University of Melbourne revue of Too Cool for Sandals, with Michael Veitch and Tom Gleisner, Szubanski was talent-spotted by producers from the ABC network, who convinced her to join up with some other university friends in creating the television sketch comedy show, The D-Generation.
It was in 1989 where Szubanski shot to national stardom. She was part of the team that created the television sketch comedy Fast Forward for the Seven Network, in which she played various characters, including Pixie-Anne Wheatley, Chenille, Sharon Strzelecki (Kath and Kim), Mary MacGregor, Joan Kirner and Lynne Postlethwaite, and other characters.
In 1995, she wrote, produced, and starred in Big Girl's Blouse. In the same year, she starred in the film Babe, which was nominated for numerous Academy Awards. She reprised her role in 1998 in Babe: Pig in the City.
In 2002, she appeared in Kath and Kim as Sharon. The show lasted for 3 seasons. In 2006, she played Sharon in Da Kath and Kim Code.
From 21 February 2006, Magda hosted a five-part series on the Nine Network, called Magda's Funny Bits, which showed never-before-seen footage of some of her most famous characters from the comedy show Fast Forward. Branded as 'no frills', it attracted insufficient ratings, and thus did not continue.
