Jo is a Ōtautahi /Christchurch based comedian, improviser and actor. By day she works as a psychiatrist, author and film producer.
Previous career highlights include being a Canterbury 3ZB cheerleader last century and being typecast on stage and screen as everyone’s neurotic mother. Comedy provides welcome relief from peri-menopausal mood swings and the tortures of parenting teenagers.
Jo also performs regularly with improvisation troupe Impulse Theatre. Recent screen appearances include feature film “The Stolen” and TV’s “Adam and Eve Show”.
AWARDS
2022 Best Achievement Good Times Comedy Awards
2021 Best marketing nom NZ Fringe
2020 Audience Choice Award Nelson Fringe
2020 Best Solo Show Nelson Fringe
2020 NZ Comedy Guild Awards- nom Breakthrough Comedian SI
2019 Best Lineup Show Comedy Carnival
2019 Spirit of the Fringe Comedy Carnival
2018 3rd South Island RAW Comedy Competition
2018 Roast Battle Champion Dunedin Fringe/ Christchurch