Lily Hensby

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Gender
Female
Pronoun
she/they
Age Range
24 - 35
Ethnicity
Caucasian
Height
166cm
Base Location
Sydney
Available In
Adelaide, Auckland, Australian Capital Territory, Brisbane, Cairns, Christchurch, Dunedin, Gold Coast, International, Melbourne, Northern NSW, Northern Territory, Perth, Queenstown, Sydney, Tasmania, Wellington
Skills
Actor, Choreographer, Commercial Talent, Dancer, Director, Intimacy Coordinator, Musical Theatre, Presenter, Stand-up Comedian, Variety Artist, Voice Artist, Writer, Producer, Singer
Hair
Blonde, Light Brown
Eye
Blue
Memberships
M.E.A.A
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Credits

Theatre

2023
Lola
A Fine Line
Hensby & Beckett
Gaden Sousa
2023
Writer/Director
Last Time
Hensby & Beckett
Lily Hensby
2022
Writer/Director
Last Time
Hensby & Beckett
Lily Hensby
2020
Lily
Stalls
Shopfront Arts Co Op
Lily Hensby
2019
Writer/Director
D.O.A
UOW
Lily Hensby & Mark Rogers
2019
Writer/Director
Pretty Fly for a Dead Guy
Shopfront Arts Co Op
Lily Hensby
2018
Colon
Organs!
Shopfront Arts Co Op
Nicole Pingon
2018
Wendy Thrace
Tom William Mitchell
Merrigong Theatre Company
Mark Rogers
2017
Various
Love and Information
PACT
Tim Maddock
2017
Xtra
Fuck This Love
Deb Pollard
2016
Journalist
Checklist of an Armed Robber
Jay Gardener
2016
Gretchen
Seeing Horrors 2
Mark Rogers
2016
Louis/Martin/Det. Evans
Birdland
Tim Maddock

Web Series

2018
Lily Langford
Through the Garage
Lily Hensby
2016
Jane
Toby Or Not To Be
Aaron Lucas

Short Film

2024
Woman
The Used Car
Ashleigh Chandler
2021
Danny
Pizza Time
Deakin Uni
Robbie Magell
2015
Jilly
Attackers from Mars
Lily Hensby

Improv Comedy

2023
Producer
Space Jam
The Improv Conspiracy
Laura Buskes / Lucy Rees
2023
Comedian
Fuck This, I Quit
The Improv Conspiracy
Josh Chodzeisner

Commercial

2024
Office Worker
Ryde Energy Drinks
Two Palms Media
2022
Bar Goer
Ladbrokes
2021
Car Buyer
Car Sales
Magnetiser Productions
2018
Batman Girl
Justice League
Madame Tussauds

Sketch Comedy

2023
Lily
We’re New Here
Hensby & Beckett
Hannah Camilleri

Podcast

2021
Host
They Talked the Whole Time
Spotify
Lily Hensby

Training

2022 - 2023
The Improv Conspiracy
Improv Levels 1-6
Comedy
2021 - 2022
Deakin University
Masters of Film and TV
Film & TV Production
2019 - 2019
University of Wollongong
Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours)
Writing and Directing
2015 - 2017
University of Wollongong
Bachelor of Performance
Acting

Skills & Attributes

Natural Accent
Australian
Accents
New Zealand, Irish, Southern, Russian, American Standard, German, Mid Western, Cockney, Scottish, West Coast American, Australian, East Coast American, Western, Brooklyn, English, French
Languages
English
Hair Length
Long, Messy
Hair Style
Wavy
Instrumental
Drums, Piano / Keyboard
Dance
Ballet, Modern, Hip Hop, Contemporary, Jazz
Singing
Pop, Musical Theatre, Jazz
Singing Range
Alto, Sopranino
Sport
Roller Skating, Aerobics, Roller Blading, Yoga, Tennis, Basketball, Fishing, Pilates, Netball, Horse Riding, Soccer, Bowls, Rock Climbing , Squash, Volleyball, Athletics, Boxing, Golf, Badminton, Gymnastics, Swimming
Circus
Clown, Mime, Stage Combat
Drivers Licences
Car
Model Work Types
Commercial, Promotional
Professional Skills
Actor, Choreographer, Commercial Talent, Dancer, Director, Intimacy Coordinator, Musical Theatre, Presenter, Stand-up Comedian, Variety Artist, Voice Artist, Writer, Producer, Singer

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Notes

Lily Hensby (she/they) is a comedian, published playwright, actor, director and theatre-maker. She is from Dharawal Country and works between Gadigal Land and Naarm. She is also co-artistic director of Hensby & Beckett Productions. She has written and performed A FINE LINE (Melbourne Fringe Festival, 2023) & We're New Here (Melbourne International Comedy Festival, 2023) with creative partner, Lotte Beckett. She has written and directed Last Time (The Motley Bauhaus, 2023), STALLS (ArtsLab, 2020), Pretty Fly for a Dead Guy (Shopfront, 2019), and co-wrote and co-directed D.O.A with Mark Rogers (Shopfront, 2019). She directed The Magnificent, Terrible Hottie Avery by Tasnim Hossain (Shopfront, 2018). She has performed in Tom William Mitchell by Mark Rogers (Merrigong Theatre Company, 2018), Organs! by Nicole Pingon (Shopfront Arts Co Op, 2018), Love & Information by Caryl Churchill (PACT, 2017). In April 2023, Hensby & Beckett had a slot in MICF's Festival Club as part of their character sketch night. Pretty Fly for a Dead Guy is published with Australian Plays Transform and her monologue This is Yours is published in This Was Urgent Yesterday by Currency Press. This is Yours also won the 2023 Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre’s The Man in the Park monologue competition. In 2024, Hensby & Beckett were shortlisted for the Katie Lees Fellowship at Flight Path Theatre. In 2023, Lily began producing Space Jam, a monthly improv jam for all women, non-binary and gender diverse people at The Improv Conspiracy (TIC) in Melbourne. Lily is also a house performer at TIC and is also in the house sketch team, Churn. In 2020, she was a writer in residence for Sydney Fringe Festival as part of the Art in Isolation program. In 2019, she was one of 14 writers selected nationally to participate in Writing Place SA for ATYP and Carclew SA. In 2017, Lily became an associate artist of re:group performance collective. Lily holds a Bachelor of Performance and a Bachelor of Creative Arts (Honours) from the University of Wollongong.