# Roz Hammond

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, 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, 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. In 2024 she appeared in ABC comedy series White Fever.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2022 | Blueback | Celebrant | Feature film |
| 2022 | How to Please a Woman | Claudia | Feature film |
| 2019 | By Your Side | Leonie | Short film |
| 2015 | Blythe Spirit | Madam Arcati | |
| 2015 | Hammer or Claw | Emma | Short film |
| 2010 | Bufo | Susan Hurley | Short film |
| 2008 | Corrections | Receptionist | Short film |
| 2007 | The King | Kathleen | TV movie |
| 2007 | Curtin | Gladys Joyce | TV movie |
| 2006 | Love No.9 | Ivy | Short film |
| 2006 | The Demons Among Us | Kylie's mother | |
| 2004 | Josh Jarman | Burgerland Girl | Feature film |
| 2003 | The Honourable Wally Norman | Dolly Norman | Feature film |
| 2000 | The Dish | Miss Nolan | Feature film |
| 1997 | Titsiana Booberini | Carol Johnson | Short film |
| 1996 | Eric | Various | TV movie |
| 1994 | Muriel's Wedding | Cheryl | Feature film |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2024 | White Fever | Deidre Thomas | TV series; 5 episodes |
| 2023- | Bay of Fires | Heather | TV series |
| 2023 | Cool Mum | | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2022 | Irreverent | Margie | TV series, 10 episodes |
| 2022 | Summer Love | Janelle (voice) | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012-22 | Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell | Various | TV series, 114 episodes |
| 2019-22 | Five Bedrooms | Edwina Crowe | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2021 | Iggy and Ace | Gwen | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2021 | Harrow | Karen Yancy | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2021 | Why Are You Like This | Julie | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2019-20 | The Heights | Claudia Rosso | TV series, 60 episodes |
| 2019 | Secret Bridesmaids' Business | Ginger Connor | TV miniseries, 2 episodes |
| 2018 | Pilot Week | Barista | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2017 | Childproof | Various (voice) | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2017 | The Letdown | Christine | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2016 | Jack Irish | Sue Shields | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2015 | Kinne | Various | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 2014 | It's a Date | Lizzie | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2014 | Please Like Me | Marilyn | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2013 | Upper Middle Bogan | Sandi | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | Offspring | Maryjeanne | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2013 | Mr & Mrs Murder | Deborah Newhouse | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Micro Nation | Betty Cosdosca | TV web series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries | Mrs Opie | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2012 | Outland | Simone | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2011 | Mollusks | Vanessa 'Big Mama Jelly' | TV series. 3 episodes |
| 2011 | Some Say Love | Various | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011 | Mal.com | Janelle | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2011 | SLiDE | Rosie | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 2007-10 | The Librarians | Christine Grinwood | TV series, 20 episodes |
| 2009 | Carla Cametti PD | Sandra DeLuca | TV miniseries, 1 episode |
| 2007 | Newstopia | Lindy Spern | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2005 | MDA | Courtney Gould | TV series, 2 episode |
| 2004 | Stories from the Golf | Woman | TV series, 1 episode |
| 2003 | Welcher & Welcher | Thadia | TV series, 2 episodes |
| 2003 | Skithouse | Various | TV series |
| 2002 | Bootleg | Tricia Moore | TV series. 3 episodes |
| 1996-02 | Blue Heelers | Kerryn / Siobhan | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1998-01 | The Micallef P(r)ogram(me) | Various | TV series, 23 episodes |
| 2000 | Introducing Gary Petty | Colleen Turner | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1999 | The Mick Molloy Show | Various | TV series, 3 episodes |
| 1999 | Law of the Land | Ann | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Small Tales & True | Various | TV series, 6 episodes |
| 1998 | Driven Crazy | Dr Brandt | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1998 | Raw FM | Flavia | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1997 | Eric | Various | TV series, 9 episodes |
| 1996 | Full Frontal | Additional Cast | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1994 | Sky Trackers | Ellie | TV series, 26 episodes |
| 1994 | Newlyweds | Sarah | TV series, 1 episode |
| 1993 | Snowy | Jill | TV series, 7 episodes |

## Stage
### As actor

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 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

| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
| 2016 | These Things Happen | Director | Hammond Fleet Productions |
| 2016 | This is Not a Love Song | Director | Hammond Fleet Productions |

## General references

* "AusStage". ausstage.edu.au. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
* "Roz Hammond – IMC". Retrieved 12 August 2024.
* "Things We Do For Love". amp.theage.com.au. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
* "The Female of the Species". Theatregold. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
* "Kid Stakes". Theatregold. Retrieved 12 August 2024.