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Biography
Magdalene Mary Szubanski AO is an Australian television and film actress, comedian and writer. Szubanski's career started as a writer and performer of sketch comedy and has since progressed to production of TV, film acting, and musical theatre.
Awards & recognition
- Officer of the Order of Australia · 2019
- Douglas Stewart Prize — Non-Fiction · 2016
Filmography23 titles

Memoir of a Snail
2024as Ruth Appleby (voice)
2024as Ruth Appleby (voice)

Farscape
1999as Furlow
1999as Furlow

Sisters
2017as Diane
2017as Diane

Ride Like a Girl
2019as Sister Dominique
2019as Sister Dominique

Kath & Kim
2002as Sharon Karen Strzelecki
2002as Sharon Karen Strzelecki

My Life Is Murder
2019as Miranda Lee
2019as Miranda Lee

Da Kath & Kim Code
2005as Sharon Strzelecki
2005as Sharon Strzelecki

It's a Date
2013as Mary-Angela
2013as Mary-Angela

Babe
1995as Esme Hoggett
1995as Esme Hoggett

God's Favorite Idiot
2022as God
2022as God

Happy Feet Two
2011as Miss Viola (voice)
2011as Miss Viola (voice)

Happy Feet
2006as Miss Viola (voice)
2006as Miss Viola (voice)

100% Wolf
2020as Mrs. Mutton (voice)
2020as Mrs. Mutton (voice)

The Golden Compass
2007as Mrs. Lonsdale
2007as Mrs. Lonsdale

Kath & Kim: Our Effluent Life
2022as Sharon Strzelecki
2022as Sharon Strzelecki

Babe: Pig in the City
1998as Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett
1998as Mrs. Esme Cordelia Hoggett

Bran Nue Dae
2009as Roadhouse Betty
2009as Roadhouse Betty

The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course
2002as Brozzie Drewitt
2002as Brozzie Drewitt

Kath & Kimderella
2012as Sharon Strzelecki
2012as Sharon Strzelecki

Queerstralia

The BBQ
2018as The Butcher
2018as The Butcher

Son of the Mask
2005as Neighbor Betty
2005as Neighbor Betty

Country Town Pride
2019
2019