Roz Hammond Explained

Roz Hammond
Birthname:Rosalind Hammond
Occupation:Actress, writer
Years Active:1993–present

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,[1] 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,[2] 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.[3] In 2024 she appeared in ABC comedy series White Fever.[4]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleRoleNotes
2022BluebackCelebrantFeature film
2022How to Please a WomanClaudiaFeature film
2019By Your SideLeonie Short film
2015Blythe Spirit Madam Arcati
2015Hammer or ClawEmmaShort film
2010BufoSusan HurleyShort film
2008Corrections ReceptionistShort film
2007The KingKathleenTV movie
2007CurtinGladys JoyceTV movie
2006Love No.9IvyShort film
2006The Demons Among UsKylie's mother
2004Josh JarmanBurgerland GirlFeature film
2003The Honourable Wally NormanDolly NormanFeature film
2000The DishMiss NolanFeature film
1997Titsiana BooberiniCarol JohnsonShort film
1996EricVariousTV movie
1994Muriel's WeddingCherylFeature film

Television

!Year 2024!Title Bay of Fires Season 2!Role Heather!Notes TV Series!Ref
2024White FeverDeidre ThomasTV series; 5 episodes
2023-Bay of FiresHeatherTV series
2023Cool MumTV series, 3 episodes
2022Summer LoveJanelle (voice)TV series, 1 episode
2012-22Shaun Micallef's Mad as HellVariousTV series, 114 episodes
2019-22Five BedroomsEdwina CroweTV series, 6 episodes
2010-20The HeightsClaudia RossoTV series
2021Iggy and AceGwenTV series, 6 episodes
2021HarrowKaren YancyTV series, 1 episode
2021Why Are You Like ThisJulieTV series, 2 episodes[5]
2019-20The HeightsClaudiaTV series, 60 episodes[6]
2019Secret Bridesmaids' BusinessGinger ConnorTV miniseries, 2 episodes
2018Pilot WeekBarista TV series, 1 episode
2017ChildproofVarious (voice)TV series, 6 episodes
2017The LetdownChristineTV series, 1 episode
2016Jack IrishSue ShieldsTV series, 6 episodes
2015KinneVariousTV series, 6 episodes
2014It's a DateLizzie TV series, 1 episode
2014Please Like MeMarilynTV series, 2 episodes
2013Upper Middle BoganSandiTV series, 1 episode
2013OffspringMaryjeanneTV series, 1 episode
2013Mr & Mrs MurderDeborah NewhouseTV series, 1 episode
2012Micro NationBetty CosdoscaTV web series, 1 episode
2012Miss Fisher's Murder MysteriesMrs OpieTV series, 1 episode
2012OutlandSimoneTV miniseries, 1 episode
2011MollusksVanessa 'Big Mama Jelly'TV series. 3 episodes
2011Some Say LoveVariousTV series, 1 episode
2011Mal.comJanelleTV series, 1 episode
2011SLiDERosieTV series, 3 episodes
2007-10The Librarians Christine GrinwoodTV series, 20 episodes
2009Carla Cametti PDSandra DeLucaTV miniseries, 1 episode
2007NewstopiaLindy SpernTV series, 1 episode
2005MDACourtney GouldTV series, 2 episode
2004Stories from the GolfWomanTV series, 1 episode
2003Welcher & WelcherThadiaTV series, 2 episodes
2003SkithouseVariousTV series
2002BootlegTricia MooreTV series. 3 episodes
1996-02Blue HeelersKerryn / SiobhanTV series, 3 episodes
1998-01The Micallef P(r)ogram(me)VariousTV series, 23 episodes
2000Introducing Gary PettyColleen TurnerTV series, 1 episode
1999The Mick Molloy ShowVariousTV series, 3 episodes
1999Law of the LandAnnTV series, 1 episode
1998Small Tales & TrueVariousTV series, 6 episodes
1998Driven CrazyDr BrandtTV series, 1 episode
1998Raw FMFlaviaTV series, 1 episode
1997EricVariousTV series, 9 episodes
1996FullFrontalAdditional CastTV series, 1 episode
1994Sky TrackersEllieTV series, 26 episodes
1994NewlywedsSarahTV series, 1 episode
1993SnowyJillTV series, 7 episodes

Stage

As actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1996 Kid Stakes Marcy Wells Playhouse Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2000 Secret Bridesmaids' Business Angela Dixon Malthouse Theatre, Playhouse, Adelaide
2001 Dear Sun Joy Hester Melbourne Theatre Company
2004 Blithe Spirit Ruth Melbourne Theatre Company & Sydney Theatre Company
2005 Country Energy Comedy Festival Comedian The Butter Factory Theatre, Wodonga
2005 Things We Do For Love Nikki Wickstead Arts Centre Melbourne with Melbourne Theatre Company
2005 Garden Ho Melbourne International Comedy Festival & Dublin Festival
2006 The Female of the Species Tess Thornton Melbourne Theatre Company
2006 Full Blown Rose Herself Dublin Fringe Festival, Glasgow Millers International Comedy Festival
2009 Master of the Revels Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2010 Cubec Reading- You Won't Be Seeing Rainbows Anymore - 5 Melbourne Theatre Company
2010 Furiously Fertile Jen Hit Productions
2012 Happy Endings Liliana Southbank Theatre with Melbourne Theatre Company
2012 Red Silk Anne Sexton Red Silk Productions
2013 Gym and Tonic Herself Melbourne Town Hall for Melbourne International Comedy Festival & national tour
2013 Day One, A Hotel, Evening Stella Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company
2015 Blithe Spirit Heath Ledger Theatre, Perth with Black Swan Theatre Company
2016–17 Signifying Nothing Karen Fox The Blue Room Theatre, Perth, The Studio, Adelaide with Hammond Fleet Productions

As director

YearTitleRoleNotes
2016 These Things Happen DirectorHammond Fleet Productions
2016 This is Not a Love Song Director Hammond Fleet Productions

General references

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Willis, John . Screen World: 2002 Film Annual . 24 September 2010. 1 November 2002. Hal Leonard Corporation . 978-1-55783-599-4 . 238.
  2. Web site: Knox . David . 2012-07-12 . "It's about the writing" says Mad as Hell's Roz Hammond TV Tonight . 2024-05-29 . tvtonight.com.au . en-AU.
  3. Web site: Knox . David . 2022-08-12 . More cast join Bay of Fires for ABC TV Tonight . 2024-05-29 . tvtonight.com.au . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Knox . David . 2023-08-24 . Cameras roll on new ABC comedy White Fever TV Tonight . 2024-05-29 . tvtonight.com.au . en-AU.
  5. Web site: Why Are You Like This | TV Tonight. 14 February 2021. 12 August 2024.
  6. Web site: The Heights: "Slice of life. Real. Drama that is not soap." | TV Tonight. 21 February 2019. 12 August 2024.