Lizzy Hoo

'Hoo exudes the kind of rambunctious confidence that’s sure to have her scaling the venue’s bigger spots in no time. ★★★★' Time Out

“The confidence of a title fighter who has won before she’s even set foot in the ring.” ★★★★ THE AGE

2024 MICF Oxfam Gala

2023 MICF Oxfam Gala

2022 MICF Oxfam Gala

2021 MICF Oxfam Gala

On Tour!

Lizzy Hoo is many things – a noodle enthusiast, designer, sports lover, and rescue greyhound owner.

Lizzy is also a stand-up comedian, presenter, writer, and actor – And over the last few years has become one of the most in demand and hilarious live performers in Australia. You may have seen her on Network 10’s Have You Been Paying Attention? and The Cheap Seats, a guest on ABC’s Question Everything and The Weekly, Channel Nine’s The Hundred with Andy Lee and SBS’s The Cook Up with Adam Liaw. Her stand up has also appeared on numerous Melbourne International Comedy Festival Galas broadcast on the ABC and Just For Laughs Australia on Network Ten. In 2022, Lizzy released her stand up special Hoo Cares on Amazon Prime Video worldwide to great acclaim, including a nomination for Best Stand-Up Special at the 2024 AACTA’s.

Lizzy is also an accomplished presenter, having guest hosted an episode of Channel Nine’s lifestyle show Getaway, and co-hosted with Merrick Watts and Tyson Mayr a travel series for News Corp’s Escape. She is also a regular writing contributor for the Sydney Morning Herald, ABC Everyday and SBS Voices.

It’s been a sharp rise to stardom, having only given stand-up a go for the first time in 2017, as a way to gain more self-confidence in the work place. Safe to say it worked out pretty well.

Quickly moving from open mic’s and as a State Finalist on the NSW RAW Comedy Competition, to within 12 months performing at the prestigious Just For Laughs Festival at the Sydney Opera House, with her spot broadcast on Network Ten and Foxtel’s Comedy Channel. She was thankfully dealt a dose of humility soon after this, as she was booed off stage by a 12-year-old niece at that year’s Hoo Family Christmas Talent Show. Brutal.

Luckily she came back from this with her 2019 debut stand-up show Hoo Am I? (What’s My Name?). Lizzy introduced herself to the world, discussing her Chinese Malaysian/Irish Australian mixed-race heritage, and most notably her one-of-a-kind father (and premier Brisbane ukulele personality) Chan.

Lizzy is a master of mining her life and family into material that leaves audiences left wanting more. A hilarious, self-assured, observational-style has resonated with comedy-goers around the world, with Lizzy’s stand-up clips garnering millions of views online.

With each passing year, Lizzy has been exponentially growing her audience to sold out houses around Australia, while exponentially stretching the ability to use her name as a pun with shows such as Hoo Dis?, Hoo Cares and Woo Hoo.

Lizzy is hitting the road in 2024 with Hoo’s That Girl? touring all over Australia.

Live Shows
TV
Radio & Podcasts
Corporate
Other

2024: Hoo’s That Girl
Perth Fringe, Adelaide Fringe, Hobart Festival of Comedy, Canberra Comedy Festival, Gold Coast Laughs Festival, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival

2023: Woo Hoo!
Perth Fringe, Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival

2023: Ride Queens – Split Bill w/ Geraldine Hickey
Adelaide Fringe

2022: Hoo Cares?
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Brisbane Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival

2022: Chicksal 500 – Split Bill w/ Celia Pacquola, Cal Wilson, Geraldine Hickey, Jordan Barr and Lizzy Hoo
Adelaide Fringe

2021: Hoo Dis?
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Store

2021: Chicksal 500 – Split Bill w/ Denise Scott, Cal Wilson, Geraldine Hickey and Lizzy Hoo
Adelaide Fringe

2019: Hoo Am I (What’s My Name) – Solo Show
Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Sydney Comedy Festival

2018: Ferris Wheel Club – Split Bill with Claudia Rae & JT
Sydney Fringe

2023: Channel Nine – Getaway (Guest Host)

2023: Network 10 – The Cheap Seats (Guest)

2023: ABC TV – Question Everything (Guest)

2023: Prime Video – Hoo Cares?! (Comedy Special)

2022-23: Network 10 – Have You Been Paying Attention? (Panellist)

2023: ABC TV – Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala (Comedy Spot)

2023: Channel 7/Escape.com.au – Escape To… (Co-host)

2022: Channel 9 – The Hundred with Andy Lee (Guest)

2022: Network 10 – Just For Laughs Australia (Comedy Spot)

2022: SBS TV – Celebrity Letters & Numbers (Guest)

2022: ABC TV – Melbourne International Comedy Festival Gala (Comedy Spot)

2022: Channel 7 – Good Friday Appeal (Guest)

2021 – 2022: SBS TV – The Cook Up with Adam Liaw (Guest)

2021: ABC TV – Australia Talks Comedy Debate (Debater)

2021: ABC TV – Melbourne Comedy Festival Oxfam Gala (Comedy Spot)

2021: Channel 7 – Good Friday Appeal (Guest)

2019: Just For Laughs Australia – Comedy Channel/Network Ten

Regular appearances on radio networks including ABC Radio, 2SER & FBi

2023: Wilosophy hosted by Wil Anderson (Guest)

2023: Born Funny with Jimmy and Nath (Guest)

2023: Picture Discuss hosted by Merrick Watts (Guest)

2023: The Saturday Quiz (Guest)

2021-22: This is The Thing (Co-Host)

Lizzy Hoo is available to perform or host your next corporate event.
Please get in touch with our dedicated staff here to discuss what we can do for you and your team.

Previous Hirers include:
Asia Pacific Screen Awards
Australian Screen Editors Guild
Australian Screen Sound Guild
Headspace
KingKids
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity Network
Master Builders Northern Territory
Essendon Football Club
FightMND
Canva
AON ‘Dive In Festival’ Sydney

2022 – 2023: Comedy Spot – Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow

2021: Comedy Spot – Melbourne International Comedy Festival Roadshow

2020: Support – Tom Gleeson, Sydney Opera House

2020: Comedy Spot – Let’s Laugh – Gala – Sydney Opera House

2020: Support – Wil Anderson, Comedy Store

2018: Comedy Spot – Just For Laughs Sydney, Sydney Opera House

2017: NSW State Finalist – RAW Comedy

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