Biography
Cassie Workman is a comedian, actor and musician born in Perth, Australia and based in Sydney since 2012. Cassie entered the public eye after winning Triple J's "Raw Comedy" national open mic competition in 2009, she then debuted in Edinburgh, and the following year was invited to perform in the Melbourne Comedy Festival's "Comedy Zone" showcase for emerging talents.
She performed her first full length show in the Melbourne International Comedy Festival in 2011. The show, "Humans are Beautiful" won 'Best Newcomer' that year, and toured the country, before heading to Edinburgh Fringe.
In 2012 she performed her second full length show "Mercy," a multi-media performance about a Cuban dissident, to sell-out crowds. The show toured the country and the UK, and won 'Best Comedy' in the Adelaide Fringe. It was later recorded and televised on the ABC and distributed through Madman Entertainment.
In 2013 Cassie toured the much acclaimed full length show "Ave Loretta," solidifying her position as one of Australia's leading storyteller / stand-ups, and earning her a nomination for best show (The Barry Award) at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival. The show also won 'Director's Choice' at the Sydney Comedy Festival.
Cassie wrote and performed another full length show in 2014, called "War" which toured the country and was invited to be reprised in Melbourne for theatre.
In 2015 Cassie performed the full length show "We Have Fun Don't We" to great popular acclaim. After a festival hiatus in 2016, Cassie returned to the circuit in 2017, this time with a stand up show, "Nothing You Do Means Anything." The show quickly achieved cult status as a subversive hit, and toured the country.
Cassie has appeared in "It's a Date" for Channel 10, and "Die on Your Feet" for Channel 10. She has written for "Tractor Monkeys" (ABC), "John Conway Tonight" (ABC2) and as head writer on the cult favourite "Aaron Chen Tonight" for ABC2. She is now a staff writer for Shaun Micallef's Mad As Hell (ABC).
Earlier in 2017, she came out as transgender, and began transitioning. After a brief absence from the stage she is now back and kicking ass. Especially in her role as an ABC Contributor for Tonightly with Tom Ballard with her series 'So You Think You Can Trans' which has millions of views and shares online.
Her 2019 show Giantess was debuted at Griffin Theatre's Batch Festival in Sydney. Giantess interweaves music, comedy, storytelling and illustration, while exploring the anguish of coming to terms with a gender identity that doesn't match your body. The show was incredibly successful and was nominated for Best Show at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival, won Best Show at Sydney Comedy Festival, was nominated for a Helpmann Award for Excellence in Comedy and had a brief run in London's West End.
Cassie Workman is known for her heartfelt and emotive storytelling, her incisive wit, and brutal deconstructions of the status quo. There is no other voice like hers in comedy today.
