Virginia Gay

Virginia Gay graduated WAAPA, then spent four years pretending to be a nurse on All Saints, six months pretending to be a cop on Savage River (ABC, Paramount+), and five years on Winners & Losers, where she pretended to know a lot about high finance. That last one, particularly, was a stretch. Most recently Virginia starred in in season two of Colin From Accounts, SBS’ Safe Home, chewed up the scenery in Thank God You’re Here, was a grand finalist in Dancing With The Stars, and was nominated for a Logie for Most Outstanding Supporting Actress for After The Verdict. In 2024 and 2025, Virginia has been the Artistic Director for the Adelaide Cabaret Festival. She won a Sydney Theatre Award for Best Actress for Calamity Jane, starred in the film Judy & Punch which premiered at Sundance, and wrote and directed her short film Paper Cut, which made Tropfest finals. In 2020 she wrote and starred in two new plays. An adaptation of Cyrano for Melbourne Theatre Company, which had a sold-out season October 2022. It also had a 2023 season in Perth for Black Swan Theatre Company and Melbourne Theatre Company. In 2024 she took on the role again for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and won a Fringe First Award for outstanding new writing. She then reprised the role for at London’s Park Theatre for their 2024-25 season. The other play, which she also co-directed, The Boomkak Panto, was a smash hit for Belvoir Christmas 2021.