Veronica_Milsom

Veronica Milsom

Veronica Milsom

Australian radio presenter


Veronica Louise Milsom (born 9 October 1984[citation needed]) is an Australian radio presenter, comedian and actress. From 2014 to 2020, she co-hosted the afternoon drive-time programme Veronica & Lewis alongside Lewis Hobba on youth radio station Triple J.[1]

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Life and education

Milsom grew up in Geelong, Victoria, and has three siblings.[2] Milsom attended the same high school in Geelong as her Hungry Beast and Triple J co-host, Lewis Hobba.[3] After graduating from The Geelong College, Milsom studied at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts.[4]

Personal life

Milsom gave birth to a daughter, Lila, in 2017.[2][5] Her experience of motherhood is the basis for her 2019 solo stage performance Parent Virgin.[5]

Career

Milsom is best known as a co-host of the Triple J radio station program Veronica & Lewis, presenting from 2014 to 2020[6] In 2016, she was shortlisted for female Radio Presenter of the Year at the Cosmopolitan Women of the Year Award.[7]

Milsom wrote for, and appeared in, the satirical current affairs program Hungry Beast.[8] Milsom has appeared on ABC television shows, including 44 episodes of Shaun Micallef's Mad as Hell,[9] Back Seat Drivers, and It's a Date,[10] as well as Channel Ten's The Project and A League of Their Own (Australian game show).

ABC TV and Screen Australia commissioned Milsom to co-write and perform in The Record, a mockumentary series she created, which was shortlisted for the Australian Online Video Awards Archived 19 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine. The project became a short film, The Record: World’s Largest Family, co-written by Milsom and Steen Raskapoulos, which has screened at Manchester, Palm Springs and LA Webfest film festivals.[4][11] Milsom has also acted in The Angus Project on ABC iView.[12]

Milsom is also a playwright. Porky Pies (2007) was co-written with Alex Lee at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.[13][14] In 2014, she performed live solo shows at The Melbourne and Sydney International Comedy Festivals.[8] Good Lord It’s Christmas (2016) and Parent Virgin (2019) were staged at Sydney's Giant Dwarf Theatre.

In February 2020, Milsom announced that she would not be returning to Triple J after the birth of her second child, and would be leaving at the end of the month.[15] Comedian Michael Hing replaced her on Triple J's drive-time segment, retitled Hobba & Hing, with Lewis Hobba continuing on as co-host.[16]

Discography

Singles

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Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

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References

  1. Gallagher, Alex (3 February 2020). "Veronica Milsom has announced her departure from Triple J". Music Feeds. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. "Veronica Milsom - CMC Talent". www.cmctalent.com.au. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  3. Rugendyke, Louise (21 February 2019). "Like a virgin, Veronica Milsom takes baby steps in to the world of motherhood". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  4. "Cosmopolitan Women of the Year Awards 2016". Bauer Media Advertising. 10 November 2016. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  5. "Meet triple j's new Drive hosts: Veronica and Lewis". Radioinfo. Retrieved 28 August 2015.
  6. "Veronica Milsom". IMDb. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  7. "Porky Pies | Alex Lee and Veronica Milsom". www.australianstage.com.au. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  8. "PORKY PIES". AustralianPlays.org. Retrieved 6 December 2019.
  9. "'It's not you, it's me. I'm leaving triple j': Veronica Milsom quits". Radio Today. 2 February 2020. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  10. Bracken, Claire (4 February 2020). "As Veronica leaves, Michael Hing joins Lewis on Drive". ABC. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  11. "Watch Veronica and Lewis' educational 'Sex Flex: A Rap Guide to Fornication'". Triple J. 29 August 2019. Archived from the original on 23 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.
  12. Donoughue, Paul (27 November 2019). "These are the biggest moments from the ARIA Awards, from Tones and I to Agro the puppet". ABC News. Archived from the original on 13 March 2021. Retrieved 23 March 2021.

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