****Rosalind Hammond, often credited as Ros or Roz, is an Australian actress and writer who has worked in theatre, film, and television. Hammond's television appearances include the role of Heather in ABC's Bay of Fires, Claudia in The Heights, and ten seasons of Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell.

Early life and education

Rosalind Hammond is a graduate of the Western Australian Academy of Performing Arts.

Career

Hammond played the role of librarian Christine Grimwood in three series of the ABC sitcom The Librarians. She was a regular cast member on Thank God You're Here, Full Frontal, Sky Trackers, Snowy, and Micro Nation. Hammond made guest appearances on the television series Harrow, Please Like Me, The Letdown, Carla Cametti PD, Driven Crazy, Law of the Land, MDA, Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries, Mr & Mrs Murder, Newstopia, Offspring, Outland, Raw FM, Slide and Welcher and Welcher, and in the TV movie Curtin. She also wrote for television programs, including ABC Kids series Little Lunch, ABC's It's A Date, SkitHOUSE, Eric Bana's sketch show Eric, Home and Away, The Mick Molloy Show and Small Tales and True. She has appeared in feature films Muriel's Wedding, in which she played one of the bridesmaids; The Dish, The Honourable Wally Norman; and the short film Titsiana Booberini. Hammond's theatre credits include productions with the Melbourne and Sydney Theatre Companies with roles in Blithe Spirit, The Female of the Species, Happy Endings (2012), Kid Stakes, Secret Bridesmaids' Business, and Things We Do For Love. Her one-woman show, Full Blown Rose, had successful international tours to the Dublin Fringe Festival and the Glasgow Millers International Comedy Festival. At the 2005 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she received a Golden Gibbo nomination. From 2012 to 2022, Hammond appeared as a regular guest for Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell, on which she portrayed characters such as Jacquie Lambie’s press secretary Dolly Norman, conservative blogger Vomitoria Catchment, royal watcher Gay March. She previously worked with Shaun Micallef in three series of The Micallef Programme. At the 2013 Melbourne International Comedy Festival, she performed Gym and Tonic, based on her "other career" as a personal trainer at an all-women's gym. The production then toured nationally. In 2023, Hammond appeared in ABC series Bay of Fires. In 2024 she appeared in ABC comedy series White Fever.

Filmography

Film

Television

Stage

As actor

As director

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