# Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer

The Helpmann Award for Best Comedy Performer is an award, presented by Live Performance Australia (LPA) at the annual Helpmann Awards since 2006.

## Winners and nominees

* Source:
| Year | Performer(s) | Production |
| 2006 (6th) | Colin Lane and Frank Woodley | Lano & Woodley – Goodbye |
| 2006 (6th) | Akmal Saleh | Akmal Live! |
| 2006 (6th) | Judith Lucy | I Failed! |
| 2006 (6th) | David Collins & Shane Dundas | The Umbilical Brothers – The Rehearsal |
| 2007 (7th) | Adam Hills | Adam Hills – Joymonger |
| 2007 (7th) | Akmal Saleh | Akmal Live! |
| 2007 (7th) | Fiona O'Loughlin | N/A |
| 2007 (7th) | Tom Gleeson | Tom On! |
| 2008 (8th) | David Collins & Shane Dundas | The Umbilical Brothers – Don't Explain |
| 2008 (8th) | Frank Woodley | Possessed |
| 2008 (8th) | Julia Morris | Shoosh Please! |
| 2008 (8th) | Ross Noble | N/A |
| 2009 (9th) | Tim Minchin | Tim Minchin – Ready For This? |
| 2009 (9th) | Adam Hills | Adam Hills – Inflatable |
| 2009 (9th) | Judith Lucy | Judith Lucy's Not Getting Any Younger |
| 2009 (9th) | Julia Morris | "Don't you know who I use to be?" |
| 2010 (10th) | Wil Anderson | Wil Anderson – Wilful Misconduct |
| 2010 (10th) | Kitty Flanagan | Charming and Alarming |
| 2010 (10th) | Fiona O'Loughlin | On a Wing and A Prayer |
| 2010 (10th) | Hannah Gadsby | Hannah Gadsby – The Cliff Young Shuffle |
| 2011 (11th) | Denise Scott | Regrets |
| 2011 (11th) | Hannah Gadsby | Mrs Chuckles |
| 2011 (11th) | Tom Gleeson | Up Himself |
| 2011 (11th) | Wil Anderson | Man vs Wil |
| 2012 (12th) | Tim Minchin | Tim Minchin vs The Orchestras Round II |
| 2012 (12th) | Wil Anderson | Wilarious |
| 2012 (12th) | Judith Lucy | Nothing Fancy |
| 2012 (12th) | Sam Simmons | About the Weather |
| 2013 (13th) | Julia Morris | No Judgement |
| 2013 (13th) | Kitty Flanagan | Hello Kitty Flanagan |
| 2013 (13th) | Hannah Gadsby | Happiness is a Bedside Table |
| 2013 (13th) | Wil Anderson | GoodWil |
| 2014 (14th) | Sam Simmons | Death Of A Sails-Man |
| 2014 (14th) | Ronny Chieng | Chieng Reaction |
| 2014 (14th) | Tom Gleeson | Quality |
| 2014 (14th) | The Boy With Tape on His Face | More Tape |
| 2015 (15th) | Judith Lucy | Ask No Questions of the Moth |
| 2015 (15th) | Ronny Chieng | You Don't Know What You're Talking About |
| 2015 (15th) | Nazeem Hussain | Legally Brown |
| 2015 (15th) | Matt Okine | The Other Guy |
| 2015 (15th) | Sam Simmons | Spaghetti for Breakfast |
| 2016 (16th) | Tom Ballard | The World Keeps Happening |
| 2016 (16th) | Zoë Coombs Marr | Trigger Warning |
| 2016 (16th) | Doug Anthony Allstars – Paul McDermott, Tim Ferguson, Paul Livingston | Reunion. Rebirth |
| 2016 (16th) | Julia Morris | I Don't Want Your Honest Feedback |
| 2017 (17th) | Hannah Gadsby | Nanette |
| 2017 (17th) | Aunty Donna | Big Boys |
| 2017 (17th) | Tom Ballard | Problematic |
| 2017 (17th) | Joel Creasey | Poser |
| 2017 (17th) | Nazeem Hussain | Public Frenemy Nazeem Hussain |
| 2017 (17th) | Sammy J | Hero Complex |
| 2018 (18th) | Celia Pacquola | All Talk |
| 2018 (18th) | Urzila Carlson | Studies Have Shown |
| 2018 (18th) | Zoë Coombs Marr | Bossy Bottom |
| 2018 (18th) | Anne Edmonds | Helen Bidou – Enter the Spinnaker Lounge |
| 2018 (18th) | Colin Lane & Frank Woodley | Lano & Woodley – Fly |
| 2018 (18th) | Julia Morris | Lift and Separate Golden Jubilee |
| 2018 (18th) | Rhys Nicholson | Seminal |