Danielle Walker (comedian)

Danielle Walker is an Australian comedian and actor. Her style of comedy has been called "strange" and "dark". In 2023, Walker won the first season of Taskmaster Australia.

Early life
Walker grew up in Bluewater outside of Townsville in Queensland. She briefly lived in London as a teenager and moved from Townsville to Melbourne in early 2015.

Career
In 2016 at the Melbourne International Comedy Festival (MICF), Walker won the 2016 RAW Comedy National Grand Final. She won the Best Newcomer award at the MICF in 2018 for her comedy show Bush Rat. Later that year, Walker performed in London. At the 2019 MICF, Walker performed a show titled Myths and Legends, which featured illustrations drawn by Walker. She presented her show Nostalgia at the MICF in 2022.

Walker had a podcast called Batch Bitch.

On television, Walker has appeared on Get Krack!n, Tonightly with Tom Ballard and Comedy Up Late. Walker was a contestant on the first season of Network 10's Taskmaster Australia in 2023; she won the series. Walker also starred with Claire Lovering in the 2023 ABC comedy series Gold Diggers.

Awards

 * Melbourne International Comedy Festival, Best Newcomer, Bush Rat, 2018
 * Mooseheads, Nostalgia, 2022